Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Thanks Artem, but we have decided to complete the project without any
Paraview dependencies. The Kitware business model is not working for us.
Kolja

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Artem Bodrin  wrote:

> Hello, dear participants.
>
> Actually, one can do what Kolja needs. If you are still interested, I can
> deduce the sample from my plugin.
>
> In 2 words:
> 1) inherit main view class MyView from pqView
> 2) create a stub class vtkPVMyView, inherited from vtkPVView, override
> pure virtual functions
> 3) add to plugin's XML:
>
> 
> 
> 
>  name="MyView"
> class="vtkPVMyView"
> processes="client"
> base_proxygroup="internal_views"
> base_proxyname="ViewBase"
> label="My View">
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
> 4) create your own container widget class and return it from
> MyView::createWidget() method
> 5) use this in your plugin’s CMakeLists.txt:
>
>add_pqproxy(
>   VIEW_IFACE VIEW_IFACE_SRCS
>   TYPE MyView
>   XML_GROUP views
>   XML_NAME MyView
>)
>
> That’s it. I used SpreadSheet view implementation for inspiration.
>
>
> 27 янв. 2018 г., в 15:17, Kolja Petersen 
> написал(а):
>
> Thank you Mathieu, your answer helped me decide whether to continue our
> developments based on Paraview.
> Kolja
>
>
> 
>  Virenfrei.
> www.avast.com
> 
>
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kolja
>>
>> Inheriting directly from vtkPVView is not possible as there is specific
>> code dedicated to managing each type of base view. Even if it was possible,
>> it would not allow you to add QtWidget anywhere in the view.
>> This is not possible due to design.
>> However, there are possibilities to add Qt widgets in the properties
>> panel, in the view tool items and in any dedicated QDockWidget or QToolbar
>> you may want to add in your plugin.
>>
>> Also please keep in mind this mailing list is a volontary Q, We do
>> offer consulting services [1] if you want to work with ParaView development
>> team directly.
>>
>> Best,
>> 
>>
>>
>> Mathieu Westphal
>>
>> [1] https://www.kitware.com/what-we-offer/#consulting
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Kolja Petersen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Mathieu,
>>> I may be missing the point of your suggested code. I asked whether
>>> plugins can provide views beyond the existing RenderViews, on 15 January I
>>> sent a code snippet to the list to show my successful attempts that
>>> implement a new RenderView and ask how to replace it with a generic view
>>> containing other Qt widgets, and now you reproduced another version of the
>>> functionality from my snippet.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
>>> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hello

 Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a
 plugin.
 You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit
 for a base view, which can be :
  - vtkPVRenderView
  - vtkPVContextView
  - vtkPythonView
  - vtkSpreadSheetView
 (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/c
 lassvtkPVView.html)

 This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you
 precise which kind of proxy you want to create.

 In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the
 Render View, called Render View 2.

 Hope it helps,

 Best,


 Mathieu Westphal

 On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen <
 petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you, Mathieu,
> any update on this?
> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
> accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and 
> open
> it from a plugin.
> Thanks
> Kolja
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kolja
>>
>> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
>> scale down for your needs.
>> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Mathieu Westphal
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen <
>> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead
>>> of vtkPVRenderView?
>>>
>>> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is
>>> quite important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView 
>>> 

Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Artem Bodrin]

Hello, dear participants.

Actually, one can do what Kolja needs. If you are still interested, I can 
deduce the sample from my plugin.

In 2 words: 
1) inherit main view class MyView from pqView
2) create a stub class vtkPVMyView, inherited from vtkPVView, override pure 
virtual functions
3) add to plugin's XML:










4) create your own container widget class and return it from 
MyView::createWidget() method
5) use this in your plugin’s CMakeLists.txt:

   add_pqproxy(
  VIEW_IFACE VIEW_IFACE_SRCS
  TYPE MyView
  XML_GROUP views
  XML_NAME MyView
   )

That’s it. I used SpreadSheet view implementation for inspiration.


