[Paraview] Value Error: ColorArrayName - ParaView 3.98

2013-02-24 Thread Christian Klinge
Hello together, I wrote a short python script to create slices with local coordinate systems in ParaView. Sometimes then the script should create a new slide with defined parameter about scalar factor, origin and normal vector, the function returns a value error. The message told me that the p

Re: [Paraview] Value Error: ColorArrayName - ParaView 3.98

2013-02-24 Thread Andy Bauer
I can't say for sure but my guess is that the slice you created doesn't intersect your geometry and thus you have 0 points and you won't get any point data to pseudo-color by. The other possibility is that the slice filter hasn't been updated yet. You can try something like self.newSlice.GetDataIn

Re: [Paraview] Value Error: ColorArrayName - ParaView 3.98

2013-02-25 Thread ck156626
Hi Andy, thanks for your support. The function self.newSlice.GetDataInformation().GetNumberOfPoints() returns zero points then the functions fails. But it is kind of wired because I use always the same origin and normal vector and sometimes it is successful. Ok, now I know the problem and I try to