For some reason the proxy is named "vrmlreader" (all lowercase). Try
using that name when calling createSource().
If you run into such issues, you can always look at
ParaView3Source/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml to
determine the name of the proxy for the reader you want to create.
Utkarsh
2009/7/15 Andrés Felipe Padilla <anfe...@gmail.com>:
> We tried the following using the vtkVRMLSource
>
> std::string file = "/models/flag.wrl";
> leVRML = vtkVRMLSource::New();
> leVRML->SetFileName(file.c_str());
>
> However, we do not know how to visualize the VRMLObject in the Active View.
>
> We tried the following using pqObjectBuilder:
>
> pqPendingDisplayManager *pdm =
> qobject_cast<pqPendingDisplayManager*>(pqApplicationCore::instance()->manager("PENDING_DI
> SPLAY_MANAGER"));
> pdm->setAddSourceIgnored(true);
> leSource = builder->createSource("sources", "VRMLSource", s);
> leSource->getProxy()->UpdateVTKObjects();
> pdm->setAddSourceIgnored(false);
> leSource->setModifiedState(pqProxy::UNMODIFIED);
> pqOutputPort* oPort = leSource->getOutputPort(0);
> builder->createDataRepresentation(oPort,
> pqActiveView::instance().current());
> (pqActiveView::instance().current())->render();
>
> but VRMLSource does not exist, so this approach fails. We were trying to
> look if creating a proxy with the vtkVRMLSource would work but we haven't
> figure that out yet. Can this source be added via an XML or something
> (*throwing some ideas) so it can be used with the objectBuilder?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andrés
>
> 2009/7/15 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com>
>>
>> What you described should work. Can you post relevant sections of the
>> code?
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> 2009/7/15 Andrés Felipe Padilla <anfe...@gmail.com>:
>> > Thanks for your quick answer Utkarsh. However, we are trying to load a
>> > VRML
>> > file without having to use the menus. We are using vtkVRMLSource, but we
>> > don't know to visualize it. We are trying to use the pqObjectBuilder
>> > methods, createSource and createDataRepresentation, but it does not work
>> > with VRML files. Is there a way for loading and displaying the file
>> > without
>> > using the menus? Thanks a lot for your help.
>> >
>> > 2009/7/13 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayac...@kitware.com>
>> >>
>> >> You can simply open a vrml file as if you are loading a data file
>> >> using "File |Open". ParaView will create the vtkVRMLSource for you.
>> >>
>> >> vtkVRMLSource has methods like SetFileName that you use to set the
>> >> filename programmatically and they are indeed public.
>> >>
>> >> Utkarsh
>> >>
>> >> 2009/7/13 Andrés Felipe Padilla <anfe...@gmail.com>:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I've been trying to load a VRML on ParaView unsucessfully from code.
>> >> > From
>> >> > the API and the code i see that the vtkVRMLSource could allow one to
>> >> > load a
>> >> > VRML but i have some issues with it. I create a vtkVRMLSource with
>> >> > the
>> >> > New()
>> >> > method but from there i cant see where to go. I cannot specify this
>> >> > object
>> >> > the file i want to load as all its members are protected. So my
>> >> > question
>> >> > is
>> >> > how do i tell the vtkVRMLSource to load my VRML?
>> >> > Thanks
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