> 27 янв. 2018 г., в 15:17, Kolja Petersen  написал(а):
> 
> Thank you Mathieu, your answer helped me decide whether to continue our 
> developments based on Paraview.
> Kolja
> 
>  
> 
> Virenfrei. www.avast.com 
> 
>  
> 
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Mathieu Westphal 
> > wrote:
> Hi Kolja
> 
> Inheriting directly from vtkPVView is not possible as there is specific code 
> dedicated to managing each type of base view. Even if it was possible, it 
> would not allow you to add QtWidget anywhere in the view.
> This is not possible due to design.
> However, there are possibilities to add Qt widgets in the properties panel, 
> in the view tool items and in any dedicated QDockWidget or QToolbar you may 
> want to add in your plugin.
> 
> Also please keep in mind this mailing list is a volontary Q, We do offer 
> consulting services [1] if you want to work with ParaView development team 
> directly.
> 
> Best,
>  
> 
> Mathieu Westphal
> 
> [1] https://www.kitware.com/what-we-offer/#consulting 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Kolja Petersen  > wrote:
> Dear Mathieu,
> I may be missing the point of your suggested code. I asked whether plugins 
> can provide views beyond the existing RenderViews, on 15 January I sent a 
> code snippet to the list to show my successful attempts that implement a new 
> RenderView and ask how to replace it with a generic view containing other Qt 
> widgets, and now you reproduced another version of the functionality from my 
> snippet.
> 
> Why?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal 
> > wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.
> You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for a 
> base view, which can be :
>  - vtkPVRenderView
>  - vtkPVContextView
>  - vtkPythonView
>  - vtkSpreadSheetView
> (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVView.html
>  
> )
> 
> This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise 
> which kind of proxy you want to create.
> 
> In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render 
> View, called Render View 2.
> 
> Hope it helps,
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Mathieu Westphal
> 
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen  > wrote:
> Thank you, Mathieu,
> any update on this?
> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are accessible. 
> I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open it from a 
> plugin.
> Thanks
> Kolja
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal 
> > wrote:
> Hi Kolja
> 
> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to scale 
> down for your needs. 
> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Mathieu Westphal
> 
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen  > wrote:
> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of 
> vtkPVRenderView?
> 
> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite 
> important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
> Thank you
> Kolja
> 
>  
> 
> Virenfrei. www.avast.com 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen  > wrote:
> I have 

Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Thank you Mathieu, your answer helped me decide whether to continue our
developments based on Paraview.
Kolja


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On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 9:26 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Kolja
>
> Inheriting directly from vtkPVView is not possible as there is specific
> code dedicated to managing each type of base view. Even if it was possible,
> it would not allow you to add QtWidget anywhere in the view.
> This is not possible due to design.
> However, there are possibilities to add Qt widgets in the properties
> panel, in the view tool items and in any dedicated QDockWidget or QToolbar
> you may want to add in your plugin.
>
> Also please keep in mind this mailing list is a volontary Q, We do offer
> consulting services [1] if you want to work with ParaView development team
> directly.
>
> Best,
> 
>
>
> Mathieu Westphal
>
> [1] https://www.kitware.com/what-we-offer/#consulting
>
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Mathieu,
>> I may be missing the point of your suggested code. I asked whether
>> plugins can provide views beyond the existing RenderViews, on 15 January I
>> sent a code snippet to the list to show my successful attempts that
>> implement a new RenderView and ask how to replace it with a generic view
>> containing other Qt widgets, and now you reproduced another version of the
>> functionality from my snippet.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
>> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a
>>> plugin.
>>> You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit
>>> for a base view, which can be :
>>>  - vtkPVRenderView
>>>  - vtkPVContextView
>>>  - vtkPythonView
>>>  - vtkSpreadSheetView
>>> (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/c
>>> lassvtkPVView.html)
>>>
>>> This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you
>>> precise which kind of proxy you want to create.
>>>
>>> In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render
>>> View, called Render View 2.
>>>
>>> Hope it helps,
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Mathieu Westphal
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen >> > wrote:
>>>
 Thank you, Mathieu,
 any update on this?
 All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
 accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
 it from a plugin.
 Thanks
 Kolja


