Release Testing

This page contains instructions on how to test ParaView before a release. We focus on real use cases, as opposed to small toy tests for the dashboard.

Test setup

• Either Linux or Windows client.
• Remote server, at least 8 pvservers.
• Server uses Mesa.

Exodus testing

Generic Tests

• Open 32 file Whipple Shield. All variables on. Apply.
• Cell Data to Point Data. Apply.
• Clip/ Scalar/ VOLFRAC2 / 0.5/ Apply.
• Clip/ Y Normal/ Inside Out/ Show Plane off/ Apply.
• Pipeline browser, select CellDataToPointData.
• Contour/ VOLFRAC1/ 0.1/ Apply.
• Color by pressure.
• Color legend on. Move to bottom, then left, then top, then right side. Make sure all numbers show up.
• Sources/ Text. Use "1234567890", " 1234567890", "iii", " iii", " Harry Potter." Move this text to other places. Make sure all parts of the text show up.
• Sources/ Annotate time filter. Apply. Move this text up about an inch.
• Filters/ Alphabetical/ Annotate time filter. Apply.
• Set time step to 40.
• Select Contour in the pipeline browser.
• Rescale to Data Range.
• Set time to first frame (using Icon).
• Rubber band select some area to zoom to.
• You may want to save state here. Took a while to get to this point...
• Reset.
• +X/ -X/ +Y/ -Y/ +Z/ -Z/ -Y
• Turn Orientation Axis off, then back on.
• Turn show center off, then back on.
• Reset center (the icon next to show center).
• Rotate object, make sure it rotates around center.
• Pick center on edge of object, make sure it rotates around center.
• Reset, -Y
• Last time frame, first timeframe, next frame (5 times), previous frame, play.
• Pipeline browser, select last Clip.
• Outline, points, surface with edges, wireframe.
• Properties tab - advanced
• Properties tab - standard
• Properties tab - change opacity to 0.1. Change back to 1.0.
• Properties tab - show cube axis.
• Volume (Fails on NX, NX is too old. Test hardware rendered.)
• Surface, change color to Solid Color.
• Change pipeline browser to Contour.

View Menu

Animation View

• • Select Contour.
  • Create Camera, Follow Data.
  • Animate.
  • Delete camera track.
  • Create Camera, Interpolate Camera Location
  • Set beginning and ending time.
  • Play
  • Delete

Comparative View

• • Split Screen Horizontal. Render View Comparative.
  • Add a Time track in the Comparative View Inspector.
  • Delete

Memory Inspector

• • Delete

Multi-block Inspector

• • Delete

Misc

• • Turn off, then back on the Pipeline Browser, Properties and Information tabs.

Selection Display Inspector

• • Delete

Statistics Inspector

• • Delete

Color editor

• • Choose Preset - run through all of the common presets.
  • Enable opacity mapping for surfaces.
  • Log scale on. Notice the color scale. Log scale off.
  • Click "Rescale to Temporal Range".
  • Rescale range - change Min to 0, Max to 2.0e+10
  • Rescale to data range.
  • Turn Automatically rescale transfer functions to fit data back on.
  • Disable opacity mapping for surfaces
  • Invert the transfer function
  • Invert the transfer function
• Play
• Back to first frame.
• Pipeline browser, choose last clip.

2d analysis

• • Plot Over Line filter.
  • Select upper right part of plate, P, then lower left of plate. Apply. (bug here. Line not on the surface.) (Change Y coords to 0)
  • (May need to highlight the 2d viewport)
  • Properties tab, toggle all variables on, then off. Then, turn on Temperature, Pressure.
  • Highlight Temperature.
    • Chart Axes, run through all options, then finally Bottom-Right.
    • Line thickness 5, then back to 2. Color to black, back to green.
    • Line style - run through all of them.
    • Marker style - run through all of them.
  • Open 2d View Settings.
    • Title "Harry Potter."
    • Color - change to red. Back to black. (bug here, randomly changes)
    • Change font. Return to normal.
    • Chart Legend locations - try all
    • Left Axis - Title - "Fred."
    • Left Axis - Layout - try all options.
  • Close 2d window, delete PlotOverLine filter.
  • Select Cell on - some cell.
  • Plot Selection Over Time. Display tab, use vtkOriginalIndicies.
  • Close 2d window, delete PlotSelection filter.
  • Select point on, rubber band select a point. Plot selection over time.

Save screenshots and movies

• File/Save Screenshot - 2d window - Save only selected view ON.
• File/Save Screenshot - 3d window - Save only selected view ON.
• File/Save Screenshot - Save only selected view OFF.
• File/Save Animation - .avi.
• File/Save Animation - .png.
• Close 2d window, Edit/ Delete All.

Trace

• Tools/ Start Trace.
• Open can.exo. All vars on. Apply.
• Clip/ Inside out/ Show plane/ Apply.
• Color by PedigreeElementId.
• Y-
• Save Screenshot.
• Tools/Stop Trace.
• Save Trace. Close trace window.
• Delete All.
• Macros. Add new macro. Run the macro.

CTH AMR testing

• Read in Dave’s small cth dataset – spcta_a[0-3]
• Surface.
• -Y
• Move forward one time step.
• Color by Pressure.
• Rescale to data range.
• Save Screenshot.
• AMR Contour. Both materials selected. Apply.
• Save Screenshot.
• Save Animation – png?
• Delete contour filter.

• Back to timestep 1
• AMR Dual Clip. Both materials selected. Apply.
  • There currently is a crash here.
• Color by Pressure.
• Save Screenshot.
• Delete dual clip filter.

• Material Interface Filter. Select Material Volume Fraction-1. Select Mass-1. Apply.
• Last time step.
• Color by Id.
• +Z
• Reset.
• Rescale to data range.
• Save Screenshot.
• Delete all.