Ouch. It's already been filed by another user as a OpenFOAM reader bug. http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=11516
Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D. Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN From: Takuya OSHIMA <osh...@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp> Subject: Re: [Paraview] ParaView 3.8.1 hangs on select points/cells for plugin-generated multiblock data set Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:06:20 +0900 (JST) > Hi Karl, > > A user has reported the problem on the CFD-Online forum recently which > I also was able to reproduce on OS X. > http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/openfoam/74355-issue-involving-paraview.html#post281435 > (the discussion starts from Oct. 30) > I didn't file the problem as a bug because as written in my post I see > the problem only with 3.8.1 but not with 3.8.0 or 3.9-Development. > > p.s.: >> * File - Open - "bcOscilating/system/controlDict.foam" - Ok >> * Ignore the warning about missing time dependent data. Irrelevant here. >> * Change File Name to "bcOscilating\system\fvSchemes" - Apply > > You should be able to open bcOscilating/system/controlDict :) > > Takuya OSHIMA, Ph.D. > Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University > 8050 Ikarashi-Ninocho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, JAPAN > > > From: Karl König <kkoeni...@web.de> > Subject: Re: [Paraview] ParaView 3.8.1 hangs on select points/cells for > plugin-generated multiblock data set > Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:59:46 +0100 > >> Hi, >> >> Actually, the very same behavior can be observed with a completely >> different plugin, developed independently - Takuya Oshima's Parallelized >> Native OpenFOAM Reader Plugin: No point/cell selection problems when the >> plugin is compiled for 32-bit or 64-bit Linux against the official PV >> Development release 3.8.1, but ParaView 3.8.1 hangs (both 32-bit and >> 64-bit) if the plugin is compiled with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 against >> the official PV Development Installation for Windows. >> >> Recipe: >> * Get the plugin source >> (see >> http://openfoamwiki.net/index.php/Contrib_Parallelized_Native_OpenFOAM_Reader_for_ParaView) >> svn co >> https://of-interfaces.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/of-interfaces/trunk/vtkPOFFReader >> * CMake, then compile the plugin with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (32-bit or >> 64-bit) >> * Start ParaView 3.8.1 (Win32 or Win64) >> (downloaded from >> http://www.paraview.org/files/v3.8/ParaView-3.8.1-Win*-x86.exe) >> * Tools - Manage Plugins - Load New... - >> "Release/POFFDevReaderPanelPlugin.dll" + >> "Release/POFFDevReaderPlugin.dll" - Close >> >> Download a sample OpenFOAM data set, e.g. >> http://openfoamwiki.net/images/e/e1/BcOscilating.tar.gz. Untar. >> >> * File - Open - "bcOscilating/system/controlDict.foam" - Ok >> * Ignore the warning about missing time dependent data. Irrelevant here. >> * Change File Name to "bcOscilating\system\fvSchemes" - Apply >> * (optional:) Color by cell data array named "p". >> * (optional:) Representation "Surface with Edges" >> * Lasso select with either SelectPoints or SelectCells >> => PV 3.8.1 hangs >> (no such problem with SelectPointsThrough or SelectCellsThrough, >> though, as with the minimal reader posted previously) >> >> Does anyone else notice such strange behavior with his multiblock reader >> plugins on Windows? >> >> Thanks in advance for any feedback, >> Karl >> >> >> >> Karl König wrote, On 24.11.2010 09:04: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've a multiblock reader plugin which behaves nicely in Unix >>> environments (Linux and Solaris, 32 and 64bit), but seems to cause >>> problems under Windows (XP and 7, 32 and 64bit, compiled with Visual >>> Studio 2008 SP1 against official PV Development release): >>> Importing the data, viewing the data and exporting the data to different >>> file formats (e.g. as *.vtm) and importing that data again into ParaView >>> works without any problem, but whenever I use SelectCells or >>> SelectPoints from the selection toolbar and lasso select an area from an >>> object imported by this reader, ParaView hangs - under Windows, not in a >>> Unix environment. If, however, one applies a MergeBlocks filter first >>> and then lasso selects an area, there is no problem. >>> >>> I boiled down the reader to a minimal test case, it's more or less a >>> mere source now (but still implemented as a reader) and am attaching the >>> source code. Once compiled, it will integrate into paraview and offer to >>> open any file named *.mini (there is one in subdirectory sample-input). >>> The content of the file is completely ignored, instead a multiblock >>> containing one unstructured grid with exactly one cube is created. This >>> is enough to trigger the problem. >>> >>> I'd like to know whether this is a problem with the ParaView Windows >>> builds or whether I am misconstructing a multiblock data set which >>> somehow confuses only Windows builds. I tend to believe the latter (as a >>> data object generator source using the program "MB { UG1 }" does not >>> cause ParaView to hang when trying to select something), but have no >>> idea what I might be doing wrong. >>> >>> Thanks a lot for any feedback >>> Karl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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