[Python-apps-team] Bug#478359: Bug#478359: mayavi2: fails to read blocks other than the first, in multiblock PLOT3D files

[Prabhu Ramachandran]

Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2008 21:38:45 +0530 Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
>> Mayavi2's current plot3d support is very basic and does not support any 
>> multi-block data.
> 
> Well, I would say it supports it partially, in the sense that it reads
> multi-block data, but is only able to load the first block...

That is correct.  It is actually easy to let a user view a single block 
at a time since all of the outputs are already setup.  I have to think 
more about how to do this better.

> OK, let's tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!
[...]

Thanks for the detailed feature description you need.
[...]
> I am aware that the above could be tricky and burdensome to implement.
> If it turns out to be really too hard (even for visualization gurus
> like you!), my original request is an second-choice simpler approach.
> I'll repeat it here, just to be sure what I'm referring to is clear
> enough:

This is useful.  Varun, would it be possible to file this as a ticket 
please so we don't miss it.

regards,
prabhu