Glad to help :). Utkarsh
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:23 PM, B.W.H. van Beest <[email protected]> wrote: > Utkarsh, > > > Thanks for the pointers. I'll follow-up according your suggestions. > > I'm only recently doing stuff with ParaView (i.e. plugin-development). > Please accept my compliments for the way you answer questions in this > forum. The few answers you gave me + link to appropriate documentation > have been very iseful! > > Regards, > Bertwim > > > On 09/29/2014 02:46 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: >>> a) How to create a new source ("MyNewSource") >> You define the 'proxy' under the "sources" group, rather than filters. >> It will automatically show up in the Menu. Look at sources.xml under >> [1] to see other source proxy definitions. >> >>> b) How can I extend an existing source (box, sphere, etc.) with new >>> properties and methods ("MyBox, "MySphere"). >> Similar to the filters, you basically need to write a new VTK >> algorithm with these new methods. You can subclass the existing VTK >> source. Looking at sources.xml, you can find out which proxy using >> which VTK algorithm, e.g. "SphereSource" (labelled as "Sphere") uses >> "vtkSphereSource". After adding the methods on the VTK algorithm, next >> part is exposing those methods as properties using the XML. >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView/tree/master/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources >> >>> Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Bertwim >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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://public.kitware.com/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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
