Tools -> Manage Custom Filters ... gives you an import and export option to share your custom filters with others.
Clint On Monday 25 August 2008 2:21:38 pm Eric E. Monson wrote: > Hey Clint, > > Yes, that's a great idea (which I've tried briefly, but haven't used > much yet) for speeding up the process of setting it up from scratch > each time. Is there an easy way of sharing custom filters, so that if > I create some vis elements and combine them in custom filters, I could > send them to the others in my research group so they could use the > same parameters? > > I guess I was hoping there would be an easy way to change files "in > place" after a pipeline had been set up (or a state file loaded), but > I can see how that could cause problems if people choose the wrong > file type. > > Thanks, > -Eric > > On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Have you tried putting your pipeline into a custom filters? > > Select all the filters you want included, then create the custom > > filter from > > the group using the menu item Tools -> Create Custom Filter... > > > > To use it, just open your file and apply the one filter. > > > > Clint > > > > On Monday 25 August 2008 1:22:48 pm Eric E. Monson wrote: > >> Hey All, > >> > >> My group wants to use ParaView for debugging their simulation system, > >> where they might output many different files in a day with tweaked > >> parameters and want to quickly view the results to see whether things > >> are changing the way they expect. > >> > >> The problem is that for each run there are three different output > >> (unstructured grid) files, and to make a nice visualization each has > >> to be glyphed or colored or filtered in some special way. I can do > >> this, and it looks great, but it takes a while to set up each time a > >> new set of files is generated, so it's a bit of a pain. > >> > >> Therefore, main question: Once a visualization pipeline is set up, is > >> there any easy way to pick new files for the readers so new data > >> could > >> quickly be visualized using an existing "template"? > >> > >> I have tried reading in new files and using the "Change Input..." > >> menu > >> item, but it's a bit of a pain because it's a multi-step method that > >> changes the order of items in the Pipeline Browser each time you do > >> it. I know how to save a state file and then edit the source file > >> names for the readers, but this takes the user out of ParaView and is > >> a little clunky, but do-able. I can also write a python script that > >> loads a state file and changes the input files and creates an > >> animation automatically, but that isn't as flexible as looking at the > >> data in ParaView itself. (I also tried to change a source file name > >> from the Python shell within ParaView, but at least with an Xdmf > >> file, > >> that always crashes ParaView when I'm driving...) > >> > >> Am I missing something clean and easy? Is this a typical thing people > >> would want to routinely do with ParaView? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Eric > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >> Eric E Monson > >> Duke Visualization Technology Group > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ParaView mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview _______________________________________________ ParaView mailing list [email protected] http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