 On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
 mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Kolja
>
> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
> scale down for your needs.
> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>
> Best,
>
> Mathieu Westphal
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen <
> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead
>> of vtkPVRenderView?
>>
>> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is
>> quite important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView 
>> developments.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> 
>>  Virenfrei.
>> www.avast.com
>> 
>> <#m_-7952946054494814390_m_4251073414689478039_m_-8381060019648724713_m_-7533380727799637296_m_63782262572172547_m_2726909845290941008_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen <
>> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
>>> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
>>> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and
>>> can be built using:
>>> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake &&
>>> make
>>> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>>>
>>> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a
>>> custom view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show
>>> important statistics.
>>> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>>> >> base_proxygroup="views" base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>>>
>>> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic

Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Mathieu Westphal]

Hi Kolja

Inheriting directly from vtkPVView is not possible as there is specific
code dedicated to managing each type of base view. Even if it was possible,
it would not allow you to add QtWidget anywhere in the view.
This is not possible due to design.
However, there are possibilities to add Qt widgets in the properties panel,
in the view tool items and in any dedicated QDockWidget or QToolbar you may
want to add in your plugin.

Also please keep in mind this mailing list is a volontary Q, We do offer
consulting services [1] if you want to work with ParaView development team
directly.

Best,



Mathieu Westphal

[1] https://www.kitware.com/what-we-offer/#consulting

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:31 AM, Kolja Petersen 
wrote:

> Dear Mathieu,
> I may be missing the point of your suggested code. I asked whether plugins
> can provide views beyond the existing RenderViews, on 15 January I sent a
> code snippet to the list to show my successful attempts that implement a
> new RenderView and ask how to replace it with a generic view containing
> other Qt widgets, and now you reproduced another version of the
> functionality from my snippet.
>
> Why?
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.
>> You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for
>> a base view, which can be :
>>  - vtkPVRenderView
>>  - vtkPVContextView
>>  - vtkPythonView
>>  - vtkSpreadSheetView
>> (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/
>> classvtkPVView.html)
>>
>> This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise
>> which kind of proxy you want to create.
>>
>> In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render
>> View, called Render View 2.
>>
>> Hope it helps,
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Mathieu Westphal
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Mathieu,
>>> any update on this?
>>> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
>>> accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
>>> it from a plugin.
>>> Thanks
>>> Kolja
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
>>> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
 Hi Kolja

 I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
 scale down for your needs.
 I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.

 Best,

 Mathieu Westphal

 On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen <
 petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead
> of vtkPVRenderView?
>
> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is
> quite important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView 
> developments.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>
>
> 
>  Virenfrei.
> www.avast.com
> 
> <#m_4251073414689478039_m_-8381060019648724713_m_-7533380727799637296_m_63782262572172547_m_2726909845290941008_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen <
> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
>> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
>> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can
>> be built using:
>> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake &&
>> make
>> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>>
>> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
>> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
>> statistics.
>> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>> > base_proxygroup="views" base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>>
>> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view,
>> to be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as 
>> base
>> proxies.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen <
>> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear plugin developers,
>>> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
>>> editable format.
>>>
>>> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view
>>> part:
>>> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
>>> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>>>
>>> The 

Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Dear Mathieu,
I may be missing the point of your suggested code. I asked whether plugins
can provide views beyond the existing RenderViews, on 15 January I sent a
code snippet to the list to show my successful attempts that implement a
new RenderView and ask how to replace it with a generic view containing
other Qt widgets, and now you reproduced another version of the
functionality from my snippet.

Why?


On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.
> You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for
> a base view, which can be :
>  - vtkPVRenderView
>  - vtkPVContextView
>  - vtkPythonView
>  - vtkSpreadSheetView
> (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-
> doc/classvtkPVView.html)
>
> This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise
> which kind of proxy you want to create.
>
> In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render
> View, called Render View 2.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Best,
>
>
> Mathieu Westphal
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Mathieu,
>> any update on this?
>> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
>> accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
>> it from a plugin.
>> Thanks
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
>> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kolja
>>>
>>> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
>>> scale down for your needs.
>>> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Mathieu Westphal
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen >> > wrote:
>>>
 Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
 vtkPVRenderView?

