Sven, Could you please give me instruction on how to use of your patch in order to export vector images?
Thanks, Nima On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Nima Emadi <[email protected]> wrote: > Apparently Paraview does not generate vectorial images at the moment. > > Would it be possible to generate such an image by first exporting to a > 3D format (like POV or X3D) and then converting the scene to a > vectorial format using another application? any suggestion ...? > > Best, > Nima > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David E DeMarle > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sven, > > > > Despite the limitations, would you please push that patch to github? > > Once there distribution, upkeep and maintenance will be easier. > > > > thanks, > > > > David E DeMarle > > Kitware, Inc. > > R&D Engineer > > 28 Corporate Drive > > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > > Phone: 518-371-3971 x109 > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Sven Buijssen > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I happen to have a small patch for the git master branch that adds > vector > >> graphics output (EPS, PS and SVG) to the Save Screenshot dialog and uses > >> vtkGL2PSExporter as a backend, too. Actually, it's just an updated > version of > >> the patch for this matter I posted on this list back in 2007. But as > holds for > >> the Python approach it has a few drawbacks: > >> > >> * Only 3D View support > >> * Builtin mode and client/server mode support (but using merely 1 server > >> process, empty file when using more) > >> * No support for Manta/EyeDom/other views > >> * No multi-view support > >> * No support for mandelbrot source > >> * No support for text/annotate time source (a rectangular box is drawn > instead), > >> one can resort to a 3D Text source, though > >> * No support for Volume rendering > >> * No support for Slice representation (try Surface representation of a > slice > >> filter output) > >> * No support for PointSprite representation > >> * No support for SurfaceLIC representation, even crashes ParaView on > export > >> * In display tab of object inspector, "Interpolate scalars" needs to be > ticked > >> off for every visible object; otherwise object is rendered gray > >> (see http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=1630) > >> * Requires an old version of the colorbar implementation or colorbar > will be > >> rendered gray > >> > >> So, don't get your hopes up too much about vtkGL2PSExporter. > >> > >> Sven > >> > >> > >> Hom Nath Gharti wrote, On 03/31/11 14:05: > >>> You might try to run the script below to see if your image quality is > good > >>> enough to use vtkGL2PSExporter > >>> > >>> rw=GetActiveView().GetRenderWindow() > >>> exp=paraview.vtk.vtkInstantiator.CreateInstance('vtkGL2PSExporter') > >>> exp.SetRenderWindow(rw) > >>> exp.SetDrawBackground(0) > >>> exp.SetSortToSimple() > >>> exp.SetFileFormatToEPS() > >>> exp.SetFilePrefix("test") > >>> #exp.Write3DPropsAsRasterImageOn() > >>> exp.Write() > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David E DeMarle < > [email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Sorry, ParaView doesn't have true vector graphics output. Please > add > >>> your vote to the existing user voice request for it. > >>> > >>> ( > http://paraview.uservoice.com/forums/11350-general/suggestions/313565-add-vector-graphics-output-i-e-postscript-?ref=title > ) > >>> > >>> The pdf writer in ParaView uses Qt to write a raster image. VTK's > >>> vtkGL2PSExporter is not exercised by ParaView at all and it is > likely > >>> not to support many of our rendering techniques if it was added as > an > >>> new exporter option. 2D views are more likely to be supported, but > we > >>> haven't yet had the time to do so. > >>> > >>> David E DeMarle > >>> Kitware, Inc. > >>> R&D Engineer > >>> 28 Corporate Drive > >>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > >>> Phone: 518-371-3971 <tel:518-371-3971> x109 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Nima Emadi <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > Dear all, > >>> > I'd like to export a paraview vector field plot into a vectorial > image > >>> > format (e.g. eps) to generate high quality images which are not > huge > >>> > in size for publication purposes. > >>> > I already compiled paraview 3.10 with gl2ps=on. So according to > old > >>> > messages in the email list I should be able to save vectorial > images. > >>> > Could anybody give me instructions how to do that? > >>> > > >>> > Thanks, > >>> > Nima. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > >
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