Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects available in Pipeline Browser
Thanks Ken. I will try this on other machines. BTW I have version 3.0 of OpenGL: $ glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9 Best regards, Omid -- Omid Mahabadi, Ph.D., P.Eng. President & Geomechanics Specialist Geomechanica Inc Suite 900 – 390 Bay Street, Toronto, On, M5H 2Y2 Canada http://www.geomechanica.com/ Tel: +1-647-478-9767 Cell: +1-416-824-2408 Skype: omid82 Standalone licenses and cloud subscriptions for Irazu 2D/3D geomechanics simulation software are now available: http://irazu.geomechanica.com This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify me immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender, therefore, does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Geomechanica Inc. On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Moreland, Kenneth wrote: > Omid, > > > > The only other thing I can think of is that there is something odd about > the OpenGL driver/hardware on your system that for some reason is not > supporting the coincident topology resolution in ParaView. ParaView changed > its rendering system from OpenGL 1.3 to OpenGL 3.1 in version 5, the > version that you report seeing the issue. > > > > Once again, I recommend trying to run ParaView on a completely different > computer if you can find access to one. You might also try updating the > OpenGL drivers on your computer. Beyond that, I am out of ideas. > > > > -Ken > > > > *From: *Omid Mahabadi > *Date: *Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7:58 AM > *To: *"Moreland, Kenneth" > *Cc: *"paraview@paraview.org" > > *Subject: *[EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects > available in Pipeline Browser > > > > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for your feedback and sorry for my late reply. Somehow I didn't get > this message and only found your reply after searching in my mailbox. > > > > I tried various values for the Z Shift, increasing it by one order of > magnitude until reaching a value of 200, restarting in between changes. > This didn't help. > > > > I haven't really made any other changes in ParaView settings. I even > restored to defaults a couple of times. I've been using Linux Mint 17 and > have also experienced the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04 both 64 bit. > > > > Thanks > > > Best regards, > > Omid > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Moreland, Kenneth > wrote: > > Omid, > > > > Even after applying the Threshold filter, I cannot replicate your problem. > I’ve tried on both ParaView 5.2 and 5.4. Both work fine for me. > > > > My settings are the default. “Resolve Coincident Topology” is set to > “Shift z-buffer when rendering lines and points”. “Z Shift” is set to > 0.002. (Polygon offset should not matter in this mode.) You could try > increasing the Z Shift to fix the problem. Note that you have to restart > ParaView in order for these options to take effect. > > > > It is possible that there is some quirk with the rendering system on your > computer that does not implement the topology resolution. Do you happen to > have another computer on which you can try to run this? I also noted that > if I turn on OSPRay rendering, I do get the missing line issue you > describe. There might be other display/rendering parameters that cause > issues. But the defaults should be fine, so unless you have done some > tinkering you should be OK. > > > > -Ken > > > > *From:* Omid Mahabadi [mailto:omid.mahab...@geomechanica.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:21 AM > *To:* Moreland, Kenneth > *Cc:* paraview@paraview.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects > available in Pipeline Browser > > > > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for the detailed reply. I could not get anything out of the > settings dialog as per your suggestion. Did you have a combination of those > settings that might work for my files? > > I can also see the image you sent; that's usually fine. However, I > typically apply a Threshold filter to the _basic_ files (Scalar: alive; > min: 0.1; max: 1). In this case, the _basic_ object is always drawn in > front of the _br
Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects available in Pipeline Browser
Hi Ken, Thanks for your feedback and sorry for my late reply. Somehow I didn't get this message and only found your reply after searching in my mailbox. I tried various values for the Z Shift, increasing it by one order of magnitude until reaching a value of 200, restarting in between changes. This didn't help. I haven't really made any other changes in ParaView settings. I even restored to defaults a couple of times. I've been using Linux Mint 17 and have also experienced the same issue on Ubuntu 14.04 both 64 bit. Thanks Best regards, Omid On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Moreland, Kenneth wrote: > Omid, > > > > Even after applying the Threshold filter, I cannot replicate your problem. > I’ve tried on both ParaView 5.2 and 5.4. Both work fine for me. > > > > My settings are the default. “Resolve Coincident