Re: [Paraview] Reader Plugin Dev: NA extents how to print debug messages?
Thanks Burlen! `this-DebugOn()` helped me find the problems with my plugin reader. Cheers, Pete On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM, burlen burlen.lor...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Peter, To use the vtkDebugMacro, do a this-DebugOn() in your constructor. You could just use cerr if you are Linux/mac and launch paraview/pvserver from a terminal. Doing a output-Print(cerr); at the end of request data would prove that you did what you think. You could use vtkErrorMacro to get stuff into PV 's window. Burlen Peter Schmitt wrote: Hi ParaViewers, (Sorry if this double-posts!) I am writing a ParaView Reader Plugin to get my data into ParaView via a vtkStructuredGrid object. I can load my plugin into ParaView via Manage Plugins. My file type shows up in the File- Open dialog. When PV_PLUGIN_DEBUG is set, the Output Messages window shows that the library was loaded successfully. When I select a file and click Apply in the object inspector, Paraview thinks for a split second before returning to an interactive state. However, no data appears the Information tab of the object inspector sets nCells = 0; nPoints = 0; Memory = 0 MB and the X,Y,Z extents are NA. My plugin reader derives from vtkStructuredGridReader and implements: * SetFileName * GetFileName * CanReadFile * RequestInformation, where I set the extents via: outInfo-Set(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline::WHOLE_EXTENT(),extent,6); * RequestData, where I obtain a vtkStructuredGrid via: vtkStructuredGrid *output = vtkStructuredGrid::SafeDownCast(outInfo-Get(vtkDataObject::DATA_OBJECT())); I am not sure why the Information tab is showing an empty structured grid. My questions are: 1. How can I print debugging messages to stdout or Paraview's own Output Messages window? Specifically, I'd like to make sure that my X,Y,Z extents are being read properly from file. I tried vtkDebugMacro, but the data isn't being printed. 2. Have I implemented the appropriate functions that derive from vtkStructuredGridReader? 3. Should I derive instead from another class? When I derive from vtkStructuredGridAlgorithm, I get three error messages from vtkCompositeDataPipeline: Input port 0 of algorithm vtkLFMReader(0x11f98a720) has 0 connections but is not optional. Can you offer any hints of how I can proceed to debug my reader? Thanks! Pete ___ 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
[Paraview] Reader Plugin Dev: NA extents how to print debug messages?
Hi ParaViewers, (Sorry if this double-posts!) I am writing a ParaView Reader Plugin to get my data into ParaView via a vtkStructuredGrid object. I can load my plugin into ParaView via Manage Plugins. My file type shows up in the File- Open dialog. When PV_PLUGIN_DEBUG is set, the Output Messages window shows that the library was loaded successfully. When I select a file and click Apply in the object inspector, Paraview thinks for a split second before returning to an interactive state. However, no data appears the Information tab of the object inspector sets nCells = 0; nPoints = 0; Memory = 0 MB and the X,Y,Z extents are NA. My plugin reader derives from vtkStructuredGridReader and implements: * SetFileName * GetFileName * CanReadFile * RequestInformation, where I set the extents via: outInfo-Set(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline::WHOLE_EXTENT(),extent,6); * RequestData, where I obtain a vtkStructuredGrid via: vtkStructuredGrid *output = vtkStructuredGrid::SafeDownCast(outInfo-Get(vtkDataObject::DATA_OBJECT())); I am not sure why the Information tab is showing an empty structured grid. My questions are: 1. How can I print debugging messages to stdout or Paraview's own Output Messages window? Specifically, I'd like to make sure that my X,Y,Z extents are being read properly from file. I tried vtkDebugMacro, but the data isn't being printed. 2. Have I implemented the appropriate functions that derive from vtkStructuredGridReader? 3. Should I derive instead from another class? When I derive from vtkStructuredGridAlgorithm, I get three error messages from vtkCompositeDataPipeline: Input port 0 of algorithm vtkLFMReader(0x11f98a720) has 0 connections but is not optional. Can you offer any hints of how I can proceed to debug my reader? Thanks! Pete ___ 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
Re: [Paraview] Reader Plugin Dev: NA extents how to print debug messages?
Hi Peter, To use the vtkDebugMacro, do a this-DebugOn() in your constructor. You could just use cerr if you are Linux/mac and launch paraview/pvserver from a terminal. Doing a output-Print(cerr); at the end of request data would prove that you did what you think. You could use vtkErrorMacro to get stuff into PV 's window. Burlen Peter Schmitt wrote: Hi ParaViewers, (Sorry if this double-posts!) I am writing a ParaView Reader Plugin to get my data into ParaView via a vtkStructuredGrid object. I can load my plugin into ParaView via Manage Plugins. My file type shows up in the File- Open dialog. When PV_PLUGIN_DEBUG is set, the Output Messages window shows that the library was loaded successfully. When I select a file and click Apply in the object inspector, Paraview thinks for a split second before returning to an interactive state. However, no data appears the Information tab of the object inspector sets nCells = 0; nPoints = 0; Memory = 0 MB and the X,Y,Z extents are NA. My plugin reader derives from vtkStructuredGridReader and implements: * SetFileName * GetFileName * CanReadFile * RequestInformation, where I set the extents via: outInfo-Set(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline::WHOLE_EXTENT(),extent,6); * RequestData, where I obtain a vtkStructuredGrid via: vtkStructuredGrid *output = vtkStructuredGrid::SafeDownCast(outInfo-Get(vtkDataObject::DATA_OBJECT())); I am not sure why the Information tab is showing an empty structured grid. My questions are: 1. How can I print debugging messages to stdout or Paraview's own Output Messages window? Specifically, I'd like to make sure that my X,Y,Z extents are being read properly from file. I tried vtkDebugMacro, but the data isn't being printed. 2. Have I implemented the appropriate functions that derive from vtkStructuredGridReader? 3. Should I derive instead from another class? When I derive from vtkStructuredGridAlgorithm, I get three error messages from vtkCompositeDataPipeline: Input port 0 of algorithm vtkLFMReader(0x11f98a720) has 0 connections but is not optional. Can you offer any hints of how I can proceed to debug my reader? Thanks! Pete ___ 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
