That example will create an executable that can be run from the command line.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Rob Nugen <users-paraview....@robnugen.com>wrote: > HI David > > Thanks for the links!! Do you know if the code at > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Utilities/Screenshot is > designed to be compiled and run from command line? If so, then I > think it can do the trick if I feed it filenames with a bash script... > > cheers > - Rob > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 21:37, David Doria <daviddo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > This should do the trick: > > http://paraview.org/Wiki/Take_a_Screenshot_of_a_VTP_File > > (linked to from here: http://paraview.org/Wiki/Python_recipes (this > > could use some organizing) ). > > > > Or you probably don't need Paraview at all for this - why not use VTK > directly? > > > > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Utilities/Screenshot > > > > David > > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Rob Nugen > > <users-paraview....@robnugen.com> wrote: > >> When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one person > >> to visualize the .vtk files which have been collected from another, > >> and to assume among the powers of the server that the separate and > >> manual loading of each would cause undue stress upon the user, a > >> decent respect to the opinions of the list requires that they should > >> declare a script which impels the computer to do the visualization. > >> > >> That's my creative way of asking if anyone has written a script to go > >> through thousands of .vtk files and create a screenshot of each. > >> During this project, we've created and collected a great number of > >> .vtk files, and want to essentially be able to make thumbnails of them > >> all so we know which should be saved and which can be discarded. > >> > >> The optimal solution would allow specifying the camera angle to be run > >> for each screenshot. > >> > >> Searching for "paraview 'save state'" (no outer quotes) seems to be in > >> the right direction. I found > >> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting but I don't see that > >> the same filters can be saved and applied to a different data set. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> - Rob > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Robert Maynard
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