[Paraview] Simple distance measurement between points

Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Thu Oct 27 09:00:35 EDT 2011


There's a ruler source that you can use to determine the distance
between two locations.

Utkarsh

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Marco Nawijn <nawijn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Felipe,
>
> Thanks for your answer. It does work, but it does not provide you
> directly with the distance between the two points.
> It provides deltas in each of the X,Y,Z coordinate directions. I was
> looking for a slightly more intuitive way like just clicking
> two points.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marco
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Felipe Bordeu
> <felipe.bordeu at ec-nantes.fr> wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> You can select the two points (with the control key for the second point),
>> then extract them with the Extract Selection.
>> And Finally in the information tab, you can see the bounds of the box (and
>> the delta).
>>
>> Felipe
>> On 26/10/2011 22:17, Marco Nawijn wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I have a very simple question. I have a regular need to measure the
>>> distance between points in a grid. Is this possible?
>>> If not, would it make a chance if I add to the feature request list?
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Marco
>>>
>>> P.S. I would be happy to try to implement this myself, but I would
>>> need some help to do this.
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>>
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