Hello, ParaView community,
I am encountering an issue while trying to import a Tecplot mesh file into ParaView. Despite successfully importing the file, I am unable to visualize it. The mesh doesn’t appear.
The file: surf_coords.dat (124.4 KB)
please share your data
Hi @mwestphal, I have already shared the file : )
@mwestphal Thank you for your answer,
Does this mean that I won’t be able to visualize it in Paraview? I’ve been able to visualize this mesh using Tecplot without any issues.
Best regards
Well, you can visualize it as I’ve shown. Maybe you want to convert it to 3D data ?
Dear @mwestphal,
My intention is to visualize 3D mesh geometry rather than an XY plot. I could achieved that by opening the file in Tecplot. It can be seen below.
Best,
As @mwestphal indicated, your data is not a mesh, but a point cloud. You can use the Tecplot Table Reader and then a TableToPoints filter to show your data.
The python snippet below shows how to generate this plot:
# state file generated using paraview version 5.11.0
import paraview
paraview.compatibility.major = 5
paraview.compatibility.minor = 11
#### import the simple module from the paraview
from paraview.simple import *
#### disable automatic camera reset on 'Show'
paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# setup views used in the visualization
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# Create a new 'Render View'
renderView1 = CreateView('RenderView')
renderView1.ViewSize = [1554, 914]
renderView1.AxesGrid = 'GridAxes3DActor'
renderView1.CenterOfRotation = [1.7124825, 1.7124825, 1.7124825]
renderView1.StereoType = 'Crystal Eyes'
renderView1.CameraPosition = [3.320815949932491, 11.109266579292342, 20.135471377312278]
renderView1.CameraFocalPoint = [6.154720133039305, -0.6858139287536898, 6.3982985649942155]
renderView1.CameraViewUp = [-0.02420390614425369, 0.7560051182314661, -0.6541180567261442]
renderView1.CameraFocalDisk = 1.0
renderView1.CameraParallelScale = 3.9338656007574344
SetActiveView(None)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# setup view layouts
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# create new layout object 'Layout #1'
layout1 = CreateLayout(name='Layout #1')
layout1.AssignView(0, renderView1)
layout1.SetSize(1554, 914)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# restore active view
SetActiveView(renderView1)
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# setup the data processing pipelines
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# create a new 'Tecplot Table Reader'
surf_coordsdat = TecplotTableReader(registrationName='surf_coords.dat', FileName='surf_coords.dat')
surf_coordsdat.Numberofheaderlines = 3
surf_coordsdat.Linewithcolumnnames = 0
surf_coordsdat.Skipcolumnnamefields = 2
# create a new 'Table To Points'
tableToPoints1 = TableToPoints(registrationName='TableToPoints1', Input=surf_coordsdat)
tableToPoints1.XColumn = 'CoordinateX,'
tableToPoints1.YColumn = 'CoordinateY,'
tableToPoints1.ZColumn = 'CoordinateZ'
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# setup the visualization in view 'renderView1'
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
# show data from tableToPoints1
tableToPoints1Display = Show(tableToPoints1, renderView1, 'GeometryRepresentation')
# trace defaults for the display properties.
tableToPoints1Display.Representation = '3D Glyphs'
tableToPoints1Display.DiffuseColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
tableToPoints1Display.GlyphType = 'Sphere'
tableToPoints1Display.GlyphType.Radius = 0.025
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Sorry for the confusion caused by my incorrect use of terminology regarding mesh and point cloud. I understand now. This is what I need.
I am truly grateful for the assistance. Thanks a lot, @Tox and @mwestphal
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