Glyph filter, random scale value

ParaView Support
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When using Paraview Glyph filter, the scale factor seems to be a random value.
I think the rational default value would be 1. (e.g., when visualizing particles based on their associated diameter data), so I wonder if this is a bug.
Is there a concept behind Glyph filter scale factor and can it be set somewhere so I don’t have to change it manually when working with a large volume of VTK files to be postprocessed?
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The default is based on a bounds demain:

        <BoundsDomain mode="scaled_extent" name="bounds" scale_factor="0.1">
          <RequiredProperties>
            <Property function="Input" name="Input" />
          </RequiredProperties>
        </BoundsDomain>

I agree that it may not always work, its better than a flat 1. though.

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Thanks Mathieu,

There is no way to override the scale factor directly in a VTK file, right?

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Definitely not, but you can change the default behavior using a simple XML plugin if you want, or with user settings if you are using the developement version of ParaView.

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