I constantly have the same problem than you removing the parallel interfaces. Even worse, since my solver does not use ghost cells at all. <br><br>BTW, try to execute the following pipelining in ParaView <b>version 2.2.1</b>.<br>
<br>Extract Surface --> Clean to grid --> Clip<br><br>Not sure if it also works with Xdmf format. In my case, I used to employ Ensight format and althought writing the SOS file, this method only works for me when I load the parallel files serially one-by-one, so, in this case, you'd need to put a "Append Data Sets" before "Extract Surface".<br>
<br>It's sad but I keep using this old version when I need to get rid of my parallel interfaces.<br><br>Renato.<br><br>p.s.: It seems that if you'd like to use ParaView in parallel without headache, Exodus II format, by now, is the best (or, the only) choice because of the Sandia's and Kitware joint. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Chris Kees <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopher.e.kees@usace.army.mil">christopher.e.kees@usace.army.mil</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I turned off the overlapping domain decomposition (ghost cells) for a simple problem and the sequence<br>
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MergeBlocks->CleantoGrid->ExtractSurface->Clip<br>
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shows just the physical boundary of the problem (clipped open so you can see inside). Also volume visualization and streamline calculation works with no processor boundary artifacts.<br>
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