Thanks Burlen
-simon
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From: Burlen Loring [blor...@lbl.gov]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 4:23 PM
To: Su, Simon M CTR USARMY ARL (US); paraview@paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview] Accessing a specific variable in Python Programmable
Filter
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input = self.GetPolyDataInput();
output = self.GetPolyDataOutput();
colors = vtk.vtkUnsignedCharArray();
colors.SetNumberOfComponents(3);
colors.SetName("Colors");
numPoints = input.GetNumberOfPoints()
for i in range(0, numPoints):
colors.InsertNextTuple3(255,0,0);
output=input
output.GetPointData().AddArray(colors)
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Not sure how this got on the wiki but this is an example of what *not* to do!!
In a VTK filter one's never supposed to modify the input.
output=input
output.GetPointData().AddArray(colors)
This is exactly what's done here. Of course you're not going to find the array
in the filter's output if you're adding it to the input!
This code can be fixed by removing the output=input line. With that change you
should be able to see the array in downstream filters. note, in python 2 range
actually generates a list with all the values in it, while xrange creates an
iterator which is far more efficient. To actually use the colors you'll also
have to uncheck the map scalars check box in the display properties.
input = self.GetPolyDataInput();
output = self.GetPolyDataOutput();
colors = vtk.vtkUnsignedCharArray();
colors.SetNumberOfComponents(3);
colors.SetName("Colors");
numPoints = input.GetNumberOfPoints()
for i in xrange(0, numPoints):
colors.InsertNextTuple3(0,255,0);
output.GetPointData().AddArray(colors)
del colors
On 05/16/2014 12:46 PM, Su, Simon M CTR USARMY ARL (US) wrote:
Hello,
After staring at http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Python_Programmable_Filter for a
while, the way to access the data for a specific variable name still eludes me.
This is the python code from the wiki on Add the Colors variable to a PolyData
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input = self.GetPolyDataInput();
output = self.GetPolyDataOutput();
colors = vtk.vtkUnsignedCharArray();
colors.SetNumberOfComponents(3);
colors.SetName("Colors");
numPoints = input.GetNumberOfPoints()
for i in range(0, numPoints):
colors.InsertNextTuple3(255,0,0);
output=input
output.GetPointData().AddArray(colors)
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How do I from the next filter, access the variable name "Colors" that I created?
Any help is much appreciated.
thanks
-simon
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