Hello Ken,<br><br>Thank you for your help. I think I understand it a lot better now.<br><br>Juan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kmorel@sandia.gov">kmorel@sandia.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Correct. For example, if your data comprises exactly one tetrahedron, then your output should contain four points and the topology for the one tetrahedron. The topology of the four triangular faces is implicit in the topology of the tetrahedron. Including them explicitly would be counterproductive.<br>
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On 7/27/09 11:50 AM, "j s" <<a href="http://j.s4403@gmail.com" target="_blank">j.s4403@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</div></span></font><blockquote><div class="im"><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Moreland, Kenneth <<a href="http://kmorel@sandia.gov" target="_blank">kmorel@sandia.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
</span></font><blockquote><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I don’t understand your question. Can you clarify it?<br>
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Are you perhaps asking if you need to write out, for example, the triangle faces of each tetrahedron you write out? (Answer: no.) Are you asking if you can define a point, line, or triangle in 3D space? (Answer: yes.)<br>
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Hello Ken,<br>
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I was asking the first question. I implemented the vtk file format for an unstructured grid using:<br>
type 10 elements for 3D (tetrahedra)<br>
type 5 elements for 2D (triangles)<br>
type 3 elements for 1D (lines)<br>
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Each of these elements are defined in terms of points.<br>
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My data only exists on points (point data).<br>
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Is there any reason why I would want to put the lower dimensional elements in my vtk file in addition to the highest dimensional elements? <br>
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