Hi Matthais, People typically use multi-block data sets for this purpose. ParaView has a multi-block inspector that enables you change the visibility of the blocks in a data set. If you make each surface a block, then you can show/hide each at will.
HTH, Cory On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cory, > > this helped indeed, thank you. > I load the mesh.vtu file and apply the Threshold filter on the GeometryID, > and display that together with my simulation results. That works fine. > If I want to display several parts selectively, I can use several Thresholds, > which is a bit clumsy. > It would be nice to be able to get a list of all GeometryIDs, and to check > those which I want displayed. Do you know if there is a way to do that? Or on > a more general basis: are there other, more elegant ways to display a > geometry in ParaView? > > Thanks again, > > Matthias > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: Cory Quammen [mailto:[email protected]] >> Gesendet: Montag, 13. Juni 2016 22:28 >> An: Zenker, Dr. Matthias >> Cc: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [Paraview] display boundaries of 2D geometry >> >> Matthias, >> >> I'm not sure I fully understand exactly what you are trying to do, but >> I will try to make a suggestion anyway. If the edges have a cell data >> array giving the ID, you should be able to use the Threshold filter to >> extract the edges associated with a particular body ID. Just set the >> threshold values to the ID you want to see. >> >> Hope that helps, >> Cory >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Zenker, Dr. Matthias >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > >> > >> > is there a way to display the boundaries (edges) of a 2D geometry? I have >> > converted my mesh to vtu using Elmergrid, so I have the IDs of bodies >> > (=surfaces in 2D) and boundaries (edges) in a vtu file. Can I just display >> > the edges having the same ID? The extract edges filter does not help. >> What >> > else could I try? >> > >> > >> > >> > Thank you for a helpful hint, >> > >> > >> > >> > Matthias >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > >> > Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen >> Geschaeftsfuehrer: >> > Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137 >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> > Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> > >> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Cory Quammen >> R&D Engineer >> Kitware, Inc. > ________________________________ > > Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH Firmensitz: 72072 Tuebingen Geschaeftsfuehrer: > Christian O. Erbe, Reiner Thede Registergericht: Stuttgart HRB 380137 > -- Cory Quammen R&D Engineer Kitware, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
