Does the file actually contain normals? I am guessing not. In that case, do:
Extract Surface Generate Surface Normals Glyph If you had a vtp file (polydata) instead of vtu (unstructured grid), you wouldn't need to Extract Surface. -berk On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Pieter Barendrecht <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just imported a 3D parametric surface in Paraview (from a .VTU file > generated by a Python script), and I'm wondering how to display the > cellNormals as actual vectors. Since a cellNormal has an X, Y and Z > component, it should be possible to use these three scalar values to create > a vector, pointing from the corresponding cell. > > I know I can create a vector field with the Glyph function, but I'm not > sure how to continue from there. I cannot select any Scalars or Vectors > from the two dropdown menus/lists (they are enabled but there is nothing to > select). > > Any ideas on how to proceed would be very welcome! > > Best, > Pieter > > PS: I'm using Paraview 3.98.1 on a Linux machine. > _______________________________________________ > 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
