Ribbon (RibbonFilter)
This filter generates ribbon surface from lines. It is useful for displaying streamlines.
The Ribbon filter creates ribbons from the lines in the input data set. This filter is useful for visualizing streamlines. Both the input and output of this filter are polygonal data. The input data set must also have at least one point-centered vector array.

PropertyDescriptionDefault Value(s)Restrictions
Angle
(Angle)
The value of this property specifies the offset angle (in degrees) of the ribbon from the line normal. 0

The value must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 360.

 
Default Normal
(DefaultNormal)
The value of this property specifies the normal to use when the UseDefaultNormal property is set to 1 or the input contains no vector array (SelectInputVectors property). 0 0 1  
Input
(Input)
This property specifies the input to the Ribbon filter.  

The selected object must be the result of the following: sources (includes readers), filters.

The selected dataset must be one of the following types (or a subclass of one of them): vtkPolyData.

 
Scalars
(SelectInputScalars)
The value of this property indicates the name of the input scalar array used by this filter. The width of the ribbons will be varied based on the values in the specified array if the value of the Width property is 1.  

An array of scalars is required.

 
Vectors
(SelectInputVectors)
The value of this property indicates the name of the input vector array used by this filter. If the UseDefaultNormal property is set to 0, the normal vectors for the ribbons come from the specified vector array. 1

An array of vectors is required.

 
Use Default Normal
(UseDefaultNormal)
If this property is set to 0, and the input contains no vector array, then default ribbon normals will be generated (DefaultNormal property); if a vector array has been set (SelectInputVectors property), the ribbon normals will be set from the specified array. If this property is set to 1, the default normal (DefaultNormal property) will be used, regardless of whether the SelectInputVectors property has been set. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Vary Width
(VaryWidth)
If this property is set to 1, the ribbon width will be scaled according to the scalar array specified in the SelectInputScalars property. Toggle the variation of ribbon width with scalar value. 0

Only the values 0 and 1 are accepted.

 
Width
(Width)
If the VaryWidth property is set to 1, the value of this property is the minimum ribbon width. If the VaryWidth property is set to 0, the value of this property is half the width of the ribbon. 1

The value must be less than the largest dimension of the dataset multiplied by a scale factor of 0.01.