Also consider using the Delaunay2D filter on the TableToPoints filter instead of messing around with changing the point size.
-David Ortley On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 4:44 PM, David Ortley <djort...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the TableToPoints filter is what you want. There's a checkbox > where you can tell the data to be 2D that is below where you assign columns > to X, Y and Z coordinates. > What happens is that the x, y and z columns get removed from the table and > a new point type is generated (yes, Z will get removed even if you select > only 2D points), so either redundantly assign the Z column to one of your > first two columns (so, X Column and Z Column are both set to the 'x' or > first column, which will be harmless in this case), or select 'Keep All > Data Arrays' which will keep the columns values around for coloring. > > Note that with 2D points, the Render View SHOULD go to '2D', but it > sometimes doesn't. There's a '3D' in small text at the top of the render > view that will go to '2D' if you click it. Then hit the 'Set View > Direction -Z' glyph in the top bar. > > Play with the Point Size var to fill in the gaps. And the mouse works > slightly differently in 2D, so you'll have to develop new muscle memory. :) > > -David Ortley > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 1:21 PM, eric greenwade <eric.greenw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> OK, a little embarrassing to ask, but the answer is needed. I'm trying to >> do old fashioned, 2D plots. Data is (x,y,z) and even though its in an ascii >> csv file, the (x,y) are structured rectilinear (uniform actually). I've >> added a dummy third coord (all 0s) and then plotted as 3D, but this seems >> like a kludge. >> >> I'd like to do the some of the basic 2D plots with this data: heatmaps >> were z is used for color table value, contouring on z and elevation plots >> were z is height. Not all three at once. >> >> I'm sure this is an RTFM, but I've looked. If someone could provide >> pointers, references, suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. >> >> thanks, >> >> -eric >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> https://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> >
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