Re: Problem with griddata and contourplot

[c.]

On 9 Dec 2011, at 17:04, Walter White wrote:

> 
> I came across a problem and hope that you can help me.
> 
> I was trying to produce a contour plot of scattered x,y,z data,
> therefore I was using griddata. So far everything works fine,
> but when my mesh is too fine the following error message 
> appears and the script quits:
> 
> gnuplot (as of v4.2) only supports 3D filled triangular patches
> 
> Since the data is from a FEM software I have to plot it
> using a fine mesh to see the details.
> Does someone know a solution or a workaround to that?

if your data is defined on a triangular or tetrahedral mesh,
you might want to use the 'fpl' package to export it to vtk format
and then view it with paraview.

> Kind regards,
> Walter
> _______
c.