So the “Extract Block” filter should do the trick. Extract the blocks with the truss elements and write that out to a mesh file.
-Ken From: Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com> Date: Monday, October 24, 2016 at 4:33 PM To: "Moreland, Kenneth" <kmo...@sandia.gov>, "Paraview (paraview@paraview.org)" <paraview@paraview.org> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Any way to select nodes that are inside a volume Ken, Actually, I want to get just the truss elements that are embedded in the hex elements and write them out to a mesh file. I’ve been playing in Patran, but I still end up with some trusses sticking out of the solid. So, not rendering, I want to make a new element block which is clipped by the surface of the solid mesh. So any truss element with a node outside the surface should be excluded when I write out the trimmed truss mesh. I hope this is a little clearer. Thanks for looking at this Dennis From: Moreland, Kenneth [mailto:kmo...@sandia.gov] Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 4:28 PM To: Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com>; Paraview (paraview@paraview.org) <paraview@paraview.org> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Any way to select nodes that are inside a volume Having the data in multiblock format is good. It is pretty easy to turn blocks on and off. The easiest way to turn of the visibility of a block is to right click it in the 3D view and selected “Hide Block” from the pop-up menu. For somewhat more sophisticated controls, use the Multi-block Inspector. From the menu bar, select View -> Multi-block Inspector. The Multi-block Inspector by default is placed underneath the Properties panel. The Multi-block Inspector allows you to quickly select blocks as well as turn their visibility on and off. (It’s also the only way to make visible blocks that are hidden with the pop-up menu.) Note that both of these techniques only change what data is being rendered. If for some reason you need to extract the rebar blocks so that they can be independently proceed by filters, you can use the Extract Block filter. -Ken From: Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com<mailto:dennis_conk...@goodyear.com>> Date: Monday, October 24, 2016 at 7:47 AM To: "Moreland, Kenneth" <kmo...@sandia.gov<mailto:kmo...@sandia.gov>>, "Paraview (paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>)" <paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Any way to select nodes that are inside a volume Ken, Yes it is a multiblock dataset and the rebar blocks are different than the hex blocks. Dennis From: Moreland, Kenneth [mailto:kmo...@sandia.gov] Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:56 PM To: Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com<mailto:dennis_conk...@goodyear.com>>; Paraview (paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>) <paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>> Subject: [EXT] Re: [Paraview] Any way to select nodes that are inside a volume Is there any feature of your data that distinguishes the rebar from the larger blob? Do you have a multiblock data with one or more blocks containing only rebar? Do you have field data that might be unique to the rebar such as material type or density? -Ken From: ParaView <paraview-boun...@paraview.org<mailto:paraview-boun...@paraview.org>> on behalf of Dennis Conklin <dennis_conk...@goodyear.com<mailto:dennis_conk...@goodyear.com>> Date: Friday, October 21, 2016 at 2:47 PM To: "Paraview (paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>)" <paraview@paraview.org<mailto:paraview@paraview.org>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Any way to select nodes that are inside a volume All, I have a solid blob of elements. Then I have a large cloud of embedded rebars that is much bigger than the solid blob. I only want rebars that are inside the blob. Is there anyway to select only the rebar (truss element) nodes that are inside the solid blob. Like if I extract surfaces from the blob, is there any any way to clip the nodes using those surfaces. I have gotten close using clips, but I just can’t get them perfectly arranged to do what I need. Are there any plug-ins out there or something? Any ideas? Thanks Dennis
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