Hi all, So I did some more digging. It turns out the instructions on the wiki at:
http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting#Loading_State_and_Manipulating_It is wrong. If you follow those steps, you just get a black image with nothing in it. However, I found a presentation at: http://www.vgtc.org/PDF/slides/2008/visweek/tutorial6_ayachit_python.pdf with the correct steps. To load the state file correctly, one must do: from paraview.simple import * servermanager.LoadState(filename) view = servermanager.GetRenderView() view.StillRender() I've requested an account on the wiki so I can make the change to the page (assuming as a new user I can... if not, can somebody update the information?) Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Gallagher" <[email protected]> To: "ParaView list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:48:54 PM Subject: Re: [Paraview] Python - load state just like when using the GUI We actually just tried to do the same thing for the first time yesterday and had the same issues... so if anybody has an answer, we'd like it too! Is it just a matter of accessing some kind of data pulled in from the state file and doing a Show() or something? I got the data to appear that way (SelectActiveSource(); Show()), but the views aren't right. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Villads Egede" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:11:40 PM Subject: [Paraview] Python - load state just like when using the GUI Hi, I'm fairly new to Paraview but am trying to get a hang on it. My problem is that I need to make some animations by loading different datasets rendered the same way. After having looked at the state file (pvsm) one can save in the GUI I thought it would be piece of cake to open these ones via a Python script and then save a screenshot from there (thus being able to replace the path to the dataset and then being able to create the animation), but when I do that, all the view settings are not loaded in contrast to when I do it through the GUI. Is there a way to "execute" the settings from the state? Best regards Villads Egede, Denmark _______________________________________________ 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
