[Paraview-developers] Problem visualizing CxxFullExample in Paraview

[thomasblome at startmail.com]

Hello,

In retrospect the problem was easly fixed by setting the path system 
variable to the directory containing the aforementioned libraries, but 
now I found out what the main problem is:

What I first tried was to open CatalystCxxFullExample.sln in VS and 
then to run the RUN_TESTS project which was successful (both tests 
passed).
While the tests were running I opened up Paraview and started a 
connection to Catalyst via port 22222, as described in the catalyst 
users guide.
But nothing happened, the GUI pipeline stayed empty, which I expected 
to show some pipeline modules to be able to visualize the current state 
of the simulation progress.

I assumed that RUN_TESTS just performs some tests in the background and 
produces .pvtp output files of the simulation, but no actual 
visualization is possible, thats why I tried this rather awkward way by 
running the example using the windows cmd shell as described below.

But when I start RUN_TESTS for the CFullExample, it is indeed possible 
to set up a connection in Paraview while the simulation is running - it 
shows a cube in the ouput window.

I guess the CxxFullExample should also yield some graphical output. Is 
there another way to get the example going (to visualize it in Paraview 
during the simulation)?

P.S.:
- Compiling the CxxFullExample produces "Error C2039 'back_inserter': 
is not a member of 'std' CxxFullExample", which one has to fix manually 
by including "iterator.h" in FEDataStructures.cpp (pertains to other 
Catalyst examples too)

 
Am Dienstag, 13. September 2016 19:46 schrieb Andy Bauer 
<andy.bauer at kitware.com>:
 
> Hi,
>  
> Please keep the discussion on the paraview mailing list so that 
> everyone can participate.
>  
> As for your question, I don't regularly use Windows for building or 
> running simulations so I don't know the answer. Maybe someone else on 
> the list can chime in.
>  
> Andy
>  
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 4:47 AM, <thomasblome at startmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> thank you for your quick reply. I had tried it first using the 
>> cmake-gui but then I followed your recommendation to use the shell 
>> script and now it works fine.
>> Next thing I want to do is get the Catalyst "CxxFullExample" going. 
>> I generated a project file for that example using CMake. