That's correct -- the cell information specifies the points by index. You can find more information on the VTK file formats here:
http://www.vtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/file-formats.pdf HTH, Dave On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Sellmann, Kai Asaad < asaad.sellm...@rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I have created a vtk File with point coordinates, and cell definitions. As > I am getting distorted surfaces I was wondering what it could be. > > The coordinates are nodal coordinates taken from a FE Model. The elements > are defined by the IDs of their corresponding nodes. > > > So it looks kinda like this > > > ... > > CELLS 59256 651816 > 10 21615 1 32020 21623 2 3 4 21625 5 6 > 10 21623 21615 1 21624 21625 2 5 21627 21626 7 > 10 8 21623 21612 21615 9 21631 10 11 21625 21621 > 10 34096 12 34106 1 13 14 34110 15 16 17 > 10 22735 18 32680 32663 19 20 21 22 23 32682 > > ... > > > The 10 indicating the number of information "coming up". > > So first of all I am little bit confused and would like to know if the > cells Information is refering to the prior defined Nodes and their IDs? > > For example the first line "10 21615 1 32020 21623 2 3 4 21625 5 6" means > that the first cell consists of the Nodes 21615, 1, 32020, 21623, 2, 3, 4, > 21625, 5 and 6, right? And these nodes are defined like this: > > > ... > > POINTS 104667 FLOAT > 0 0 0 > -0.00133054 -0.0651073 0.00296884 > -0.00366651 -0.0661655 0.00448453 > -0.00430551 -0.0647424 0.00148457 > -0.00664148 -0.0658006 0.00300025 > -0.00257653 -0.0641143 0.00448451 > -0.0055515 -0.0637484 0.00300024 > -0.00147854 -0.0663074 0.00448453 > -0.00974145 -0.0646966 0.00299095 > > ... > > > So the second node (1) of the first element would have the coordinates > -0.00133054, -0.0651073 and 0.00296884, correct? > > If someone has an idea I could send you the .vtk-file > > > Thnaks, > > asaad > > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/ > opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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