 I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
 important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
 Thank you
 Kolja


 
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 On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen <
 petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can
> be built using:
> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake &&
> make
> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>
> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
> statistics.
> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>  base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>
> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view,
> to be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
> proxies.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen <
> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear plugin developers,
>> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
>> editable format.
>>
>> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
>> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
>> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>>
>> The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
>> Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
>> as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView 
>> plugin
>> is supposed to work.
>>
>> Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin
>> example, which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other 
>> widget?
>> This will help to allow users build their custom views for ParaView 
>> 5.x.y.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>
>

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Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Thanks, Mathieu, unfortunately the RenderView or the other hardcoded views
won't work for us.
As I described, I need to implement a custom view with a bunch of input
fields and buttons to represent data statistics.

The corresponding Qt views of the 4 mentioned View classes are created in
pqStandardServerManagerModelInterface::CreatePQView using hardcoded tests
such as:
 if (xmlname == pqSpreadSheetView::spreadsheetViewType())
  {
return new pqSpreadSheetView(group, name, proxy, server, parent);
  }
Is it feasible to create another, generic vtkPVView-derived class besides
vtkPVRenderView...vtkSpreadSheetView, which will allow to define the view
elements using the plugin mechanism?

We can add menus, buttons and toolbars through plugins, why not customize a
generic view? Is there a reason that forbids such customization, or is it
just one of those topics that hasn't received sufficient interest or
funding, but could be implemented in principle?
Thanks
Kolja

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.
> You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for
> a base view, which can be :
>  - vtkPVRenderView
>  - vtkPVContextView
>  - vtkPythonView
>  - vtkSpreadSheetView
> (https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-
> doc/classvtkPVView.html)
>
> This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise
> which kind of proxy you want to create.
>
> In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render
> View, called Render View 2.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Best,
>
>
> Mathieu Westphal
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Mathieu,
>> any update on this?
>> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
>> accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
>> it from a plugin.
>> Thanks
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
>> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kolja
>>>
>>> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
>>> scale down for your needs.
>>> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Mathieu Westphal
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen >> > wrote:
>>>
 Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
 vtkPVRenderView?

 I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
 important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
 Thank you
 Kolja


 
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 On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen <
 petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can
> be built using:
> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake &&
> make
> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>
> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
> statistics.
> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>  base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>
> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view,
> to be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
> proxies.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen <
> petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear plugin developers,
>> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
>> editable format.
>>
>> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
>> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
>> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>>
>> The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
>> Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
>> as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView 
>> plugin
>> is supposed to work.
>>
>> Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin
>> example, which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other 
>> widget?
>> This will help to allow 

Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Mathieu Westphal]

Hello

Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.
You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for a
base view, which can be :
 - vtkPVRenderView
 - vtkPVContextView
 - vtkPythonView
 - vtkSpreadSheetView
(
https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVView.html
)

This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise
which kind of proxy you want to create.

In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render
View, called Render View 2.

Hope it helps,

Best,


Mathieu Westphal

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen 
wrote:

> Thank you, Mathieu,
> any update on this?
> All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
> accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
> it from a plugin.
> Thanks
> Kolja
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
> mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Kolja
>>
>> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to
>> scale down for your needs.
>> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Mathieu Westphal
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
>>> vtkPVRenderView?
>>>
>>> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
>>> important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
>>> Thank you
>>> Kolja
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>  Virenfrei.
>>> www.avast.com
>>> 
>>> <#m_-7533380727799637296_m_63782262572172547_m_2726909845290941008_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen >> > wrote:
>>>
 I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
 disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
 The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can
 be built using:
 unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake && make
 (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)

 This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
 view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
 statistics.
 In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
 >>> base_proxyname="RenderView" ...

