Takuya, Following the email threads you posted on the bug report, it seems that issue is no longer a problem, with 3.9. Am I reading that correctly?
Utkarsh On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Takuya OSHIMA <[email protected]> wrote: > Ouch. It's already been filed by another user as a OpenFOAM reader bug. > http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=11516 > > Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D. > Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University > 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN > > From: Takuya OSHIMA <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Paraview] ParaView 3.8.1 hangs on select points/cells for > plugin-generated multiblock data set > Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:06:20 +0900 (JST) > >> Hi Karl, >> >> A user has reported the problem on the CFD-Online forum recently which >> I also was able to reproduce on OS X. >> http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/74355-issue-involving-paraview.html#post281435 >> (the discussion starts from Oct. 30) >> I didn't file the problem as a bug because as written in my post I see >> the problem only with 3.8.1 but not with 3.8.0 or 3.9-Development. >> >> p.s.: >>> * File - Open - "bcOscilating/system/controlDict.foam" - Ok >>> * Ignore the warning about missing time dependent data. Irrelevant here. >>> * Change File Name to "bcOscilating\system\fvSchemes" - Apply >> >> You should be able to open bcOscilating/system/controlDict :) >> >> Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D. >> Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University >> 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN >> >> >> From: Karl König <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Paraview] ParaView 3.8.1 hangs on select points/cells for >> plugin-generated multiblock data set >> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:59:46 +0100 >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Actually, the very same behavior can be observed with a completely >>> different plugin, developed independently - Takuya Oshima's Parallelized >>> Native OpenFOAM Reader Plugin: No point/cell selection problems when the >>> plugin is compiled for 32-bit or 64-bit Linux against the official PV >>> Development release 3.8.1, but ParaView 3.8.1 hangs (both 32-bit and >>> 64-bit) if the plugin is compiled with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 against >>> the official PV Development Installation for Windows. >>> >>> Recipe: >>> * Get the plugin source >>> (see >>> http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib_Parallelized_Native_OpenFOAM_Reader_for_ParaView) >>> svn co >>> https://of-interfaces.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/of-interfaces/trunk/vtkPOFFReader >>> * CMake, then compile the plugin with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (32-bit or >>> 64-bit) >>> * Start ParaView 3.8.1 (Win32 or Win64) >>> (downloaded from >>> http://www.paraview.org/files/v3.8/ParaView-3.8.1-Win*-x86.exe) >>> * Tools - Manage Plugins - Load New... - >>> "Release/POFFDevReaderPanelPlugin.dll" + >>> "Release/POFFDevReaderPlugin.dll" - Close >>> >>> Download a sample OpenFOAM data set, e.g. >>> http://openfoamwiki.net/images/e/e1/BcOscilating.tar.gz. Untar. >>> >>> * File - Open - "bcOscilating/system/controlDict.foam" - Ok >>> * Ignore the warning about missing time dependent data. Irrelevant here. >>> * Change File Name to "bcOscilating\system\fvSchemes" - Apply >>> * (optional:) Color by cell data array named "p". >>> * (optional:) Representation "Surface with Edges" >>> * Lasso select with either SelectPoints or SelectCells >>> => PV 3.8.1 hangs >>> (no such problem with SelectPointsThrough or SelectCellsThrough, >>> though, as with the minimal reader posted previously) >>> >>> Does anyone else notice such strange behavior with his multiblock reader >>> plugins on Windows? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any feedback, >>> Karl >>> >>> >>> >>> Karl König wrote, On 24.11.2010 09:04: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've a multiblock reader plugin which behaves nicely in Unix >>>> environments (Linux and Solaris, 32 and 64bit), but seems to cause >>>> problems under Windows (XP and 7, 32 and 64bit, compiled with Visual >>>> Studio 2008 SP1 against official PV Development release): >>>> Importing the data, viewing the data and exporting the data to different >>>> file formats (e.g. as *.vtm) and importing that data again into ParaView >>>> works without any problem, but whenever I use SelectCells or >>>> SelectPoints from the selection toolbar and lasso select an area from an >>>> object imported by this reader, ParaView hangs - under Windows, not in a >>>> Unix environment. If, however, one applies a MergeBlocks filter first >>>> and then lasso selects an area, there is no problem. >>>> >>>> I boiled down the reader to a minimal test case, it's more or less a >>>> mere source now (but still implemented as a reader) and am attaching the >>>> source code. Once compiled, it will integrate into paraview and offer to >>>> open any file named *.mini (there is one in subdirectory sample-input). >>>> The content of the file is completely ignored, instead a multiblock >>>> containing one unstructured grid with exactly one cube is created. This >>>> is enough to trigger the problem. >>>> >>>> I'd like to know whether this is a problem with the ParaView Windows >>>> builds or whether I am misconstructing a multiblock data set which >>>> somehow confuses only Windows builds. I tend to believe the latter (as a >>>> data object generator source using the program "MB { UG1 }" does not >>>> cause ParaView to hang when trying to select something), but have no >>>> idea what I might be doing wrong. >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for any feedback >>>> Karl >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
