[Paraview] Extract the dimensions (or extent) of a structured grid within a python script

Hi, I’ve been using a python script to post-process and visualise large structured grid files. It works great but the grids I am visualising are of different dimensions (let say either 512x128x512, or 1024x256x1024). In the script pipeline - see snippet below - I extract a subset (top cell

Re: [Paraview] Extract the dimensions (or extent) of a structured grid within a python script

Guillaume, Use data information [1] as follows: UpdatePIpeline(inputPvts) extent = inputPvts.GetDataInformation().GetExtent() See Section 3.3 from the ParView Guide[2] for more details. Utkarsh [1] http://www.paraview.org/ParaView3/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVDataInformation.html

Re: [Paraview] Extract the dimensions (or extent) of a structured grid within a python script

Thanks a lot Utkarsh for your assistance! I've added the following to my python script, and it worked smoothly: inputPvts.UpdatePipeline() extent = inputPvts.GetDataInformation().GetExtent() print extent returns: (0, 512, 0, 128, 0, 512) Cheers Guillaume On 26 May 2015, at