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2D Glyph

Create a 2D glyph (e.g., arrow, cross, dash, etc.)The 2D Glyph source is used for generating a family of 2D glyphs, each of which lies in the x-y plane. The output of the 2D Glyph source is polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
GlyphType (GlyphType)

This property specifies the type of the 2D glyph.

9

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • Vertex (1)
  • Dash (2)
  • Cross (3)
  • ThickCross (4)
  • Triangle (5)
  • Square (6)
  • Circle (7)
  • Diamond (8)
  • Arrow (9)
  • ThickArrow (10)
  • HookedArrow (11)
  • EdgeArrow (12)
Filled (Filled)

If the value of this property is 1, the 2D glyph will be a filled polygon; otherwise, only the edges (line segments) will be included in the output. This only applies to closed 2D glyphs.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Center (Center)

Set the x, y, z coordinates of the origin of the 2D glyph.

0.0 0.0 0.0


3D Text

3D geometric representation of a text stringThe 3D Text source displays a text string as polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Text (Text)

This property contains the text string to be displayed. The ASCII alphanumeric characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9 are supported; so are ASCII punctuation marks. The only supported control character is "\n", which inserts a new line in the text string.

3D Text


AMR GaussianPulse Source

Create AMR dataset w/ Gaussian PulseAMR dataset source, used for generating sample Berger-Collela AMR dataset with a Gaussian Pulse field at the center.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Dimension (Dimension)

Sets the desired dimension for the AMR dataset to generate.

3

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • 2D (2)
  • 3D (3)
Root Spacing (Root Spacing)

Set the spacing at level 0.

0.5

RefinementRatio (RefinementRatio)

Sets the desired dimension for the AMR dataset to generate.

2

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • 2 (2)
  • 3 (3)
  • 4 (4)
XPulseOrigin (XPulseOrigin)

Set x-coordinate for the pulse origin

0.0

YPulseOrigin (YPulseOrigin)

Set y-coordinate for the pulse origin

0.0

ZPulseOrigin (ZPulseOrigin)

Set z-coordinate for the pulse origin

0.0

XPulseWidth (XPulseWidth)

Set x-coordinate for the pulse Width

0.5

YPulseWidth (YPulseWidth)

Set y-coordinate for the pulse Width

0.5

ZPulseWidth (ZPulseWidth)

Set z-coordinate for the pulse Width

0.5

PulseAmplitude (PulseAmplitude)

Sets the amplitude of the pulse

0.5


Annotate Time

Shows the animation time as text annnotation in the view.The Annotate Time source can be used to show the animation time in text annotation.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Format (Format)

This property specifies the format used to display the input time (using printf style).

Time: %f


Arrow

3D arrow with a long cylindrical shaft and a cone for the tipThe Arrow source appends a cylinder to a cone to form a 3D arrow. The length of the whole arrow is 1.0 unit. The output of the Arrow source is polygonal data. This polygonal data will not contain normals, so rendering of the arrow will be performed using flat shading. The appearance of the arrow can be improved without significantly increasing the resolution of the tip and shaft by generating normals. (Use Normals Generation filter).

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
TipResolution (TipResolution)

This property specifies the number of faces in the representation of the tip of the arrow (the cone). As the resolution increases, the cone will become smoother.

6

TipRadius (TipRadius)

This property specifies the radius of the widest part of the tip of the arrow (the cone).

0.1

TipLength (TipLength)

This property specifies the length of the tip.

0.35

ShaftResolution (ShaftResolution)

This property specifies the number of faces of the shaft of the arrow (the cylinder). As the resolution increases, the cylinder will become smoother.

6

ShaftRadius (ShaftRadius)

This property specifies the radius of the shaft of the arrow (the cylinder).

0.03

Invert (Invert)

Inverts the arrow direction.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Axes

Three lines representing the axes - red line along X, green line along Y, and blue line along Z The Axes source can be used to add a representation of the coordinate system axes to the 3D scene. The X axis will be drawn as a blue line, the Y axis as a green line, and the Z axis as a red line. The axes can be drawn either as three lines drawn in the positive direction from the origin or as three lines crossing at the origin (drawn in both the positive and negative directions). The output of the Axes source is polygonal data. This polygonal data has a scalar per line so that the lines can be colored. It also has normals defined.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
ScaleFactor (ScaleFactor)

By default the axes lines have a length of 1 (or 1 in each direction, for a total length of 2, if value of the Symmetric property is 1). Increasing or decreasing the value of this property will make the axes larger or smaller, respectively.

