Bill, You cannot access animation scene from ProgrammableSource. Anything from simple.py/servermanager.py cannot be accessed in ProgrammableSource/Filter. You can add Python scripts as an animation track, however. In the animation view, choose "Python" in the first combo-box next to the "+" button.
Utkarsh On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Bill Sherman <sherm...@indiana.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question about how to access internal ParaView data from the > Programmable Source source. > > Specifically, I want to have a source that changes based on the animation > time, and so I would like to know how to get the current data-time > from within the python code of a Programmable Source. > > So, using the Python_Scripting wiki entry on paraview.org, I have > found that from the Python Shell I can get information about the > current time of the animation using the GetAnimationScene() method, > so I'm hoping that there is a quick trick to accessing this data > from the ProgrammableSource python code. > > Eg. > >>> scene=GetAnimationScene() > >>> print scene.AnimationTime > 30.0466 > > I think from there I can do some interesting stuff. > > Thanks in advance, > Bill > > -- > Bill Sherman > Sr. Technology Advisor > Advanced Visualization Lab > Pervasive Technology Inst > Indiana University > sherm...@indiana.edu _______________________________________________ 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
