Adam, Have you actually tried the filter? Because I think the output is exactly what you're asking for: the "section" of the surface is the part of the surface where the polyline is proceted onto it, hence a polyline with the regarding topography values for the respective z coordinates.
Cheers Venke > Adam Dershowitz <adershow...@exponent.com> hat am 25. Oktober 2016 um 17:29 > geschrieben: > > > I don't think that will do it. Because, I don't want to slice anything. > I just want to show the boundaries on the 3D surface. I want to project the > polygon that marks the edges of a region, onto the 3D topography. > It seems that Slice Along Polyline uses a laser to cut a section of the > surface, according to the instructions. Instead I want to see each spot where > the laser hits on the surface. > > ________________________________________ > From: postgu...@web.de [postgu...@web.de] > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 11:13 AM > To: Adam Dershowitz; paraview@paraview.org > Subject: Re: [Paraview] Project polygon onto surface > > Hi Adam > > I think the Slice Along Polyline Filter is what you need. Just select the data > set and the poly line in the window popping up and then proceed in the > properties section as usual. > > Cheers > Venke > > > > > Adam Dershowitz <adershow...@exponent.com> hat am 25. Oktober 2016 um 16:01 > > geschrieben: > > > > > > Is there a way to project a 2D, or 3D polygon onto a surface. > > Specifically I have some elevation data, that is displaying fine. But the > > data has a lot of vertical variation. I have a polygon that represents the > > boundaries of different regions. So, the polygon is effectively 2D. > > Although, I can give it a 3D values as well. > > The difficulty is that I can know the elevation of the corners, but the > > lines > > between those corners often drop "underground". > > So I would like to project the 2D (or 3D) polygon region onto the 3D ground > > elevation. > > You can think of this as having a topo map and I want to show the lines > > around > > an individual piece of property. > > Is there a filter that can do this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > --Adam > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.kitware.com_opensource_opensource.html&d=DQICaQ&c=t0wRGL5ICVzH157W8C8Wew&r=5usL3OGqXabRLtSzGmh8YEvbco28TaiOmWcn6rCn8wM&m=vWssSXYtyX0Fwvwsvi4PGgQ70jWW8djJYXqUQvS2j3I&s=sMm99lDyK40nLEagq8PC0lEbloTvtFPCU5aOI3LyDaw&e= > > > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__paraview.org_Wiki_ParaView&d=DQICaQ&c=t0wRGL5ICVzH157W8C8Wew&r=5usL3OGqXabRLtSzGmh8YEvbco28TaiOmWcn6rCn8wM&m=vWssSXYtyX0Fwvwsvi4PGgQ70jWW8djJYXqUQvS2j3I&s=iD69Hj5cpbD6ykFT4IC2HpA0Sg7i0PZKI0Kvkkk-KA4&e= > > > > Search the list archives at: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__markmail.org_search_-3Fq-3DParaView&d=DQICaQ&c=t0wRGL5ICVzH157W8C8Wew&r=5usL3OGqXabRLtSzGmh8YEvbco28TaiOmWcn6rCn8wM&m=vWssSXYtyX0Fwvwsvi4PGgQ70jWW8djJYXqUQvS2j3I&s=wjB_o3N2yOaMlHQwkRubVtOQaONIFgjXLZgGkSCsfmk&e= > > > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__public.kitware.com_mailman_listinfo_paraview&d=DQICaQ&c=t0wRGL5ICVzH157W8C8Wew&r=5usL3OGqXabRLtSzGmh8YEvbco28TaiOmWcn6rCn8wM&m=vWssSXYtyX0Fwvwsvi4PGgQ70jWW8djJYXqUQvS2j3I&s=zor1PXNvekBliiJOtZ5T0cocWkfwUd4H6OxmHTvbCDk&e= _______________________________________________ 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
