Re: [Paraview] modifying vtkInformation object to point to new vtkDataObject

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
I am not sure why it doesn't work but what you are doing is not safe and is bad practice. The inputVector belongs to the input of this filter and you should not modify it (other than passing a request during RequestUpdateExtent). Isn't there another way you can do this? Maybe having a data member d

Re: [Paraview] compile completed install fails

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
Hi Steve, Which version of ParaView is this? -berk On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Steve Giessler wrote: > I followed all the instructions for compiling, installing ParaView. It > seemed to compile without error (64-bit Linux), but when I typed "make > install," I got this error near the end:

Re: [Paraview] data server reverse connection in python?

2009-10-13 Thread pat marion
You may also have to call servermanager.Disconnect() before calling servermanager.ReverseConnect(). This is because paraview.simple creates a builtin connection by default. Pat On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Berk Geveci wrote: > It looks like we forgot to add support for reverse connection to

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
Yes, for me the artifacts are gone when using pure surfaces only. Still, I need wireframes and surface+edges representations... Berk Geveci wrote: Hmmm. Can you try turning off all wireframes? -berk On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Dominik Szczerba wrote: In my case no volume rendering is i

[Paraview] compile completed install fails

2009-10-13 Thread Steve Giessler
I followed all the instructions for compiling, installing ParaView. It seemed to compile without error (64-bit Linux), but when I typed "make install," I got this error near the end: [ 88%] Built target QtTesting [ 89%] Built target pqWidgets [ 89%] Built target pqWidgetsTest [ 89%] Built targe

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
Hmmm. Can you try turning off all wireframes? -berk On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Dominik Szczerba wrote: > In my case no volume rendering is involved, just a blend of surface meshes > and some wireframes with varying opacities. > > Berk Geveci wrote: >> >> Does this happen only with Mesa? Th

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
In my case no volume rendering is involved, just a blend of surface meshes and some wireframes with varying opacities. Berk Geveci wrote: Does this happen only with Mesa? That looks like volume rendering, does it happen with geometry rendering? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:02 PM, burlen wrote:

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
Berk Geveci wrote: We try to use several offscreen rendering methods on X11. If we still see an empty screen as a result, we disable offscreen rendering. This is a common problem with the intel cards. To make sure I understand, you are not seeing the stitching problem only with the intel cards? E

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread burlen
I only tried mesa because no graphics hardware are present on that system. The system is off line today from maintenance, I can see if it happens with geometry too when it's back on line. Berk Geveci wrote: Does this happen only with Mesa? That looks like volume rendering, does it happen with

[Paraview] modifying vtkInformation object to point to new vtkDataObject

2009-10-13 Thread Christine Corbett Moran
Hi, I want to modify a vtkInformation object (specifically one within a vtkInformation vector) to point to a new data set. The use case is I have a derived class for which, in its RequestData method, I want to do some preprocessing on the input, then send the preprocessed input to the superclass

Re: [Paraview] Python Render() has no effect

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
What happens if you call MarkModified(None) on your source proxy? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Fabian Wein wrote: > I'm still struggling with my live data reader. > > A thread calls Update() on my algorithm. This leada to a RequestData() > and I give back the current data - independend of th

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
Does this happen only with Mesa? That looks like volume rendering, does it happen with geometry rendering? On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:02 PM, burlen wrote: > I get the stitching artifacts cvs of a few weeks ago, > --use-offscreen-rendering & Mesa 7.5,. no error about the empty screen. > > http://n

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
We try to use several offscreen rendering methods on X11. If we still see an empty screen as a result, we disable offscreen rendering. This is a common problem with the intel cards. To make sure I understand, you are not seeing the stitching problem only with the intel cards? Exact same geometry an

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
That would be the easiest explanation, but then it is not at all off-screen rendering or its my wrong understanding about it... Scott, W Alan wrote: I believe that ParaView uses the graphics card, and the graphics memory for it's off screen rendering. I also assume this is done in the back bu

Re: [Paraview] data server reverse connection in python?

2009-10-13 Thread Berk Geveci
It looks like we forgot to add support for reverse connection to the simple module. The following should work: from paraview import servermanager servermanager.ReverseConnect() # this takes an optional port argument You will also need to do the following if you want animation to work: servermana

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
Yes, that is exactly the same problem I am experiencing on one computer (integrated intel gfx card) but not the other (NVIDIA). I do not understand why the gfx card would influence offscreen rendering... burlen wrote: I get the stitching artifacts cvs of a few weeks ago, --use-offscreen-render

Re: [Paraview] Save Layout

2009-10-13 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
You could try using lookmarks, which are design to save a portion of the state and then apply that to different input data. Lookmarks are created by clicking on the lookmark icon in that little bar above the view. That said, although lookmarks are nice when they work, they tend to be quite inf

Re: [Paraview] Stream Tracer

2009-10-13 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
The stream tracer filter follows vector fields in 3D space. Tracing flow on surfaces is problematic because if a position is off the surface, then the stream tracer will not follow it. The default stream tracer seed points is a cloud of random points centered around some location. Because the

[Paraview] data server reverse connection in python?

