Alan, It would be possible to expose the boolean operations filter in ParaView without much trouble. However, that filter is limited to polydata-to-polydata intersection (a plus for Jeff's application), and works best when the geometries overlap but do not share faces (a minus for Jeff's application). For Jeff's needs, I don't think it would be that useful.
Thanks, Cory On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Scott, W Alan <wasc...@sandia.gov> wrote: > T.J., > > > > This filter doesn’t appear to be in ParaView. Am I missing something? > Should we add it to ParaView? > > > > Alan > > > > *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-boun...@paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *TJ > Corona > *Sent:* Monday, November 20, 2017 1:22 PM > *To:* Mauldin, Jeffrey A. <jama...@sandia.gov> > *Cc:* paraview@paraview.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] boolean mesh filtering > > > > Hi Jeffrey, > > > > You may want to check out vtkBooleanOperationPolyDataFilter > <https://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkBooleanOperationPolyDataFilter.html>. > It sounds like it may have the functionality you desire. > > > > Sincerely, > > T.J. > > > > Thomas J. Corona, Ph.D. > Kitware, Inc. > Senior R&D Engineer > 21 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > Phone: 518-881-4443 <(518)%20881-4443> > > > > On Nov 20, 2017, at 3:18 PM, Mauldin, Jeffrey A. <jama...@sandia.gov> > wrote: > > > > I have a need to do a Boolean intersection of two unstructured multiblock > datasets. It so happens in this case that the underlying element sets are > polygonal meshes, so in this particular case I could also do what I want > with a Boolean intersection of two polygonal meshes. To be (hopefully) > redundant, I have two meshes which share some points and cells and each of > which have other points and cells which are not shared. I would like a new > mesh which consists of all the points and cells that are in both of these > meshes. I need this to work properly in parallel. > > > > I know enough to create a python-based filter (python programmable filter) > to create this operation, but are there already existing Boolean mesh > operations, and if not would those be a useful thing to add? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Cory Quammen Staff R&D Engineer Kitware, Inc.
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