[Paraview-developers] kudos for ParaView

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

That's nice to hear! Thanks for sharing, Alan. Glad we're heading in the
right direction :).

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:

> All,
>
> I just had a project manager for an FE code in my office.  He has
> previously complained (gently and graciously) about the confusing nature of
> ParaView.  He says he hears this from all of the DoE and also DoD labs.  He
> said that in many ways, VisIt is a better tool than ParaView.  So, we went
> through his points one by one.  Mainly, his issues have to do with the
> complexity and poor documentation of ParaView.  I showed him the new Help
> menu (incredibly improved by Cory in 5.1.0), the training resources from
> Ken and Sandia, the User’s Guide (thanks to Utkarsh and many others), the
> trace recorder, and the new getting started guide (once again, new in
> 5.1.0, and complements to Cory).  He basically folded up his sheet of
> paper, said “wow”.  Before going out the door, he asked about CTH.  I
> showed him the extractCTHParts filter and Material Interface Filter.  More
> wows.  Finally, he mentioned Catalyst, and I showed him the CoProcessing
> state writer.  Once again, very complementary.  He then went off to tell
> his folks what he had seen
>
>
>
> My action items – none.  User – left impressed.  We did well.
>
>
>
> Good job everyone.
>
>
>
> Alan
>
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