On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alex, > > I'd like to supplement Cory's answer (which is totally correct) with some > caution. There is a reason why the functionality you are looking for is > hidden in the Settings dialog. Making animations where the color map > rescales every time step can be very misleading. Use this option with > caution. > Yes, couldn't agree more. Cory Rather than change the color map scaling every time step, it is better to > set a static range that is valid for all time steps (if possible). Assuming > your data is not huge (and it sounds like it is not), you can try hitting > the "Rescale to data range over all timesteps" button. (It is in the color > map editor to the right of the color bars with the "t" on it.) That will > look at your data over all time and set the color scale to the min/max over > all. > > -Ken > > From: ParaView <[email protected]> on behalf of Cory Quammen < > [email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 2:55 PM > To: Alex Lindsay <[email protected]> > Cc: ParaView <[email protected]> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] Automatically scale color map > > Alex, > > Rescaling on Visibility Changes only rescales when an object changes from > visible to invisible or vice versa (hence visibility change). > > To do what you want, see Edit -> Settings. In the Settings dialog, click > the General tab and find the "Transfer Function Reset Mode". You can change > this to "Grow and update every timestep" to expand the range as time moves > on (range never shrinks) or "Clamp and update every timestep" to shrink the > range every timestep. > > HTH, > Cory > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Alex Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry for the barrage of questions guys. I've used Paraview a lot for 1D >> visualization, but now am wading into 2D... Based off Utkarsh's description >> here >> <https://blog.kitware.com/using-the-color-map-editor-in-paraview-the-basics/>, >> I would think that toggling "Rescale on Visibility Changes" (text a little >> different from previous versions of Paraview) would lead to automatic >> scaling of my color map when I change time steps. However, that doesn't >> appear to be the case. What am I missing? >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> > > > -- > Cory Quammen > R&D Engineer > Kitware, Inc. > -- Cory Quammen R&D Engineer Kitware, Inc.
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