You can indeed run a python script from terminal to automate such a task. Use pvpython or pvbatch executables. Those are simply Python interpreters with ParaView initialization stub. You can pass in a script as command line argument and the application will quit once the script is done.
Utkarsh On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Fastl, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Paraview-Community, > > > I am currently running parameter sweeps and want to visually compare the > result (a single .vtk file) to a base line (a single .vtk file). Therefore, > I wanted to load both .vtk-files in Paraview, generate a screenshot of them > and close Paraview again. Since I have several hundred simulations this task > would be very tedious to do manually and hence I though I might be able to > run a python script from the terminal to do this task in an automated > fashion. > > > I have found this link online > (http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/paraview/2011-October/023026.html) > which is not very promising, but also hoping that this feature would have > been added since then. I already want to thank you in advance for any help, > merry Xmas! > > > Kind regards, > ___________________________ > DI Thomas E Fastl, BSc > Research Student > King's College London > School of Medicine > Department of Biomedical Engineering > > The Rayne Institute > 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing > St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH > Email: [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
