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The intuitive way to clip the mesh in paraFoam is using the clip filter. However this creates a flat, triangulated surface hiding the mesh's structure.
 
The intuitive way to clip the mesh in paraFoam is using the clip filter. However this creates a flat, triangulated surface hiding the mesh's structure.
  
A better "clip" can be obtained using Extract Selection-Filter. The selection is created using the "Select Cells through" button
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A more useful "clip" can be obtained using Extract Selection-Filter. The selection is created using the "Select Cells through" button
  
[[Image:selectThroughButton.jpg]]
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[[Image:selectThroughButton.png]]
  
 
and pressing "Copy Active Selection" in the Extract Selection-Filter's object inspector.
 
and pressing "Copy Active Selection" in the Extract Selection-Filter's object inspector.
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 21 October 2013

The intuitive way to clip the mesh in paraFoam is using the clip filter. However this creates a flat, triangulated surface hiding the mesh's structure.

A more useful "clip" can be obtained using Extract Selection-Filter. The selection is created using the "Select Cells through" button

SelectThroughButton.png

and pressing "Copy Active Selection" in the Extract Selection-Filter's object inspector.