Topology” is set to > “Shift z-buffer when rendering lines and points”. “Z Shift” is set to > 0.002. (Polygon offset should not matter in this mode.) You could try > increasing the Z Shift to fix the problem. Note that you have to restart > ParaView in order for these options to take effect. > > > > It is possible that there is some quirk with the rendering system on your > computer that does not implement the topology resolution. Do you happen to > have another computer on which you can try to run this? I also noted that > if I turn on OSPRay rendering, I do get the missing line issue you > describe. There might be other display/rendering parameters that cause > issues. But the defaults should be fine, so unless you have done some > tinkering you should be OK. > > > > -Ken > > > > *From:* Omid Mahabadi [mailto:omid.mahab...@geomechanica.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:21 AM > *To:* Moreland, Kenneth > *Cc:* paraview@paraview.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects > available in Pipeline Browser > > > > Hi Ken, > > Thanks for the detailed reply. I could not get anything out of the > settings dialog as per your suggestion. Did you have a combination of those > settings that might work for my files? > > I can also see the image you sent; that's usually fine. However, I > typically apply a Threshold filter to the _basic_ files (Scalar: alive; > min: 0.1; max: 1). In this case, the _basic_ object is always drawn in > front of the _broken_joint_ object. > > In addition, I visualize dozens of these files every day so Transforming > every single object is a bit tedious. > > Thank you, > > Omid > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Moreland, Kenneth > wrote: > > Omid, > > > > I am unable to replicate your issue in ParaView 5.4.1. When I loaded your > data and showed the broken_joint data in wireframe, I was clearly able to > see the lines of broken_joint over the polygons of basic. (See the attached > image.) > > > > The problem you are getting is likely caused by z-buffer fighting in the > rendering. This happens when two objects are the exact same distance from > the viewer, as I believe is the case in your data. Wanting to draw lines on > top of polygons is common enough that there are some corrections to help > the rendering determine what to draw in front. Perhaps by changing the > settings on resolving coincident topology will resolve your issue. You can > find them by opening the ParaView settings dialog (Edit → Settings), > clicking on the Render View tab, and turning on the advanced options. The > options you are looking for are “Resolve Coincident Topology,” “Polygon > Offset Parameters”, and “Z Shift.” > > > > Another, possibly easier, solution it to simply move the lines of the > broken_joint data closer to the camera. Click the broken_joint object and > add the Transform filter. Change the Translate parameter to 0, 0, 1 and > apply. That should shift the wireframe forward enough to see it properly. > > > > -Ken > > > > *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-boun...@paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *Omid > Mahabadi > *Sent:* Monday, January 8, 2018 2:30 PM > *To:* paraview@paraview.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects > available in Pipeline Browser > > > > Hi, > > I use ParaView to visualize data of our simulations using the Unstructured > Grid data format. Up until ParaView 4.x everything worked fine: we > typically visualize one set of data files as Surfaces and another as > Wireframe. The Wireframe dataset refers to "fracture lines" in our > simulations. > > See below how the simulation looked like in PV version 4.x. You could > clearly see the line around the boundaries of the model. > > [image: Inlin
Re: [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects available in Pipeline Browser
Hi Ken, Thanks for the detailed reply. I could not get anything out of the settings dialog as per your suggestion. Did you have a combination of those settings that might work for my files? I can also see the image you sent; that's usually fine. However, I typically apply a Threshold filter to the _basic_ files (Scalar: alive; min: 0.1; max: 1). In this case, the _basic_ object is always drawn in front of the _broken_joint_ object. In addition, I visualize dozens of these files every day so Transforming every single object is a bit tedious. Thank you, Omid On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Moreland, Kenneth wrote: > Omid, > > > > I am unable to replicate your issue in ParaView 5.4.1. When I loaded your > data and showed the broken_joint data in wireframe, I was clearly able to > see the lines of broken_joint over the polygons of basic. (See the attached > image.) > > > > The problem you are getting is likely caused by z-buffer fighting in the > rendering. This happens when two objects are the exact same distance from > the viewer, as I believe is the case in your data. Wanting to draw lines on > top of polygons is common enough that there are some corrections to help > the rendering determine what to draw in front. Perhaps by changing the > settings on resolving coincident topology will resolve your issue. You can > find them by opening the ParaView settings dialog (Edit → Settings), > clicking on the Render View tab, and turning on the advanced options. The > options you are looking for are “Resolve Coincident Topology,” “Polygon > Offset Parameters”, and “Z Shift.” > > > > Another, possibly easier, solution it to simply move the lines of the > broken_joint data closer to the camera. Click the broken_joint object and > add the Transform filter. Change the Translate parameter to 0, 0, 1 and > apply. That should shift the wireframe forward enough to see it properly. > > > > -Ken > > > > *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-boun...@paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *Omid > Mahabadi > *Sent:* Monday, January 8, 2018 2:30 PM > *To:* paraview@paraview.org > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects > available in Pipeline Browser > > > > Hi, > > I use ParaView to visualize data of our simulations using the Unstructured > Grid data format. Up until ParaView 4.x everything worked fine: we > typically visualize one set of data files as Surfaces and another as > Wireframe. The Wireframe dataset refers to "fracture lines" in our > simulations. > > See below how the simulation looked like in PV version 4.x. You could > clearly see the line around the boundaries of the model. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > However, in PV 5.x the lines are not fully visualized as if they're hidden > below the other data object: > > [image: Inline image 2] > > I've tried a few versions of 5.x but they all behave similarly. > > Does anyone know what might be going on here? Is this a bug / removed > featured from the new version or should I do something different with 5.x? > I've noticed that this issue does not happen consistently. I've seen the > issue on both Linux Mint 17.3 (64 bit) and Ubuntu > > I've attached two example VTU files. Please visualize the second file as > Wireframe (_broken_joint). Below are two large VTU files. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/kzt4jq1wbwfua4j/out.zip?dl=0 > > > > Can someone else reproduce this issue? > > > > I'd really hope to start using ParaView 5 since it finally has the > long-missing Reload Files options! > > Thank you, > > Omid > > > > > > > ___ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
[Paraview] ParaView 5.x not showing all objects available in Pipeline Browser
Hi, I use ParaView to visualize data of our simulations using the Unstructured Grid data format. Up until ParaView 4.x everything worked fine: we typically visualize one set of data files as Surfaces and another as Wireframe. The Wireframe dataset refers to "fracture lines" in our simulations. See below how the simulation looked like in PV version 4.x. You could clearly see the line around the boundaries of the model. [image: Inline image 1] However, in PV 5.x the lines are not fully visualized as if they're hidden below the other data object: [image: Inline image 2] I've tried a few versions of 5.x but they all behave similarly. Does anyone know what might be going on here? Is this a bug / removed featured from the new version or should I do something different with 5.x? I've noticed that this issue does not happen consistently. I've seen the issue on both Linux Mint 17.3 (64 bit) and Ubuntu I've attached two example VTU files. Please visualize the second file as Wireframe (_broken_joint). Below are two large VTU files. https://www.dropbox.com/s/kzt4jq1wbwfua4j/out.zip?dl=0 Can someone else reproduce this issue? I'd really hope to start using ParaView 5 since it finally has the long-missing Reload Files options! Thank you, Omid ucs_basic_0.vtu Description: Binary data ucs_broken_joint_0.vtu Description: Binary data ___ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
Re: [Paraview] ParaView Seg Faults when running Animation in a Programmable Filter
After a lot of debugging, it turns out the issue is with the SetCells function of the vtk unstructured grid. Below are the bits of my Programmable Filter code that are relevant to the seg fault: output = self.GetOutputDataObject(0) cellArray = vtk.vtkCellArray() cellTypes = [] # Create a polygon to display the selected points polygon = vtk.vtkPolygon() polygon.GetPoints().DeepCopy(pointArray) polygon.GetPointIds().SetNumberOfIds(len(coordinates)) for i in range(len(coordinates)): polygon.GetPointIds().SetId(i, coordinates[i][0]) # Add the polygon to a list of Cells cellArray.InsertNextCell(polygon) cellTypes.append(vtk.VTK_POLYGON) # Get the cell containing a given cell & add it to the cellArray selectedCell = input.GetCell(cellID) cellArray.InsertNextCell(selectedCell) cellTypes.append(vtk.VTK_TETRA) # SetCells of the output with only the selected analyzed cells output.SetCells(cellTypes, cellArray) The last line above seg faults on one of my computers but not on the other one, both using Linux Mint 15 OS, and similar versions of ParaView. Any thoughts? On 15-01-28 07:27 PM, Omid Mahabadi wrote: > Hi, > I've been experiencing a very weird seg faults in various versions of > ParaView (4.1.x, 4.2.0, 4.3.x) when running an animation (streaming > over time) of my Programmable Filter. I'm not even sure this is a > ParaView issue, but I'll still share my story in case someone has any > insights that they can kindly share. > > My Programmable Filter code works fine for the Current time step, > regardless at which time step I run it (i.e., hit the Apply button of > the Programmable Filter). However, when I hit the Play button to loop > over time steps (which appends some information to a CSV file), > ParaView seg faults after reaching the /3rd time step/. The filter has > been working for some time and this started to happen all of a sudden, > without any system update. > > It may be related to a weird combination of hardware, software, and > drivers. My script works fine on a desktop computer I have but it seg > faults on my main workstation, which has an AMD/ATI Radeon R9 280x GPU > running on Linux Mint 15, 64-bit. When I completely removed the AMD > drivers, it still seg faulted but after reaching the /6th time step/ > after the current one. Then, I launched an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit, > live on a USB flash drive. The script in Programmable Filter worked > perfectly fine. As a result, I installed the OS, but it acted up > exactly as the Linux Mint installation. > > The input files are massive vtk unstructured grids (about 800 MB > each). I created smaller files, but unfortunately I couldn't reproduce > the error. But I'm fairly sure that the files are not corrupted. As > such, I can't send out the files that cause the issue. I also > monitored the memory usage using free -h command while Playing. Here's > the output for the "-/+ buffers/cache" line: > > total used free > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.2G 8.4G (Opening the .vtu files) > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.2G 8.4G > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.4G 8.2G > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.9G 7.7G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.3G 7.4G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.6G 7.0G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.6G 7.0G > -/+ buffers/cache: 8.9G 6.7G > -/+ buffers/cache: 9.1G 6.5G > -/+ buffers/cache: 9.3G 6.3G > -/+ buffers/cache: 9.4G 6.2G (Seg faults here) > -/+ buffers/cache: 7.0G 8.6G > > As you can see, my system still had a lot of free memory when the seg > fault happened and I haven't done anything explicitly to limit memory > usage by a single process. > > Looking at syslog, this is the error message for the seg fault: > > kernel: [77995.911073] paraview[22483]: segfault at 7f3c8e0398ac > ip 7f3a47ebe169 sp 7fff9106ab50 error 4 in > fglrx_dri.so[7f3a479e9000+21e9000] > > > Am I missing something here? Is there any other debugging steps I > should take? Any insights or help will be hugely appreciated. > > Thank you, > Omid > > > > ___ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware
[Paraview] ParaView Seg Faults when running Animation in a Programmable Filter
Hi, I've been experiencing a very weird seg faults in various versions of ParaView (4.1.x, 4.2.0, 4.3.x) when running an animation (streaming over time) of my Programmable Filter. I'm not even sure this is a ParaView issue, but I'll still share my story in case someone has any insights that they can kindly share. My Programmable Filter code works fine for the Current time step, regardless at which time step I run it (i.e., hit the Apply button of the Programmable Filter). However, when I hit the Play button to loop over time steps (which appends some information to a CSV file), ParaView seg faults after reaching the /3rd time step/. The filter has been working for some time and this started to happen all of a sudden, without any system update. It may be related to a weird combination of hardware, software, and drivers. My script works fine on a desktop computer I have but it seg faults on my main workstation, which has an AMD/ATI Radeon R9 280x GPU running on Linux Mint 15, 64-bit. When I completely removed the AMD drivers, it still seg faulted but after reaching the /6th time step/ after the current one. Then, I launched an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit, live on a USB flash drive. The script in Programmable Filter worked perfectly fine. As a result, I installed the OS, but it acted up exactly as the Linux Mint installation. The input files are massive vtk unstructured grids (about 800 MB each). I created smaller files, but unfortunately I couldn't reproduce the error. But I'm fairly sure that the files are not corrupted. As such, I can't send out the files that cause the issue. I also monitored the memory usage using free -h command while Playing. Here's the output for the "-/+ buffers/cache" line: total used free -/+ buffers/cache: 7.2G 8.4G (Opening the .vtu files) -/+ buffers/cache: 7.2G 8.4G -/+ buffers/cache: 7.4G 8.2G -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G -/+ buffers/cache: 7.6G 8.0G -/+ buffers/cache: 7.9G 7.7G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.3G 7.4G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.6G 7.0G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.5G 