[Paraview] Reexecute pipeline

2010-07-06 Thread owen.arnold
How can I force the pipeline to reexecute my custom data source? Currently RequestData is called once, but I would like to be able to restructure input data whenever a change is applied to the pipeline. Is this possible? As some background, I want to be able to regenerate my input data at

Re: [Paraview] Using Threshold

2010-07-06 Thread David Thompson
I have been using the Threshold filter for some time and now I am discovering it doesn't do what I want it to do. I have a surface made up of a set of points, each point has a location in 2-space, and a function value attached to it, -2, -1, 0 or 1. I would like to filter out all points

[Paraview] plot distance from a surface

2010-07-06 Thread Yann-Hervé Hellouvry
Hi, I guess I have an easy question : I would like to plot distance between a surface i've generated in paraview, and my x-axis. The plot will be x for abscisses and distance for ordonnée. Thanks ___ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware

[Paraview] .idb and .lib vs .dll?

2010-07-06 Thread Fred Fred
Hello, I have built PV with VS2008 and shared libs. When I compile my plugins, it creates for each one a .idb and a .lib file, while it seems that only .dll are expected as plugins. Should I ask CMake to create a .dll instead and how?

[Paraview] Is this page outdated? http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/BuildingWinDLL

2010-07-06 Thread Fred Fred
Because I tried it but it did not work: - the first error is due to this line: static MYLIB_EXPORT vtkFiniteDifference *New(); that is I followed the advice at the end of the cmake page: If you have some static functions then you will need something like the following: class

Re: [Paraview] Reexecute pipeline

2010-07-06 Thread Sebastien Jourdain
Once you changed your data on your custom data source, you will have to mark your datasource as Modified(). Then, a simple Render() or Update() will recompute the pipeline. Seb On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:22 AM, owen.arn...@stfc.ac.uk wrote: How can I force the pipeline to reexecute my custom

Re: [Paraview] [CMake] Is this page outdated? http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/BuildingWinDLL

2010-07-06 Thread Michael Jackson
The wiki page you cite is still relevant for cmake/visual studio with shared libraries. You do NOT need this line in your CMakeLists.txt file: ADD_LIBRARY(vtkFiniteDifference SHARED vtkFiniteDifference.cxx) The ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN should do that for you. class MyStaticFunctionClass {

Re: [Paraview] What are the 3.8.0 ParaView Development Installation packages?

2010-07-06 Thread Dave Partyka
A version that tracks the nightly master is an interesting idea. The main reason we started creating the development packages was more so that folks could build their own plugins that will work against the released binaries of ParaView without needing to build ParaView yourself. On Mon, Jul 5,

[Paraview] Rv: 1 script open different vtk files

2010-07-06 Thread llapis Pencil
hi again, I tried to run the script through the python shell, but it still comes up errors. The error message is the following: Traceback (most recent call last): File string, line 3, in module File C:\Archivos de programa\ParaView 3.8.0-RC2\lib\paraview-3.8\paraview\simple.py, line 109, in

Re: [Paraview] Rv: 1 script open different vtk files

2010-07-06 Thread Utkarsh Ayachit
Try putting the file under c:\temp does that help? Utkarsh On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:01 AM, llapis Pencil llapispen...@yahoo.es wrote: hi again, I tried to run the script through the python shell, but it still comes up errors. The error message is the following: Traceback (most recent call

Re: [Paraview] .idb and .lib vs .dll?

2010-07-06 Thread Utkarsh Ayachit
Are you sure you built your ParaView with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON? Utkarsh On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Fred Fred stan1...@hotmail.fr wrote: Hello, I have built PV with VS2008 and shared libs. When I compile my plugins, it creates for each one a .idb and a .lib file, while it seems that only

Re: [Paraview] Rv: 1 script open different vtk files

2010-07-06 Thread pat marion
Also, try changing the backslashes to forward slashes. Pat On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com wrote: Try putting the file under c:\temp does that help? Utkarsh On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:01 AM, llapis Pencil llapispen...@yahoo.es wrote: hi again,

[Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread Adriano Gagliardi
Dear All, Is it possible to pass user arguments into the programmable filter without having to manually edit the code? For example, I have a simple file writer and the user must define the filename to write to. Rather than having to copy and paste the code and manually enter a new filename each

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread pat marion
Hi Adriano, It is possible to do this so that the user does not have to write/modify any code, but it requires that you write a plugin. Let me know if you're interested, I have some example of doing that I can send to you. There is one outstanding bug, once it is fixed I plan to post the

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread Adriano Gagliardi
Hi Pat, So it is only possible to do this by wrapping the programmable filter in a C++ plugin, which will then allow you to create a new GUI interface? The reason I ask is that I am currently trying to find the limitations of using the programmable filter to quickly test out new ideas for

[Paraview] Absence

2010-07-06 Thread Raphael MARC
Je serai absent(e) du 06/07/2010 au 13/07/2010. ___ 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:

[Paraview] Rv: Rv: 1 script open different vtk files

2010-07-06 Thread llapis Pencil
Hi, Using the temp folder no changes happen, but changing the slashes the message error also changes. Now the error message is the following: Traceback (most recent call last): File string, line 3, in module File C:\Archivos de programa\ParaView 3.8.0-RC2\lib\paraview-3.8\paraview\simple.py,

