Ok, I do some funkiness in that regard. Let me try to track that down. Utkarsh
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Paul Melis <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, missed that. But my issue is not that the LOD-rendering mesh is the > same as the fullres one (it's not, as expected), but that the LOD > resolution setting does not seem to influence the LOD mesh in my case. > Especially for a very large mesh I would expect 10^3 versus 160^3 to > make a whopping difference. > > On 06/20/2012 04:03 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >> Look closely. They are not the same. Look the wireframing around the >> centre of the sphere closely. >> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Paul Melis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hmmm, amiss at my end or in ParaView? The LOD and non-LOD views of your >>> sphere are the same it seems. >>> >>> On 06/20/2012 03:50 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >>>> Something's amiss. Attached are images of what I see when I interact >>>> with a default sphere. >>>> >>>> Utkarsh >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Paul Melis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Does the LOD render use quadric clustering by the way? >>>>> And if so, should the LOD resolution setting produce the same mesh >>>>> during interactive rendering as when applying a Quadric Clustering >>>>> filter to the same input with the same resolution settings? >>>>> >>>>> On 06/20/2012 03:40 PM, Paul Melis wrote: >>>>>> Hmm, maybe not a good test, as depending on the sphere resolution a the >>>>>> quadric clustering will produce the same results for a range of >>>>>> dimension settings (i.e. 10^3 and up) >>>>>> >>>>>> On 06/20/2012 03:36 PM, Paul Melis wrote: >>>>>>> I actually get the same result when using the builtin server. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 06/20/2012 03:34 PM, Paul Melis wrote: >>>>>>>> Same result, I see no difference in meshes used during interaction >>>>>>>> between 10x10x10 and 160x160x160 for LOD Resolution. Just to make sure: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - LOD Threshold is checked, set to 0.00 MBytes >>>>>>>> - Remote Render Threshold is checked, set to 0 MBytes >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 06/20/2012 03:28 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >>>>>>>>> Try reproducing with sphere source. Any luck? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Paul Melis <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> It's already at 0 (see below). >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On 06/20/2012 03:16 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> WHat is the LOD Threshold set to? Try setting it to 0. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Utkarsh >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Paul Melis <[email protected]> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm doing remote rendering with PV 3.14.0, with quite a large set >>>>>>>>>>>> (isosurface of 98M tris) on 16 render nodes, each with a GTX460 >>>>>>>>>>>> and 12 GB RAM (Linux 64-bit cluster btw). >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> This model renders like a dog when interacting. I've checked the >>>>>>>>>>>> subsampling settings, compression settings and LOD settings to see >>>>>>>>>>>> make sure I'm actually using lower resolution rendering and model >>>>>>>>>>>> decimation during interaction. I have enabled LOD Threshold and >>>>>>>>>>>> set the value to 0 (to force LOD usage during interaction, per >>>>>>>>>>>> tooltip). >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> But I don't see any difference in the actual decimated model used >>>>>>>>>>>> during interactive rendering for different LOD Resolution values >>>>>>>>>>>> (checked using surface-with-edges repr and rendering without >>>>>>>>>>>> subsampling). I also don't see how the value for LOD resolution >>>>>>>>>>>> relates to the actual model used. I would expect something like >>>>>>>>>>>> quadric clustering to be used, but when e.g. setting LOD >>>>>>>>>>>> resolution to 10x10x10 the model during interaction uses many more >>>>>>>>>>>> triangles than "10 per direction" (or per data piece assigned per >>>>>>>>>>>> process, when showing Process Id Scalars). >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I just don't see any difference between different LOD resolution >>>>>>>>>>>> settings. Am I missing a setting somewhere? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>>>>> Paul >>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>> 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
