Space Navigator
1. VRPN Server setup:
Download VRPN form the following link and compile.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/vrpn/
There is a configuration file which also has configurations for space navigator. Make a separate config file with the setting or simply uncomment the config setting in the same file.
Run the vrpn_server with this config file. At this point the blue light on the space navigator should turn on.
- ./vrpn_server -f vrpn.cfg
2. Running Paraview:
NOTE: For 3.10.0, you have to manually build ParaView from source with PARAVIEW_BUILD_PLUGIN_VRPNPlugin set to ON. We are looking into packing the plugin with distributed binaries for 3.10.1 onwards.
Run paraview with --vrpn --vrpn-address options.
- paraview --vrpn --vrpn-address=tracker0@localhost
note: 'tracker0' should be replaced with whatever name is provided in the configuration file.
once paraview is started
Select: Tools->Manage Plugins ->VRPN Plugin {Click On: Load Selected }
3. Use
Selecting the root of the pipeline (builtin:) to manipulate the camera. Clicking on any object manipulates the object.
Typically use the mouse (on right hand) to select objects and Space Navigator (on left hand) to manipulate the object or camera.