1.0

Origin (Origin)

The values of this property set the X, Y, and Z coordinates of the origin of the axes.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Symmetric (Symmetric)

When this property is set to 1, the axes extend along each of the positive and negative directions for a distance equal to the value of the Scale Factor property. When set to 0, the axes extend only in the positive direction.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

BlockSelectionSource

BlockSelectionSource is a source producing a block-based selection used to select blocks from a composite dataset.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Blocks (Blocks)

The list of blocks that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source. The blocks are identified using their composite index (flat index).

0


Box

Create a box with specified X, Y, and Z lengths.The Box source can be used to add a box to the 3D scene. The output of the Box source is polygonal data containing both normals and texture coordinates.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
XLength (XLength)

This property specifies the length of the box in the X direction.

1.0

YLength (YLength)

This property specifies the length of the box in the Y direction.

1.0

ZLength (ZLength)

This property specifies the length of the box in the Z direction.

1.0

Center (Center)

This property specifies the center of the box.

0.0 0.0 0.0


CompositeDataIDSelectionSource

CompositeDataIDSelectionSource used to create an ID based selection for composite datasets (Multiblock or HierarchicalBox dataset).

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
IDs (IDs)

The list of IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source. This takes 3-tuple of values as (flat-index, process number, id).

0 0 0


Cone

Create a 3D cone of a given radius and height.The Cone source can be used to add a polygonal cone to the 3D scene. The output of the Cone source is polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Resolution (Resolution)

This property indicates the number of divisions around the cone. The higher this number, the closer the polygonal approximation will come to representing a cone, and the more polygons it will contain.

6

Radius (Radius)

This property specifies the radius of the base of the cone.

0.5

Height (Height)

This property specifies the height of the cone.

1.0

Center (Center)

This property specifies the center of the cone.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Direction (Direction)

Set the orientation vector of the cone. The vector does not have to be normalized. The cone will point in the direction specified.

1.0 0.0 0.0

Capping (Capping)

If this property is set to 1, the base of the cone will be capped with a filled polygon. Otherwise, the base of the cone will be open.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Cylinder

Create a 3D cylinder of a given radius and height.The Cylinder source can be used to add a polygonal cylinder to the 3D scene. The output of the Cylinder source is polygonal data containing both normals and texture coordinates.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Resolution (Resolution)

This property indicates the number of divisions around the cylinder. The higher this number, the closer the polygonal approximation will come to representing a cylinder, and the more polygons it will contain.

6

Height (Height)

This property specifies the height of the cylinder (along the y axis).

1.0

Radius (Radius)

This property specifies the radius of the cylinder.

0.5

Center (Center)

This property specifies the coordinate value at the center of the cylinder.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Capping (Capping)

If this property is set to 1, the ends of the cylinder will each be capped with a closed polygon. Otherwise, the ends of the cylinder will be open.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Data Object Generator

Parses a string to produce composite data objects consisting of simple templated datasets. vtkDataObjectGenerator parses a string and produces dataobjects from the dataobject template names it sees in the string. For example, if the string contains "ID1" the generator will create a vtkImageData. "UF1", "RG1", "SG1", "PD1", and "UG1" will produce vtkUniformGrid, vtkRectilinearGrid, vtkStructuredGrid, vtkPolyData and vtkUnstructuredGrid respectively. "PD2" will produce an alternate vtkPolydata. You can compose composite datasets from the atomic ones listed above - "MB{}" or "HB[]". "MB{ ID1 PD1 MB{} }" for example will create a vtkMultiBlockDataSet consisting of three blocks: image data, poly data, multi-block (empty). Hierarchical Box data sets additionally require the notion of groups, declared within "()" braces, to specify AMR depth. "HB[ (UF1)(UF1)(UF1) ]" will create a vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet representing an octree that is three levels deep, in which the firstmost cell in each level is refined.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Program (Program)

This property contains the string that is parsed to determine the structured of the output data object to produce.

