[Paraview] Maybe a silly question?

[David Thompson]

Hi Ken,

> I have an Exodus II type file loaded into Paraview and trying to get  
> the point ID for a group of cells. I know for vtk type object there  
> are functions like GetCell(), GetPoint()

I assume you're talking about using Python from ParaView?

> and just wonder if there are such kind of routines available for  
> Exodus II files.


Yes, the ExodusII reader outputs VTK objects in a multiblock dataset.  
You can use GetCell(), GetPoint(), and such on each individual  
block... you just have to decide on a particular block. The ExodusII  
reader separates things into blocks because each one may have  
different point and/or cell variables. There are actually 2 levels of  
blocks; the top level segregates datasets into groups that correspond  
to exodus blocks vs. sets. The second level breaks individual blocks  
or sets into separate datasets. Does that help?

	David