Hi there, I was wondering if there is a way to extract the elevation of SPH particles as they pass through a static line or plane? Essentially I am trying to retrieve a wave-gauge type reading that outlines the elevation of the SPH particles at a specific static location over time. I am a new user and have been playing around with the elevation filter but can’t seem to figure out where to go from here.
Thanks!
Did you find out how it worked?
@Stefan1, I did not end up finding a solution to this through Paraview. I ended up writing my own script in python. Do you have any ideas or have you found a way to?
@PJay I did not yet. There should be a way using the slice and calculator filters like OpenFOAM, but I might end up needing to write a script too as you might not want to share yours publicly. 
However, thank you for the quick response.
@Stefan1 Yes I got lost in all the filters so I found writing a script to be the easier solution, I can send you my code if you would like but it basically just parses down a very specific text file written out by LS DYNA so it may not be very useful. A basic outline of the code is:
- Write out a text file that contains nodal coordinates of the sph particle for each output time step
- Define where you want to extract surface elevation, for me this was a point with coordinates x, y, z
- Search all nodal coordinates for each time step for nodes that pass through the defined extraction volume. What I found was that I needed a search buffer around the extraction point in case sph particles do not pass directly over the point
- Extract only the nodes with the highest elevation to get the surface elevation at the extraction point