 How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view,
 to be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
 proxies.
 Thank you
 Kolja


 On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen <
 petersenko...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear plugin developers,
> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
> editable format.
>
> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>
> The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
> Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
> as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView plugin
> is supposed to work.
>
> Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin
> example, which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other widget?
> This will help to allow users build their custom views for ParaView 5.x.y.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>


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Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Thank you, Mathieu,
any update on this?
All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are
accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open
it from a plugin.
Thanks
Kolja


On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <
mathieu.westp...@kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Kolja
>
> I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to scale
> down for your needs.
> I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.
>
> Best,
>
> Mathieu Westphal
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
>> vtkPVRenderView?
>>
>> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
>> important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> 
>>  Virenfrei.
>> www.avast.com
>> 
>> <#m_63782262572172547_m_2726909845290941008_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
>>> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
>>> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can be
>>> built using:
>>> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake && make
>>> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>>>
>>> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
>>> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
>>> statistics.
>>> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>>> >> base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>>>
>>> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view, to
>>> be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
>>> proxies.
>>> Thank you
>>> Kolja
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen >> > wrote:
>>>
 Dear plugin developers,
 I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
 editable format.

 This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
 https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
 _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A

 The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
 Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
 as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView plugin
 is supposed to work.

 Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin example,
 which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other widget? This will
 help to allow users build their custom views for ParaView 5.x.y.
 Thank you
 Kolja

>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Mathieu Westphal]

Hi Kolja

I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to scale
down for your needs.
I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.

Best,

Mathieu Westphal

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen 
wrote:

> Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
> vtkPVRenderView?
>
> I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
> important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>
>
> 
>  Virenfrei.
> www.avast.com
> 
> <#m_2726909845290941008_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
>> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
>> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can be
>> built using:
>> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake && make
>> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>>
>> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
>> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
>> statistics.
>> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>> > base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>>
>> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view, to
>> be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
>> proxies.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear plugin developers,
>>> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
>>> editable format.
>>>
>>> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
>>> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
>>> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>>>
>>> The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
>>> Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
>>> as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView plugin
>>> is supposed to work.
>>>
>>> Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin example,
>>> which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other widget? This will
>>> help to allow users build their custom views for ParaView 5.x.y.
>>> Thank you
>>> Kolja
>>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [Paraview] custom view plugin - minimal example needed

[Kolja Petersen]

Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of
vtkPVRenderView?

I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite
important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.
Thank you
Kolja


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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Kolja Petersen 
wrote:

> I have stripped down Plugin/MantaView until all compilation problems
> disappear. What is left, is basically a plugin for a vtkOpenGLRenderer.
> The code, consisting of only two minimal classes, is attached and can be
> built using:
> unzip snippet-viewplugin.zip && mkdir build && cd build && cmake && make
> (tested with ParaView 5.4.1)
>
> This brings me back to my initial question. I'd like to show a custom
> view, made of a number of Qt widgets (buttons and text) to show important
> statistics.
> In SnippetView.xml, the view is declared as:
>  base_proxyname="RenderView" ...
>
> How can I replace 'base_proxyname="RenderView"' by some generic view, to
> be filled with widgets? "View" or "ViewBase" are not recognized as base
> proxies.
> Thank you
> Kolja
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Kolja Petersen 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear plugin developers,
>> I need to implement a custom view to present datasets in a detailed
>> editable format.
>>
>> This link says that the plugin tutorial is obsolete for the view part:
>> https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_a
>> _custom_view_.2A_obsolete_.2A
>>
>> The Examples/Plugins/GUIView suggested in the link doesn't exist. The
>> Plugins/MantaView is rather complex and doesn't compile due to other bugs
>> as reported elsewhere, so that I can't get a clue how the MantaView plugin
>> is supposed to work.
>>
>> Could some kind developer upload a minimal working view plugin example,
>> which needs to display only a simple QButton or any other widget? This will
>> help to allow users build their custom views for ParaView 5.x.y.
>> Thank you
>> Kolja
>>
>
>
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