Magnus, The Surface mode, or "representation", in ParaView displays just the surface extracted from the underlying volume. Underneath, it is still a volumetric dataset, so ParaView does not present surface data writers when you try to save it to a file. The representation is just the way the underlying data is displayed - you wouldn't be saving just the edges if you saved the data when the Wireframe mode is chosen, for instance.
To enable saving it as a surface, you must first extract the surfaces from the volume using a filter such as Extract Surface. The display in Surface mode will look exactly the same, but the underlying data in the output of this filter *is* actually a surface. When you save it from ParaView, you will have the expected writers from which to choose. The Glyph filter produces surface data, hence you get the expected surface options available for the file format. HTH, Cory On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 8:46 PM, Magnus Elden <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have a volume that looks fine inside Paraview when I set the mode to > surface. However, there is no option to save the model as a standard 3D > model file format. .obj, .ply, .fbx, 3ds etc. If I add glyphs I can export > the glyphs just fine as a .ply file, but for some reason that is not > available for the surface. > > > > Is it possible to get a geometric model of the surface exported to a > “proper” geometric 3D model format? > > > > Yours, > > Magnus Elden > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Staff 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
