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[Klaus Thoeni <klaus.thoeni@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 17 July 2014 12:47:30 Bruno Chareyre wrote:
> On 17/07/14 10:26, Jérôme Duriez wrote:
> >> Yade must be be consistent and the convention for strain/stress is
> >> traction positive. If python says -1 then paraview should also say -1,
> >> not +1.
> > 
> > I'm learning it...
> 
> If you prefer, here is a more general guideline: record output values as
> they are.
> It's a pain if they can be tricked randomly at each step of the
> processing: e.g. yade.plot and vtkRecorder would show opposite signs for
> the same thing.

I completely agree with you Bruno.

Just wanted to add, one can easily modify values in paraview using Filter-
>Calculator, e.g. multiply stress by -1.

Klaus