Yes, ParaView will use the triangles to interpolate values between points. The 
interpolation you are getting is exactly as I would expect based on your data 
and topology. I'm not sure what you mean by "not [interpolating] in the x,y 
directions". The triangles are in the x-y plane and interpolation is happening 
in this x-y plane.

Moving into guesswork, I am imagining that you are expecting a smooth  and 
fairly straight contour at some distance from the buildings. The reason you 
don't see this is due to the representation in your data. I notice that your 
data contains only two values for "RadiationOnPerson." The value is either 0 or 
205.7. Presumably there is some contour in space where this field 
discontinuously transitions from 0 to 205.7, but there is no way to accurately 
predict where that is from the data you are providing. Instead, ParaView is 
just linearly interpolating between these values, which is wrong but probably 
the best you can do with the data provided. The problem is made even worse by 
the irregular sampling of the field.

-Ken

From: Ruggiero Guida <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10:44 PM
To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] Fwd: VTK interpolation help

Dear group,

I hope I will be able to find an answer to my problem here.

I am not sure I understand how the interpolation works. I have generated a VTK 
file (attached) and I am trying to visualizing it in Paraview. The data 
represent the solar radiation on the ground around various buildings.

My algorithm calculates the radiation in each node of a constrained delauney 
triangulation. The plan is to visualize this in paraview to have a nice smooth 
fillled contour.

The image I get though, does not make sense to me; it seems that paraview is 
interpolating only within the triangles and not in the x,y directions. Am I 
missing something?

Thanks a lot for any help
Ruggiero

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