[Paraview] export to vectorial image format
David E DeMarle
dave.demarle at kitware.com
Mon May 2 08:49:48 EDT 2011
Please keep discussions on the mailing list so everyone can contribute
and benefit.
Sorry I assumed git clone would obtain a particular branch from a url
directly, so my instructions were not detailed enough.
Try this command instead:
git clone --recursive -b vector-graphics-export
https://github.com/demarle/ParaView
David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks David,
> I've a problem when I do git clone. the error message is:
> fatal:
> https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export/info/refs
> not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Best,
> Nima
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I've just pushed Sven's patches to github.
>>
>> You can git clone from:
>> https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export
>> To get it.
>>
>> And then build from source.
>> When you do, turn on VTK_USE_GL2PS in cmake.
>>
>> Once built, save screen shot will have new ps, eps and svg vector
>> graphic formats.
>>
>> Thanks for the patch Sven!
>>
>> David E DeMarle
>> Kitware, Inc.
>> R&D Engineer
>> 28 Corporate Drive
>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sven,
>> > Could you please give me instruction on how to use of your patch in
>> > order to
>> > export vector images?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Nima
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Apparently Paraview does not generate vectorial images at the moment.
>> >>
>> >> Would it be possible to generate such an image by first exporting to a
>> >> 3D format (like POV or X3D) and then converting the scene to a
>> >> vectorial format using another application? any suggestion ...?
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >> Nima
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David E DeMarle
>> >> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> > Sven,
>> >> >
>> >> > Despite the limitations, would you please push that patch to github?
>> >> > Once there distribution, upkeep and maintenance will be easier.
>> >> >
>> >> > thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > David E DeMarle
>> >> > Kitware, Inc.
>> >> > R&D Engineer
>> >> > 28 Corporate Drive
>> >> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> >> > Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Sven Buijssen
>> >> > <sven.buijssen at tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I happen to have a small patch for the git master branch that adds
>> >> >> vector
>> >> >> graphics output (EPS, PS and SVG) to the Save Screenshot dialog and
>> >> >> uses
>> >> >> vtkGL2PSExporter as a backend, too. Actually, it's just an updated
>> >> >> version of
>> >> >> the patch for this matter I posted on this list back in 2007. But as
>> >> >> holds for
>> >> >> the Python approach it has a few drawbacks:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> * Only 3D View support
>> >> >> * Builtin mode and client/server mode support (but using merely 1
>> >> >> server
>> >> >> process, empty file when using more)
>> >> >> * No support for Manta/EyeDom/other views
>> >> >> * No multi-view support
>> >> >> * No support for mandelbrot source
>> >> >> * No support for text/annotate time source (a rectangular box is
>> >> >> drawn
>> >> >> instead),
>> >> >> one can resort to a 3D Text source, though
>> >> >> * No support for Volume rendering
>> >> >> * No support for Slice representation (try Surface representation of
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> slice
>> >> >> filter output)
>> >> >> * No support for PointSprite representation
>> >> >> * No support for SurfaceLIC representation, even crashes ParaView on
>> >> >> export
>> >> >> * In display tab of object inspector, "Interpolate scalars" needs to
>> >> >> be
>> >> >> ticked
>> >> >> off for every visible object; otherwise object is rendered gray
>> >> >> (see http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=1630)
>> >> >> * Requires an old version of the colorbar implementation or colorbar
>> >> >> will be
>> >> >> rendered gray
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So, don't get your hopes up too much about vtkGL2PSExporter.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sven
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hom Nath Gharti wrote, On 03/31/11 14:05:
>> >> >>> You might try to run the script below to see if your image quality
>> >> >>> is
>> >> >>> good
>> >> >>> enough to use vtkGL2PSExporter
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> rw=GetActiveView().GetRenderWindow()
>> >> >>> exp=paraview.vtk.vtkInstantiator.CreateInstance('vtkGL2PSExporter')
>> >> >>> exp.SetRenderWindow(rw)
>> >> >>> exp.SetDrawBackground(0)
>> >> >>> exp.SetSortToSimple()
>> >> >>> exp.SetFileFormatToEPS()
>> >> >>> exp.SetFilePrefix("test")
>> >> >>> #exp.Write3DPropsAsRasterImageOn()
>> >> >>> exp.Write()
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David E DeMarle
>> >> >>> <dave.demarle at kitware.com
>> >> >>> <mailto:dave.demarle at kitware.com>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Sorry, ParaView doesn't have true vector graphics output.
>> >> >>> Please
>> >> >>> add
>> >> >>> your vote to the existing user voice request for it.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> (http://paraview.uservoice.com/forums/11350-general/suggestions/313565-add-vector-graphics-output-i-e-postscript-?ref=title)
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> The pdf writer in ParaView uses Qt to write a raster image.
>> >> >>> VTK's
>> >> >>> vtkGL2PSExporter is not exercised by ParaView at all and it is
>> >> >>> likely
>> >> >>> not to support many of our rendering techniques if it was added
>> >> >>> as
>> >> >>> an
>> >> >>> new exporter option. 2D views are more likely to be supported,
>> >> >>> but
>> >> >>> we
>> >> >>> haven't yet had the time to do so.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> David E DeMarle
>> >> >>> Kitware, Inc.
>> >> >>> R&D Engineer
>> >> >>> 28 Corporate Drive
>> >> >>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>> >> >>> Phone: 518-371-3971 <tel:518-371-3971> x109
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Nima Emadi
>> >> >>> <deeepsky at gmail.com
>> >> >>> <mailto:deeepsky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >> >>> > Dear all,
>> >> >>> > I'd like to export a paraview vector field plot into a
>> >> >>> vectorial
>> >> >>> image
>> >> >>> > format (e.g. eps) to generate high quality images which are
>> >> >>> not
>> >> >>> huge
>> >> >>> > in size for publication purposes.
>> >> >>> > I already compiled paraview 3.10 with gl2ps=on. So according
>> >> >>> to
>> >> >>> old
>> >> >>> > messages in the email list I should be able to save vectorial
>> >> >>> images.
>> >> >>> > Could anybody give me instructions how to do that?
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > Thanks,
>> >> >>> > Nima.
>> >> >>
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