[Paraview] Maybe a silly question?

wastrel at gmail.com wastrel at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 17:24:19 EDT 2011


Thanks for your reply!


On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 3:32 PM, David Thompson <dcthomp at sandia.gov> wrote:

> 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?


Yup, that's exactly what I am doing here.


>
>
>  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?
>
>
I am new in dealing with ex2 file, could you please be detailed? There is
just one block in the dataset, so how to get the vtk object out from it so I
can access the points and cells?




>        David
>
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