Awesome thanks Cory for the assist! Jesse > On Oct 7, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Cory Quammen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jesse, > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Jesse Samluk <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Cory, > > Two quick questions for you on the differences between “Ruler” and > “PlotOverLine”. > > I think what I am looking for is the Ruler source to give me the width of > those white lines (as indicated on the image with the red line, attached > again for reference). My question first question is, is there a way to save a > Ruler in a state file such that it will automatically adjust to a new width > of those white lines when I open another VTK file? Or do I have to manually > adjust them with each VTK I open? > > You'll have to do it manually. That would be a fancy (but cool!) trick to do > the processing needed to stick the rule endpoints to the white region. > > Second question, when you said the line below, what did you mean (can you > walk me through it?)? The way I take it is that the PlotOverLine gives me > values of all the fields present as defined on the Ruler (which is cool, by > the way), but not the width unless I define it. Am I on the right track with > this one, or way off? > > PlotOverLine will not give you the width. What I was suggesting was look at > the values in the properties Point1 and Point2. Each of these has x,y,z > values for the line endpoints. You can use the standard distance formula for > computing the distance between points - not from within ParaView, but with a > calculator, spreadsheet program, etc. - to compute the length of the line > used in the PlotOverLine filter. > > Cory > > > Thanks! > Jesse >> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Cory Quammen <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Optionally, you could dispense with the Ruler source and compute the length >> of the line in the Plot Over Line filter manually given Point1 and Point2. > <ControlRun2LevelIce copy.png> > > > > -- > Cory Quammen > R&D Engineer > Kitware, Inc.
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