ID1


Disk

Create a 3D disk with a specified inner and outer radius.The Disk source can be used to add a polygonal disk to the 3D scene. The output of the Disk source is polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
InnerRadius (InnerRadius)

Specify inner radius of hole in disc.

0.5

OuterRadius (OuterRadius)

Specify outer radius of disc.

1.0

RadialResolution (RadialResolution)

Set the number of points in radial direction.

8

CircumferentialResolution (CircumferentialResolution)

Set the number of points in circumferential direction.

8


FrustumSelectionSource

FrustumSelectionSource is a source producing a frustum selection.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Frustum (Frustum)

Vertices that define a frustum for the selection source.

0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0


GlobalIDSelectionSource

GlobalIDSelectionSource is a source producing a global ID based selection.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Global IDs (IDs)

The list of IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source.

0


Hierarchical Fractal

Test source for AMR with HierarchicalDataSetThe Hierarchical Fractal source is a collection of uniform grids. All have the same dimensions. Each block has a different origin and spacing. This source uses the Mandelbrot source to create cell data. The fractal array is scaled to look like a volume fraction.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Dimensions (Dimensions)

This property specifies the X, Y, Z cell dimensions of a block.

10

FractalValue (FractalValue)

The value of this property will be mapped to 0.5 for use as a volume fraction.

9.5

MaximumLevel (MaximumLevel)

This property specifies how many levels of refinement should be included in this hierarchical dataset.

5

GhostLevels (GhostLevels)

This property specifies whether ghost levels should be generated at processor boundaries.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TwoDimensional (TwoDimensional)

If this property is set to 1, the generated dataset will be 2D; otherwise it will be 3D.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Asymetric (Asymetric)

If this property is set to 0, all the blocks will be the same size. If it is set to 1, an asymmetric dataset will be created: some blocks will have an X dimension that is larger by 2 units.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

RectilinearGrids (RectilinearGrids)

If this property is set to 1, the hierarchical dataset will contain rectilinear grids; otherwise it will contain uniform grids.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimeStepRangeInfo (TimeStepRangeInfo)
TimeStep (TimeStep)

This property specifies the timestep to use for this dataset.

0


HierarchicalDataIDSelectionSource

HierarchicalDataIDSelectionSource used to create an ID based selection for HierarchicalBox datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
IDs (IDs)

The list of IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source. This takes 3-tuple of values as (level, index, id).

0 0 0


Hyper Tree Grid

Hyper tree grid representing a tree-based AMR data setThis source uses input parameters, most notably a string descriptor, to generate a vtkHyperTreeGrid instance representing the corresponding a tree-based AMR grid with arbitrary rectilinear geometry and either binary or ternary subdivision.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Dimension (Dimension)

This property specifies the dimensionality of the hyper tree grid.

3

GridSize (GridSize)

The three values in this property specify the number of root cells in each dimension of the hyper tree grid.

1 1 1

GridScale (GridScale)

The three values in this property specify the scale of the root cells in each dimension of the hyper tree grid.

1 1 1

BranchFactor (BranchFactor)

This property specifies the subdivision scheme (binary or ternary) of the hyper tree grid.

2

MaximumLevel (MaximumLevel)

The value of this property specifies the maximum number of levels in the hyper tree grid.

1

Descriptor (Descriptor)

This property specifies the string used to describe the hyper tree grid.

.


IDSelectionSource

IDSelectionSource is a source producing a ID based selection. This cannot be used for selecting composite datasets.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
IDs (IDs)

The list of IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source. This takes pairs of values as (process number, id).

0 0


Line

This source creates a line between two points. The resolution indicates how many segments are in the line.The Line source can be used to interactively (using a 3D widget) or manually (using the entries on the user interface) add a line to the 3D scene. The output of the Line source is polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Point1 (Point1)

This property controls the coordinates of the first endpoint of the line.

-0.5 0.0 0.0

Point2 (Point2)

This property controls the coordinates of the second endpoint of the line.

0.5 0.0 0.0

Resolution (Resolution)

This property specifies the number of pieces into which to divide the line.

