These are excellent suggestions. Please make sure to create feature requests for them in the tracker so that we don't forget.
-berk On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Sala, Marzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Berk, > > I submitted a bug report, see http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=8268. > > The Programmable Filter is a very nice tool. Beside the bug report, I have a > couple of suggestions for possible enhancements: > > It may help to have a "Load" and a "Save" button for loading/saving the > script. Once the script works, I save it and set the pythonpath variable, but > while developing it may be easier to just load from an external file. > > Another feature that in my opinion could help is the following. The output of > the filter is reported in the "Output Messages" window, which pops up. This > window can be visualized using "Tools" > "Output Window". Should this output > window be available as another "view", then one could use it to print > messages that are not error messages from the Programmable Filter. For > example, the user may list the FieldData() or other statistics (integrals, > block names, min/max), or simply write a "filter OK" at the end of the > computation. > > -Marzio > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Berk Geveci [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2008 17:27 > To: Sala, Marzio > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Paraview] Parameters for Programmable Filter > > This is a feature we need to implement. I hope to have it in 3.6. Can you > please file a feature request in http://paraview.org/Bug and let me know. > The programmable filter should have a way of specifying a list of parameters > that can then be exposed through the custom filter object inspector. > > -berk > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Sala, Marzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem with user-defined parameters for the "Programmable Filter". >> >> In my case, I wrote a filter using the "Programmable Filter", then >> this filter is grouped with some others using the "Create Custom Filter". >> My problem is that the programmable filter requires a parameter to be >> defined by the user. This parameter is nothing but a Python variable. >> What I did was to add the entire script to the custom filter so that >> it can be modified, but this exposes the entire script and makes it >> more difficult for a user to understand what to do. >> >> Is there a preferred location for such user parameter? >> >> Thanks, >> -Marzio >> >> >> Freundliche Grüsse / Kind regards >> Marzio Sala >> CFD Department >> --- >> BMW Sauber F1 Team >> BMW Sauber AG >> Wildbachstrasse 9 >> CH-8340 Hinwil >> Tel +41 (0)44-937-9544 >> Fax +41 (0)44-937-9001 >> http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ParaView mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> > _______________________________________________ ParaView mailing list [email protected] http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
