Dear David,

Thanks for your response.  I'll give it a try.

Kazuyoshi

From: David Thompson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Paraview] how not to scale the thickness of the Arrow Glyph?
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:01:51 -0400

> Hi Kazuyoshi,
> 
> I do not think the glyph filter will do what you want it to. You might use a 
> Python programmable filter[1] to turn each point into a line segment (i.e., a 
> line from (x,y,z) to (x+dx, y+dy, z+dz)). Then run "Cell Centers" on the 
> resulting line segment data and add oriented, unscaled cone glyphs at each 
> cell center to indicate the direction along the line segments. That would 
> draw lines along the path plus cones pointing along the direction of the path.
> 
>       David
> 
> [1]: http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Python_Programmable_Filter
> 
> 
>> On Mar 25, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Kazuyoshi Furutaka 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear ParaView experts,
>> 
>> I'm visualizing paths of neutrons in some media.
>> Now I prepared the data as point data with displacement
>> vector to the next point attached to each point, and
>> visualize them using the Glyph filter with the following
>> setting:
>>  Glyph Type: Arrow
>>  Orientation: Orient
>>  Scale Mode "vector"
>>  Scale Factor = 1.0
>>  Glyph Mode: All Points
>> 
>> The problem is that some arrows are too thick...
>> 
>> So here are my questions.
>> 
>> (1)How can I make the thickness of the arrows not
>>   to scale (only the lengths do)?
>> 
>> (2)It may be better to use "2D Glyph" instead of
>>   "Arrow", but the 2D Glyph is centered at a
>>   data point, instead of starting from the point...
>>   How can I make the 2D Glyphs start from the data
>>   points?
>> 
>> (3)Do you have any recommendation on how to visualize
>>   such a particle paths?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Kazuyoshi
>> --
>> Kazuyoshi Furutaka
>> furutaka _dot_ kazuyoshi _at_ jaea _dot_ go _dot_ jp
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