6


LocationSelectionSource

LocationSelectionSource is used to create a location based selection.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Locations (Locations)

The list of locations that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source.

0 0 0


Mandelbrot

Representation (unsigned char) of the Mandlebrot set in up to 3 dimensionsThe Mandelbrot source can be used to add a uniform rectilinear grid with scalar values derived from the Mandelbrot set to the 3D scene. The equation used is z = z^2 + C (where z and C are complex, and C is a constant). The scalar values in the grid are the number of iterations of the equation it takes for the magnitude of the value to become greater than 2. In the equation, the initial value of z is 0. By default, the real component of C is mapped onto the X axis; the imaginary component of C is mapped onto the Y axis; and the imaginary component of the initial value is mapped onto the Z axis. If a two-dimensional extent is specified, the resulting image will be displayed. If a three-dimensional extent is used, then the bounding box of the volume will be displayed. The output of the Mandelbrot source is image (uniform rectilinear) data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
WholeExtent (WholeExtent)

The six values in the property indicate the X, Y, and Z extent of the output data. The first two numbers are the minimum and maximum X extent; the next two are the minimum and maximum Y extent; and the final two are the minimum and maximum Z extent. The numbers are inclusive, so values of 0, 250, 0, 250, 0, 0 indicate that the dimensions of the output will be 251 x 251 x 1.

0 250 0 250 0 0

ProjectionAxes (ProjectionAxes)

The three values in this property allow you to specify the projection from the 4D space used by the Mandelbrot set to the axes of the 3D volume. By default, the real component of C (represented by 0) is mapped to the X axis; the imaginary component of C (represented by 1) is mapped to the Y axis; and the real component of X, the initial value (represented by 2) is mapped to the Z axis. The imaginary component of X is represented by 3. All values entered must be between 0 and 3, inclusive.

0 1 2

OriginCX (OriginCX)

The four values of this property indicate (in order) the components of C (real and imaginary) and the components of the initial value, X (real and imaginary).

-1.75 -1.25 0.0 0.0

SizeCX (SizeCX)

The four values of this property indicate the length of the output in each of the four dimensions (the real and imaginary components of C and the real and imaginary components of X). The three dimensions specified in the Projection Axes property will determine which of these values specify the length of the axes in the output.

2.5 2.5 2.0 1.5

Maximum Number of Iterations (MaximumNumberOfIterations)

The value of this property specifies the limit on computational iterations (i.e., the maximum number of iterations to perform to determine if the value will go above 2). Values less than 2.0 after the specified number of iterations are considered in the fractal set.

100

SubsampleRate (SubsampleRate)

This property specifies the rate at which to subsample the volume. The extent of the dataset in each dimension will be divided by this value.

1


NetworkImageSource

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FileName (FileName)

Set the name of image file to load.


Octree Fractal

Test source for octree with Mandelbrot fractalCreate an octree from a Mandelbrot fractal. See the Mandelbrot source for a description of the variables used.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Dimension (Dimension)

This property specifies the dimensionality of the fractal: 1D - Binary tree line, 2D - Quadtree plane, 3D - Octree volume.

2

MaximumLevel (MaximumLevel)

This property specifies the maximum refinement level for the grid.

5

MinimumLevel (MinimumLevel)

This property specifies the minimum refinement level for the grid.

3

ProjectionAxes (ProjectionAxes)

This property indicates which axes of the dataset to display. See Mandelbrot source for a description of the possible axes.

0 1 2

OriginCX (OriginCX)

This property specifies the imaginary and real values for C (constant) and X (initial value). See Mandelbrot source for a description of the C and X variables.

-1.75 -1.25 0.0 0.0

SizeCX (SizeCX)

The four values of this property indicate the length of the output in each of the four dimensions (the real and imaginary components of C and the real and imaginary components of X). The three dimensions specified in the Projection Axes property will determine which of these values specify the length of the axes in the output.

2.5 2.5 2.0 1.5

Maximum Number of Iterations (MaximumNumberOfIterations)

The value of this property specifies the limit on computational iterations (i.e., the maximum number of iterations to perform to determine if the value will go above 2). Values less than 2.0 after the specified number of iterations are considered in the fractal set.

