[Paraview] How to show the contour on a spherical surface

[Amy Squillacote]

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Unfortunately, I don't know a way to accomplish what you want.

- Amy

Xiaoya Zhan wrote:
> And then, how could I show the contour on a sphere, just as smooth as 
> the isosurface, avoiding the influence of  the granularity of the cells in
> the input dataset.
>
>  
> On 4/19/07, *Amy Squillacote* <amy.squillacote at kitware.com 
> <mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com>> wrote:
>
>     The sphere widget shown when you change the cut function to Sphere is
>     just a polygonal representation; an implicit function defining a
>     sphere
>     is then used in the cut filter. The smoothness of the output of
>     the cut
>     filter is caused by the granularity of the cells in the input dataset,
>     not the sphere implicit function.
>
>     - Amy
>
>     Xiaoya Zhan wrote:
>     > With a given 3D data set, using the Cut filter can show the
>     contour on
>     > a plane. To show the contour on a sphere, we change the option
>     in Cut
>     > Function to sphere, but this sphere displayed  is not that
>     smooth. How
>     > can I show the contour on a
>     >  smooth sphere surface.
>     >
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Amy Squillacote
Kitware, Inc.
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone: (518) 371-3971 x106