Strike that, I wasn't thinking clearly. Generate the seed points dataset as I said before. Now use that and the TVD as inputs to the probe with Resample with Dataset filter. Then glyph that.
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 21 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-881-4909 On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:33 PM, David E DeMarle <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if the way the seed points move around over time with time > varying data is a bug or a feature. > > A work around is to use the glyph with custom source filter. > > To make the custom source that you will use for the seed points, glyph > the first time step as you are doing now, but make sure the output > type is points. Save that output as a vtk polydata file. > > Next read that file back in and use it as the source input the glyph > with custom source filter. > > David E DeMarle > Kitware, Inc. > R&D Engineer > 21 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > Phone: 518-881-4909 > > > > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:56 PM, joseph insley <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to generate pseudo-random glyphs on an unstructured grid (or >> I guess any object for that matter), for time series data? That is, randomly >> select the points to use, but then use the same points for each time step. >> If I understand it correctly, not checking the Random Mode box causes >> paraview to just select the first N points. In my case (probably most >> cases), this concentrates all of the glyphs in one region of the mesh. >> Instead, I would like to randomly distribute the glyphs across the mesh, and >> using the Random Mode for this works fine for a single time step. But if I >> want to animate a time series, I would like to show glyphs on the same >> points for each time time step, rather than have the glyphs jump all over >> the place. Is there currently a way of doing this? >> >> Thanks, >> joe. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/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 Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