100

Threshold (Threshold)

This property specifies a threshold value that determines when to subdivide a leaf node.

2.0


Outline

3D outline of the specified bounds.The Outline source creates an axis aligned bounding box given the user-specified minimum and maximum coordinates for each axis.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Bounds (Bounds)

The values of this property specify the minimum and maximum X, Y, and Z coordinates (X min, X max, Y min, Y max, Z min, Z max) for drawing the outline.

0 1 0 1 0 1


PVTrivialProducer

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
WholeExtent (WholeExtent)

The values of this property specify the whole extent of the topologically regular grid.

0 -1 0 -1 0 -1


PedigreeIDSelectionSource

PedigreeIDSelectionSource is a source producing a pedigree ID based selection.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Pedigree IDs (IDs)

The list of integer IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source, specified by the pair (domain, id).

id 0

Pedigree String IDs (StringIDs)

The list of string IDs that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source, specified by the pair (domain, id).

id foo


Plane

Create a parallelogram given an origin and two points. The resolution indicates the number of division along each axis of the plane. The Plane source can be used to add a polygonal parallelogram to the 3D scene. Unlike the sphere, cone, and cylinder sources, the parallelogram is exactly represented at the lowest resolution, but higher resolutions may be desired if this plane is to be used as an input to a filter. The output of the Plane source is polygonal data.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Origin (Origin)

This property specifies the 3D coordinate of the origin (one corner) of the plane.

-0.5 -0.5 0.0

Point1 (Point1)

This property specifies the 3D coordinate a second corner of the parallelogram. The line connecting this point and that specified by the Origin property define one edge of the parallelogram (its X axis).

0.5 -0.5 0.0

Point2 (Point2)

This property specifies the 3D coordinate a third corner of the parallelogram. The line connecting this point and that specified by the Origin property define a second edge of the parallelogram (its Y axis).

-0.5 0.5 0.0

XResolution (XResolution)

This property specifies the number of divisions along the X axis of the parallelogram.

1

YResolution (YResolution)

This property specifies the number of divisions along the Y axis of the parallelogram.

1


Point Source

Create a point cloud of a certain size, radius, and center.The point source creates a specified number of points within a given radius about a specified center point.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Center (Center)

This property specifies the 3D coordinates of the center of the point cloud.

0.0 0.0 0.0

NumberOfPoints (NumberOfPoints)

This property specifies the number of points in the point cloud.

1

Radius (Radius)

This property specifies the radius of the point cloud, measured from the value of the Center property.

0.0


Programmable Source

Executes a user supplied python script to produce an output dataset. This source will execute a python script to produce an output dataset. The source keeps a copy of the python script in Script, and creates Interpretor, a python interpretor to run the script upon the first execution.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
OutputDataSetType (OutputDataSetType)

The value of this property determines the dataset type for the output of the programmable source.

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • vtkPolyData (0)
  • vtkStructuredGrid (2)
  • vtkRectilinearGrid (3)
  • vtkUnstructuredGrid (4)
  • vtkImageData (6)
  • vtkMultiblockDataSet (13)
  • vtkHierarchicalBoxDataSet (15)
  • vtkTable (19)
Script (Script)

This property contains the text of a python program that the programmable source runs.

Script (RequestInformation) (InformationScript)

This property is a python script that is executed during the RequestInformation pipeline pass. Use this to provide information such as WHOLE_EXTENT to the pipeline downstream.

Parameters (Parameters)
PythonPath (PythonPath)

A semi-colon (;) separated list of directories to add to the python library search path.


Ruler

This is a line source that can be used to measure distance between two pointsThe ruler can be used to interactively (using a 3D widget) or manually (using the entries on the user interface) specify two points and then determine the distance between the two points. To place points on the surface of any dataset, one can use the 'p' key shortcut.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Point1 (Point1)

This property controls the coordinates of the first endpoint of the line.

-0.5 0.0 0.0

Point2 (Point2)

This property controls the coordinates of the second endpoint of the line.

