Hi David, 

Thanks for greatly narrowing the scope of my efforts. Should I be taking this 
question to the vtk mailiing list? I tried looking for "vtk's regression test 
data files" and was not successful. I would like to try that ctest command out 
and try to expand from there. 

Thanks, 

Chris

David E DeMarle <[email protected]>: 

> That is one of vtk's regression tests. To enable it you must first build 
> vtk/paraview from source with the cmake option BUILD_TESTING on. This 
> particular test might also need VTK_DATA_ROOT set to point to the directory 
> where you've downloaded vtk's regression test data files. Once built, change 
> into the build directory and run "ctest -R AreaSel -V" to run just this one 
> test with the verbose output sent to the console.
>
> On Saturday, February 23, 2013, Chris Fisichella  wrote:
>
>
> > I am hoping the members of this list will be able to help me see the amount 
> > of work that needs to be done.I am becoming a big fan of OpenFOAM, but the 
> > boundary condition selection for arbitrary geometries is lacking in my 
> > estimation. OpenFOAM introduced me to ParaView and I am wondering if it 
> > would be a perfect tool to specify the surfaces to which fluid boundary 
> > conditions should be applied.
> >
> > I see an example called VTK/Rendering/Testing/Cxx/TestAreaSelections.cxx 
> > What do I need to do to get that example running? I am looking around the 
> > build directory and don't see an executable, but I do see the 
> > CMakeLists.txt file. For what I need to do, it would be sufficient to have 
> > an .obj model displayed in ParaView. Ideally, I would adapt this code to 
> > give me surface points. 
> >
> > What would be involved in making this happen? I assume I'll be running gcc. 
> > Do I need to make it be part of a plug-in? I'm a little confused as to 
> > where "TestAreaSelections" interfaces with ParaView. 
> >
> > Thanks,Chris
>
> -- 
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909

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