2009-10-13 Thread Maxwell, Thomas P. (GSFC-606.2)[SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTL CORP]
Is there a way to accept a (reverse) connection from a remote data server using the paraview modules in a python shell? ___ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Scott, W Alan
I believe that ParaView uses the graphics card, and the graphics memory for it's off screen rendering. I also assume this is done in the back buffer of the graphics card's double buffer system, but I am not sure. Alan > -Original Message- > From: Dominik Szczerba [mailto:domi...@itis.

[Paraview] How to invalidate data

2009-10-13 Thread Fabian Wein
Dear last resource :) My last idea to make my live data reader work is to use animation. Independed on what time value is requested I give back the current data. I'll need a repeated loop for that - but once the time values are read, they are cached and not requested again from my reader. How c

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread burlen
I get the stitching artifacts cvs of a few weeks ago, --use-offscreen-rendering & Mesa 7.5,. no error about the empty screen. http://nashi-submaster.ucsd.edu/movies/SC09/vrl-pv-prob.png Dominik Szczerba wrote: Hi, I ma getting stitching artifacts in screenshots larger than my display (both 3

[Paraview] Python Render() has no effect

2009-10-13 Thread Fabian Wein
I'm still struggling with my live data reader. A thread calls Update() on my algorithm. This leada to a RequestData() and I give back the current data - independend of the requested time step. It's just not displayed. I tried with python Render() GetRenderView().StillRender() Show() all has no

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
I also tested on another PC, with an NVIDIA gfx card and it is OK there. So the culprit might be my integrated intel gfx chip in my thinkpad x60. Still, I expected off-screen rendering to be independent from hardware, not so? Dominik Scott, W Alan wrote: Looks OK to me. I tested at 1

Re: [Paraview] Stream Tracer, Save Layout

2009-10-13 Thread Paul Edwards
Is this a surface or a volume that you are creating streamlines for? If it is a surface you probably want to use "streamtracer with a custom source" and use the surface as the source (either use subdivide or quadric clustering to increase/reduce the number of streamlines). I have written some plug

Re: [Paraview] Please help!! How to force Render() from a reader

2009-10-13 Thread Takuya OSHIMA
Hi Fabian, I am not sure what you mean by a thread (a client side code?), but perhaps you can simply write pqApplicationCore::instance()->render(); Regards, Takuya Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D. Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN From:

Re: [Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Scott, W Alan
Looks OK to me. I tested at 1920x1024, on screen and off screen, and 7680x4096, off screen. I was writing png's, using 3.6.1. No stitching, no error message, no disabled off screen rendering. Alan > -Original Message- > From: paraview-boun...@paraview.org > [mailto:paraview-boun..

Re: [Paraview] Physical Boundary Condition ID in VTK Data structure

2009-10-13 Thread Andy Bauer
Check out the vtkAbstractDataArray class and it's derived types for storing the information you want. You can associate any of those arrays with your data set through vtkFieldData, vtkPointData, or vtkCellData (probably the one you want). ParaView will allow you to color your surface mesh using e

Re: [Paraview] Stream Tracer, Save Layout

2009-10-13 Thread Fred Fred
If you really have a simple cube, ie just 8 points conected together, it is possible that stream tracing be impossible because data are too sparse and the streamline are not long enough to be considered as valid. I would suggest trying with a little bit more complex dataset. From: glada...@hot

[Paraview] Physical Boundary Condition ID in VTK Data structure

2009-10-13 Thread Parker, Andrew (UK Filton)
Dear All, Quite simply, I'm using gmsh to generate surface meshes for a CFD simulation. Gmsh has the wonderful feature of being able to add a boundary ID flag to a surface or collection of surfaces, this is essential of setting up a computational problem as I'm sure you all know. The idea being

[Paraview] Please help!! How to force Render() from a reader

2009-10-13 Thread Fabian Wein
Dear Kitware experts and users, :) I'm still fighting with my live data reader and my deadline is approaching :( In my vtkMultiBlockDataSetAlgorithm derived reader I implement RequestInformation() RequestData() and RequestUpdateExtent() and call Modfied() and Update() from a thread. Sofar all w

[Paraview] Stream Tracer, Save Layout

2009-10-13 Thread Karin ....
Hi! I have opened a figure in Paraview, just defined by surfaces connected together. Let’s say a cube with six surfaces. In the xml file the velocity is defined as PointDataScalars and now I want to create stream traces in the figure. But when I did that with Filters – Alfabetical – Stream Tr

[Paraview] stitching artifacts in screenshots

2009-10-13 Thread Dominik Szczerba
Hi, I ma getting stitching artifacts in screenshots larger than my display (both 3.6.1 and recent CVS on linux). I have 'use offscreen' enabled in the settings, but get an error message it is being disabled because of a detected empty screen. Does anyone else have similar problems? Domini

Re: [Paraview] Dual-headed output from a single GPU?

2009-10-13 Thread Paul Melis
Berk Geveci wrote: > Yeah, unfortunately it is hard for us to provide binaries with MPI > support because MPI is implemented with different (internal) APIs by > different vendors. We would have to create a different binary for each > MPI distribution. > No problem, building paraview isn't really

Re: [Paraview] remove libvtkhdf5.so for compilation

2009-10-13 Thread Didier Roissé
Hello, I try to compil paraview with the CVS sources. I made changes to successfully compile. These changes are : - comment the line paraview_build_optional_plugin(H5PartReader "Reader for *.h5part files" H5PartReader ON) in Plugins/CMakeList.txt because there is no directory Plugins/H5PartReader