[Paraview] WriteImage in the background

2011-09-29 Thread Rick Muller
I'm currently doing some rendering on a large collection of exodus files using pvpython. I would like for this rendering to be done in the background. However, when I call WriteImage(filename), paraview pops up an X-window, and renders to the screen while saving the image. Is there any way to keep

Re: [Paraview] WriteImage in the background

2011-09-29 Thread Andy Bauer
As far as I know, using mesa and offscreen rendering is the only way to do that. Information on that is available at http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Parallel_Rendering#Offscreen_Software_Rendering_via_OSMesa Andy On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Rick Muller wrote: > I'm currently

Re: [Paraview] WriteImage in the background

2011-09-29 Thread pat marion
Another option, you can use your window manager to automatically move the windows to a different workspace and they won't get in your way. If you have compiz enabled, then you can use the Place Windows plugin. Below is a script that I use to get those vtk windows out of my way. The script automa