[Paraview-developers] kudos for ParaView

[David E DeMarle]

We've come a long way from ParaView 2's Help button.
As I recall that popped up a dialog that said "Buy the book". ;)


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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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