Then it is a bug, either in the code or the book where it says what that checkbox should do. Please file a bug on the bug tracker and we will fix it, making sure we can support that mode.
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. R&D Engineer 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-371-3971 x109 On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Christoph Willing <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > > Maybe there are some version related differences involved here - I found a > Client Collect checkbox & slider in Edit->Settings->Render > View->Server->Tiled Display Parameters. However unchecking it and then > changing some object parameter to force a re-render makes no difference to > the client view here. > > I appreciate the logic behind decimating the client view but, as Stephane > already mentioned, there are use cases where its not helpful. We have a > similar use requirement to Stephane - needing to stream a lower res version. > It would be great if the Client Collect checkbox would work as you suggest. > Should I try a different version? I'm currently on a Linux build from the > 3.8.0 source tarball. > > > chris > > > > On 26/08/2010, at 9:55 PM, David E DeMarle wrote: > >> Un-check the checkbox to the left and the client should get the full res >> geometry too. >> >> David E DeMarle >> Kitware, Inc. >> R&D Engineer >> 28 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 >> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109 >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Stephane PLOIX <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Since this thread is started, I would like to point out that saying that >> display walls are only used if the data size is large is not true for >> everybody. >> >> We have several use cases where having a correct rendering on the client >> would be helpfull : >> * display walls can be used for team meetings : the space is then used to >> have several people view the same thing, not always very big in terms of >> number of cells. In this case, it is very usefull to have the possibility to >> pick/select some part of an object, and it is very diffcult to do so with a >> decimated view. >> * we also use some tools like virtualGL that enable image-based >> collaboration by streaming the image of the client to a remote viewer : for >> instance if someone was not able to join the meeting and still want to >> participate and share the same view on his desktop. Sending a view of a >> decimated object is not very helpfull... >> >> I would vote for having the possibility to have a full-resolution view on >> the client, comments? >> >> Best, >> Stephane >> >> >> <ATT00001.gif> >> >> Stephane PLOIX >> Pilote Opérationnel - Visualisation scientifique >> EDF - R&D >> SINETICS >> 1, Av du Général de Gaulle >> 92140 Clamart >> >> [email protected] >> Tél. : +33 (0) 1 47 65 51 10 >> <ATT00002.gif> >> Un geste simple pour l'environnement, n'imprimez ce message que si vous en >> avez l'utilité. >> >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> Envoyé par : [email protected] >> 26/08/2010 13:14 >> >> A >> [email protected] >> cc >> [email protected] >> Objet >> Re: [Paraview] Inconsistent client view in tiled-display mode >> >> >> >> >> >> This is probably intended behavior. What is the setting of the "Client >> Collect" slider on the "Options"||"Preferences"->"Render >> View"->"Server"->"Tile Display Parameters" tab of the Options panel? >> Unless its checkbox is unchecked, ParaView either decimates the >> geometry before sending it to the client or if larger than the >> threshold, sends only bounding boxes. The reasoning being that if the >> rendered geometry is big enough to require a tiled display to show, a >> single GPU on the client is unlikely to be able to handle it a full >> resolution. >> >> David E DeMarle >> Kitware, Inc. >> R&D Engineer >> 28 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 >> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109 >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Christoph Willing <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > When running in tiled display mode, the view at the client is sometimes >> > missing part of the geometry. >> > >> > The effect appears to differ according to the number of tiles in play. >> > As an >> > example just to demonstrate the effect: >> > - with a 4x4 tiling, a simple cylinder with no capping starts losing >> > bits of >> > the cylinder when resolution setting is at 17. With a 4x5 tiling, >> > distortion >> > starts when resolution is 61. I have snapshots to show the effect at: >> > http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/paraview/missingbits.html >> > >> > Of course it starts looking pretty bad with a real, more complicated, >> > visualisation. >> > >> > Just to reiterate, this effect is just in the client viewer. The >> > rendering >> > on the tiled display itself is perfect. >> > >> > Is this a known phenomenon? >> > >> > >> > chris >> > >> > (I'm running 3.8.0 built from tarball at paraview website). >> > >> > >> > Christoph Willing +61 7 3365 8316 >> > QCIF Access Grid Manager >> > University of Queensland >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > >> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> >> Ce message et toutes les pièces jointes (ci-après le 'Message') sont >> établis à l'intention exclusive des destinataires et les informations qui y >> figurent sont strictement confidentielles. 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