0.5 0.0 0.0


SelectionQuerySource

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FieldType (FieldType)

The location of the array the selection came from (ex, point, cell).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • CELL (0)
  • POINT (1)
  • FIELD (2)
  • VERTEX (3)
  • EDGE (4)
  • ROW (5)
QueryString (QueryString)
CompositeIndex (CompositeIndex)

-1

HierarchicalLevel (HierarchicalLevel)

-1

HierarchicalIndex (HierarchicalIndex)

-1

ProcessID (ProcessID)

-1

UserFriendlyText (UserFriendlyText)

Reconstructs the query as a user friendly text eg. "IDs >= 12".


SelectionSourceBase

Internal proxy used to define the common API for Selection Source proxies. Do not use.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
FieldType (FieldType)

The location of the array the selection came from (ex, point, cell).

0

The value(s) is an enumeration of the following:

  • CELL (0)
  • POINT (1)
  • FIELD (2)
  • VERTEX (3)
  • EDGE (4)
  • ROW (5)
ContainingCells (ContainingCells)

When field type is POINT, this controls whether single vertex cells will be produced for each selected point, or whether the cells that contain each selected point will be produced. When field type is CELL this has no effect.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

InsideOut (InsideOut)

When this property is false the selection describes everything that should be extracted. When this is true the selection describes everything that should NOT be extracted.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Sphere

Create a 3D sphere given a center and radius.The Sphere source can be used to add a polygonal sphere to the 3D scene. The output of the Sphere source is polygonal data with point normals defined.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Center (Center)

This property specifies the 3D coordinates for the center of the sphere.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Radius (Radius)

This property specifies the radius of the sphere.

0.5

ThetaResolution (ThetaResolution)

The value of this property represents the number of divisions between Start Theta and End Theta around the sphere. (See the Start Theta and End Theta properties.) The theta divisions are similar to longitude lines on the earth. The higher the resolution, the closer the approximation will come to a sphere, and the more polygons there will be.

8

StartTheta (StartTheta)

To form a complete sphere, the value of this property should be 0 degrees, and the value of the End Theta property should be 360 degrees. The value of this property can be adjusted to form only a portion of a sphere.

0

EndTheta (EndTheta)

The value of this property can be adjusted to form only a portion of a sphere. This value is measured in degrees.

360

PhiResolution (PhiResolution)

The value of this property represents the number of divisions between Start Phi and End Phi on the sphere. (See the Start Phi and End Phi properties.) The phi divisions are similar to latitude lines on the earth.

8

StartPhi (StartPhi)

To form a complete sphere, the value of this property should be 0 degrees, and the value of the End Phi property should be 180 degrees. The value of this property can be adjusted to form only a portion of a sphere. Set the starting angle (in degrees) in the latitudinal direction.

0

EndPhi (EndPhi)

The value of this property can be adjusted to form only a portion of a sphere. The value is measured in degrees.

180


SplineSource

Tessellate parametric functions.This class tessellates parametric functions. The user must specify how many points in the parametric coordinate directions are required (i.e., the resolution), and the mode to use to generate scalars.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Parametric Function (ParametricFunction)

Property used to reference the parametric function as data generator.

The value can be one of the following:

  • Spline (parametric_functions)


Superquadric

Create a superquadric according to the theta and phi roundness parameters. This one source can generate a wide variety of 3D objects including a box, a sphere, or a torus. The Superquadric source can be used to add a polygonal superquadric to the 3D scene. This source can be used to create a wide variety of shapes (e.g., a sphere, a box, or a torus) by adjusting the roundness parameters. The output of the Superquadric source is polygonal data with point normals and texture coordinates defined.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Center (Center)

This property specifies the 3D coordinates of the center of the superquadric.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Scale (Scale)

The three values in this property are used to scale the superquadric in X, Y, and Z. The surface normals will be computed correctly even with anisotropic scaling.

1.0 1.0 1.0

ThetaResolution (ThetaResolution)

The value of this property represents the number of divisions in the theta (longitudinal) direction. This value will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 8.

16

PhiResolution (PhiResolution)

The value of this property represents the number of divisions in the phi (latitudinal) direction. This number will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 4.

16

Thickness (Thickness)

If the value of the Toroidal property is 1, this value represents the thickness of the superquadric as a value between 0 and 1. A value close to 0 leads to a thin object with a large hole, and a value near 1 leads to a thick object with a very small hole. Changing the thickness does not change the outer radius of the superquadric.

