Utkarsh, Thanks for the patience, it worked! I'll track the bug that Ken added and try it out when it is fixed.
Thanks, David On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Moreland, Kenneth <[email protected]>wrote: > Part of the problem is that the file series reader is reporting time even > when you are loading a single file with no time in it. In retrospect, that > is probably not a good idea. I just assigned a bug to myself to look into > it. > > -Ken > > > > On 4/15/09 8:48 AM, "Utkarsh Ayachit" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok. This is a nasty one. Before I tell you the fix, be aware that this > will change soon. We are working on cleaning up the animation time > issues that this is exposing. So here's the problem, you are loading a > dataset with single timestep. So ParaView switches to SnapToTimeSteps > mode and also enters a mode where the animation start and end times > are automatically determined based on the dataset. Inspite of changing > the play mode to sequence, it still remains in the mode where the > start and end times are determined by the dataset. Since that's just 1 > time, the animation does not play. To fix this, go back the "Animation > Inspector" (remember this is going to be automated and cleaned up > soon), and then check the "Use custom end times" check box and specify > some animation end time which is not same as the animation start time. > Now try playing in the Sequence mode. > > Utkarsh > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:21 PM, David Doria <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had tried all of the modes, and nothing changed. I tried again after > your > > response, stopping after step 2 and making sure it was on sequence mode > and > > still nothing was animated. Are you able to get the correct behavior? > I've > > tried it with a few different models with the same result, and I've done > all > > of those steps in every order I could imagine and tried setting the > > start/end times in the animation view and in the "editing camera mode" to > no > > avail. > > > > Thanks, > > > > David > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Check your play mode. Is it set to "Snap to Timesteps" and is ParaView > >> reporting that your dataset has only 1 timstep? Change the animation > >> play mode to Sequence and try. > >> > >> Also if you are simply orbiting about the active object, you don't > >> have to do anything after step (2). It should by default create an > >> orbit about the object that's currently selected in the pipeline > >> browser. > >> > >> Utkarsh > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:00 PM, David Doria <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > It works with a basic example: > >> > 1) Add a sphere source. > >> > 2) In "animate view", choose "Camera" and click the blue "Plus" > >> > 3) double click in the timeline near "Camera" > >> > 4) double click "path..." next to time "0" > >> > 5) click ok > >> > 6) click ok > >> > 7) click "play" > >> > > >> > the sphere rotates as I expect. > >> > > >> > However, when I do exactly the same thing, but with step 1 replaced by > >> > opening a vtp file instead of adding a sphere source, nothing get > >> > animated > >> > at all. Sometimes when I click on the camera timeline the Time's are > >> > both > >> > nan. It doesn't seem like the camera should be attached to either of > >> > these > >> > objects, making it weird that it works in one case and not the other? > >> > Any > >> > thoughts? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > David > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> David, > >> >> > >> >> Don't use the "Animation Inspector". It is going to be deprecated in > >> >> the next release. Use the "Animation View" to create animations for > >> >> the camera. Another caveat, the camera animation functionality is > >> >> still a bit "raw", so expect some usability issues. > >> >> > >> >> Utkarsh > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:37 PM, David Doria <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > I want to do a "fly around" of a model. I opened the animation > >> >> > inspector, > >> >> > and chose "selected object: Camera", and click "add keyframe". Then > >> >> > under > >> >> > "camera position" I clicked "Create path" (Because I want to leave > >> >> > the > >> >> > focal > >> >> > point at (0,0,0) ). The main paraview window disappears and a > >> >> > "Create > >> >> > Control Points" window pops up. When I click "OK", it seg faults. > Has > >> >> > anyone > >> >> > else experienced this? / Am I doing something wrong? > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks! > >> >> > > >> >> > David > >> >> > > >> >> > _______________________________________________ > >> >> > Powered by www.kitware.com > >> >> > > >> >> > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > >> >> > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > >> >> > > >> >> > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > >> >> > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > >> >> > > >> >> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > >> >> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Powered by www.kitware.com > >> > > >> > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > >> > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > >> > > >> > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > >> > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > >> > > >> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > >> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >> > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > > **** Kenneth Moreland > *** Sandia National Laboratories > *********** > *** *** *** email: [email protected] > ** *** ** phone: (505) 844-8919 > *** web: > http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kmorel<http://www.cs.unm.edu/%7Ekmorel> > >
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