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread Aurélien Marsan
Hi Pat, What is the bug you're meaning of ? The control of time by the programmable filter ? :-) Regard, Aurélien 2010/7/6 Adriano Gagliardi agaglia...@ara.co.uk Hi Pat, Just to clarify by example, I was refering to the plugin you mentioned and not for Request Information! :-) Cheers,

Re: [Paraview] Rv: Rv: 1 script open different vtk files

2010-07-06 Thread llapis Pencil
the script changed also and now it looks like: from paraview.simple import * reader1 = OpenDataFile(C:/Documents and Settings/Nit@/Mis documentos/stuttgart/hiwi/output/vtk/output\out1-1.vtk) reader1 = OpenDataFile(C:/Documents and Settings/Nit@/Mis

Re: [Paraview] plot distance from a surface

2010-07-06 Thread Aurélien Marsan
Hi, You can use the calculator to calculate sqrt(coordsY^2+coordsZ^2) and use the plot data filter. Regards, Aurélien 2010/7/6 Yann-Hervé Hellouvry yannherve.hellou...@gmail.com Hi, I guess I have an easy question : I would like to plot distance between a surface i've generated in

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread Felipe Bordeu
Hello, I also test all my 'codes' in the programmable filter first. To deploy a filter I put the filter body inside a python file. Then in the programable filter I put: input_file='hello' output_file='bye.log' execfile('my_custom_filter.py') And finally I create a custom filter

[Paraview] Question about showing a few nodes/points using vtk xml

2010-07-06 Thread L.M. de Vries
Hi, I am trying to show a few points (not a mesh) with their values in Paraview using an XML VTK input-file Here are the contents of my .vpt file: VTKFile version=0.1 byte_order=LittleEndian type=PolyData PolyData Piece NumberOfPoints=6 Points DataArray NumberOfComponents=3 format=ascii

Re: [Paraview] Problem with Compute Derivatives Filter

2010-07-06 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
It could be a bug, but I cannot replicate it. Any chance you could send some sample data? -Ken On 7/2/10 5:58 PM, Mohamad M. Nasr-Azadani mmn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am trying to compute the vorticity vector from a 2D dataset. My dataset file is .vtr format. This is what I do:

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread pat marion
The bug I was referring to, is the problem of creating a custom filter that uses a filter loaded via plugin. http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=10926 Pat 2010/7/6 Aurélien Marsan aurelien.mar...@ecl2009.ec-lyon.fr Hi Pat, What is the bug you're meaning of ? The control of time by the

Re: [Paraview] User arguments the programmable filter

2010-07-06 Thread Adriano Gagliardi
Felipe, That is a useful option that I never thought about. Thanks, Adriano === Adriano Gagliardi MEng PhD Business Sector Leader Computational Aerodynamics Aircraft Research Association Ltd. Manton Lane Bedford Tel: 01234 32 4644 E-mail:

Re: [Paraview] Question about showing a few nodes/points using vtk xml

2010-07-06 Thread Eric E. Monson
Hey Luis, You need to specify not only points, but some types of cells (with connectivity information) in your VTP file. If you want just disconnected vertices, here is an example: VTKFile type=PolyData version=0.1 byte_order=LittleEndian PolyData Piece NumberOfPoints=6 NumberOfVerts=6

Re: [Paraview] Question about showing a few nodes/points using vtk xml

2010-07-06 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
By default, ParaView draws cells, not points. (You've found one exception where selected points are drawn.) If you want to see points in general, you will need to create vertex cells. One way to do that is to run your data through the glyph filter and select the 2D Glyph and then Vected

Re: [Paraview] Using Threshold

2010-07-06 Thread Michael Cohen
On 7/6/2010 2:31 AM, David Thompson wrote: I have been using the Threshold filter for some time and now I am discovering it doesn't do what I want it to do. I have a surface made up of a set of points, each point has a location in 2-space, and a function value attached to it, -2, -1, 0 or 1. I

Re: [Paraview] Problem with Compute Derivatives Filter

2010-07-06 Thread Mohamad M. Nasr-Azadani
Thanks Aurélien, I thoutht about that one too and tried it, but it did not work. Best, Mohamad 2010/7/5 Aurélien Marsan aurelien.mar...@ecl2009.ec-lyon.fr Hi, Maybe you could try to use a 3D vector u_vector = ux*iHat + uy*jHat + 0*kHat, instead of the 2d vector ? Regards,

Re: [Paraview] Problem with Compute Derivatives Filter

2010-07-06 Thread Moreland, Kenneth
Yup. It looks like a bug. In fact, compute gradients seems to crash whenever the output tensor is set to nothing (and is otherwise valid). I submitted a bug for this: http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=10944 Thanks for narrowing down the problem and reporting it. -Ken On 7/6/10 4:43

Re: [Paraview] Using Threshold

2010-07-06 Thread David Thompson
I definitely want to break it up into a point cloud, probably using the glyph filter to create a vertex cell at each point. How do I go about this? Load your data. Go to the Filters menu and choose Glyph. When the filter options appear in the Object Inspector panel, set the Glyph