0.3333

ThetaRoundness (ThetaRoundness)

This property defines the roundness of the superquadric in the theta (longitudinal) direction. A value of 0 represents a rectangular shape, a value of 1 represents a circular shape, and values greater than 1 produce higher order shapes.

1

PhiRoundness (PhiRoundness)

This property defines the roundness in the phi (latitudinal) direction. A value of 0 represents a rectangular shape, a value of 1 represents a circular shape, and values greater than 1 produce higher order shapes.

1

Size (Size)

The value of this property represents the isotropic size of the superquadric. Note that both the Size and Thickness properties control coefficients of superquadric generation, so the value of this property may not exactly describe the size of the superquadric.

0.5

Toroidal (Toroidal)

If the value of this property is 0, the generated superquadric will not contain a hole (i.e., the superquadric will be ellipsoidal). Otherwise, a toroidal object is generated.

1

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Test3DWidget

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Resolution (Resolution)

Set the number of faces used to generate the cone.

6


Text

The Text source generates a table containing text.The Text source is used to generate a 1x1 vtkTable with a single text string.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Text (Text)

This property specifies the text to display.

Text


ThresholdSelectionSource

ThresholdSelectionSource is used to create a threshold based selection.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Thresholds (Thresholds)

The list of thresholds that will be added to the selection produced by the selection source.

ArrayName (ArrayName)

For threshold and value selection, this controls the name of the scalar array that will be thresholded within.

none


Time Source

Produces a single cell uniform grid with data values that vary over a sin(t) wave from t=0 to t=1 (radian).Produces a single cell uniform grid with data values that vary over a sin(t) wave from t=0 to t=1 (radian).

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Analytic (Analytic)

Makes the time source produce discrete steps of or an analytic sin wave.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

X Amplitude (X Amplitude)

Controls how far the data set moves along X over time.

0.0

Y Amplitude (Y Amplitude)

Controls how far the data set moves along Y over time.

0.0

Growing (Growing)

Makes the time source grow and shrink along Y over time.

0

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

TimestepValues (TimestepValues)


TrivialProducer

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions


Wavelet

Create a regular rectilinear grid in up to three dimensions with values varying according to a periodic function. The Wavelet source can be used to create a uniform rectilinear grid in up to three dimensions with values varying according to the following periodic function. OS = M * G * (XM * sin(XF * x) + YM * sin(YF * y) + ZM * cos(ZF

  • z)) OS is the output scalar; M represents the maximum

value; G represents the Gaussian; XM, YM, and ZM are the X, Y, and Z magnitude values; and XF, YF, and ZF are the X, Y, and Z frequency values. If a two-dimensional extent is specified, the resulting image will be displayed. If a three-dimensional extent is used, then the bounding box of the volume will be displayed.

Property Description Default Value(s) Restrictions
Whole Extent (WholeExtent)

The six values in this property indicate the X, Y, and Z extent of the output data. The first two values represent the minimum and maximum X indices, the next two are the minimum and maximum Y indices, and the last two are the minimum and maximum Z indices.

-10 10 -10 10 -10 10

Center (Center)

This property specifies the 3D coordinates of the center of the dataset.

0.0 0.0 0.0

Maximum (Maximum)

This parameter specifies the maximum value (M) of the function.

255.0

XFreq (XFreq)

This property specifies the natural frequency in X (XF in the equation).

60.0

YFreq (YFreq)

This property specifies the natural frequency in Y (YF in the equation).

30.0

ZFreq (ZFreq)

This property specifies the natural frequency in Z (ZF in the equation).

40.0

XMag (XMag)

This property specifies the wave amplitude in X (XM in the equation).

10.0

YMag (YMag)

This property specifies the wave amplitude in Y (YM in the equation).

18.0

ZMag (ZMag)

This property specifies the wave amplitude in Z (ZM in the equation).

5.0

StandardDeviation (StandardDeviation)

This property specifies the standard deviation of the Gaussian used in computing this function.

0.5

SubsampleRate (SubsampleRate)

This property specifies the rate at which to subsample the volume. The extent of the dataset in each dimension will be divided by this value. (See the Whole Extent property.)

1


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