Thanks a lot! It works perfect.

Kai 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag 
> von Joel Richardson
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 15. Juli 2004 19:02
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: [opendx-users] How to display polydisperse spheres?
> 
> 
> Insert Mark("size") before Glyph.
> (Or have your program name the component "data"
> instead of "size".)
> 
> Joel
> 
> > 
> >  
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I'm following this list for quite a while (basically since 
> I started 
> > using dx 3 month ago). I really like this program, but now 
> I've got a 
> > problem I couldn't solve so far. I'm sure there is a very 
> simple way 
> > of doing it, but I can't see it right now.
> > 
> > I've created a program that is generating a box filled (not tightly
> > packed) with spheres of randoms sizes. Its output is of the 
> following 
> > structure (assuming 100 spheres):
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > object 1 class array type float rank 1 shape 3 items 100 
> data follows
> >     -0.6902   -5.5948   0.0000 [x,y,z coordinate]
> >     ...
> > 
> > object 2 class array type float rank 0 items 100 data follows
> >     0.9999 [radius]
> >     ...
> > attribute "dep" string "positions"
> > 
> > object "data" class field
> > component "positions" value 1
> > component "size" value 2
> > end
> > 
> > ----
> > 
> > How can I display these spheres on their correct positions and with 
> > the correct radius according to the size component? At the 
> moment, I'm 
> > using
> > Import->Glyph->Image which displays the spheres at the correct 
> > Import->Glyph->position
> > but with the same radius (r=1 IIRC).
> > 
> > Do I have to choose a diffent output for my program? (Wouldn't be a 
> > problem if so.)
> > 
> > Thanks for your help,
> > Kai
> 
> 
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