7.1G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.6G 7.0G -/+ buffers/cache: 8.9G 6.7G -/+ buffers/cache: 9.1G 6.5G -/+ buffers/cache: 9.3G 6.3G -/+ buffers/cache: 9.4G 6.2G (Seg faults here) -/+ buffers/cache: 7.0G 8.6G As you can see, my system still had a lot of free memory when the seg fault happened and I haven't done anything explicitly to limit memory usage by a single process. Looking at syslog, this is the error message for the seg fault: kernel: [77995.911073] paraview[22483]: segfault at 7f3c8e0398ac ip 7f3a47ebe169 sp 7fff9106ab50 error 4 in fglrx_dri.so[7f3a479e9000+21e9000] Am I missing something here? Is there any other debugging steps I should take? Any insights or help will be hugely appreciated. Thank you, Omid ___ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
Re: [Paraview] Programmable filter, looping over time steps and reimporting inputs
Thanks Utkarsh for your reply. I've gone through the blog a few times already but I still don't understand the whole procedure. I even tried to just run the example in the blog in a Programmable Source but it doesn't work ('No module named numpy_interface'). Part of the issue could be that I still don't fully understand the RequestInformation, RequestUpdateExtent, and RequestData bits of the filter. The input data that I'm working on in the pipeline (vtk unstructured grid) already have different time steps. How can I update the values of the inputs for the different time steps? Thank you, Omid On 14-12-16 05:26 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: > Check this blog: http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/783 > It should give you information on what you need to put in the Scripts > for various passes of the filter. > > Utkarsh > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Omid Mahabadi > <mailto:omid.mahab...@geomechanica.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm writing a python script for the Programmable Filter of > ParaView to do some analysis on my simulation results. The > simulations results are transient and hence the analysis has to be > done over time steps (perhaps similar to integrate over time > filter). All bits of my script are working fine. However, after > spending a considerable amount of time on fiddling with the > script, googling, reading mailing lists and the VTK documentation, > I haven't found a way to "loop over time steps AND update the > input" from within the script. I can loop over time steps using: > > from vtk import vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline > for time in > outInfo.Get(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline.TIME_STEPS()): > #Perform some analysis, for instance subtracting value_v > for this time from value_v at time zero... > > However, the input data is still from the time step where I first > applied the script. Of course, when I animate the results, the > inputs will be updated, but I will need to achieve the same > results from within my script in the Programmable Filter dialogue. > > How can I update the inputs from within my for loop or how can I > modify the for loop or my script to achieve that? Can Programmable > Filter handle my situation? If not, what is the alternative? > > Many thanks, > Omid > > ___ > Powered by www.kitware.com <http://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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview > -- Omid Mahabadi, Ph.D. Geomechanica, Inc. http://www.geomechanica.com/ Tel : +1-647-478-9767 Cell: +1-416-824-2408 ___ 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 Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview
[Paraview] Programmable filter, looping over time steps and reimporting inputs
Hi, I'm writing a python script for the Programmable Filter of ParaView to do some analysis on my simulation results. The simulations results are transient and hence the analysis has to be done over time steps (perhaps similar to integrate over time filter). All bits of my script are working fine. However, after spending a considerable amount of time on fiddling with the script, googling, reading mailing lists and the VTK documentation, I haven't found a way to "loop over time steps AND update the input" from within the script. I can loop over time steps using: from vtk import vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline for time in outInfo.Get(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline.TIME_STEPS()): #Perform some analysis, for instance subtracting value_v for this time from value_v at time zero... However, the input data is still from the time step where I first applied the script. Of course, when I animate the results, the inputs will be updated, but I will need to achieve the same results from within my script in the Programmable Filter dialogue. How can I update the inputs from within my for loop or how can I modify the for loop or my script to achieve that? Can Programmable Filter handle my situation? If not, what is the alternative? Many thanks, Omid ___ 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://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview