"Text" is a data source similar to the reader. You need to "Show" it to add it to the active view.
Just do: load = 100.0 # Don't know how to get this into the view text = Text() text.Text = "Load %6.3f" % load Show() Utkarsh On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:01 PM, M. Nawijn<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am a newbie in Paraview Python scripting, so I apologize upfront if > this is a trivial question. > > I am processing a set of datafiles obtained from an optical > measurement system. I so far succeeded in loading the data file, > adding a color legend and storing the resulting view in a image file. > Sample code is posted below. > > What I would like to do next is add a text source to the view to > provide some contextual information about the data (in particular the > external load level at which the data was captured). I managed to add > a text source to an "empty" view (so without first reading the data), > but I cannot find a way to have the data and text source together. > > Can someone explain how I can add this to the view? > > Kind regards, > > Marco > > #==== What I have so far =================================================== > > from paraview.simple import * > > lt = MakeBlueToRedLT(-1.0, 1.0) > > bar = servermanager.rendering.ScalarBarWidgetRepresentation() > bar.LookupTable = lt > bar.LabelColor = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0] > bar.Title = r'W [mm]' > bar.TitleColor = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0] > bar.LabelFontSize = 14 > bar.AspectRatio = 15.0 > bar.AutomaticLabelFormat = 0 > > reader = XMLUnstructuredGridReader(FileName='disp-stage-%d.vtu' % 17) > > Show() > > #UpdatePipeline() > > view = GetActiveView() > view.Background = [0,0,0] > ResetCamera(view) > view.UseOffscreenRenderingForScreenshots = 0 > > dp = GetDisplayProperties() > dp.ColorArrayName = 'W' > > rep = GetRepresentation() > rep.LookupTable = lt > > view.Representations.append(bar) > > load = 100.0 > # Don't know how to get this into the view > text = Text() > text.Text = "Load %6.3f" % load > > # Image does not show the text > WriteImage('test.png') > _______________________________________________ > 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
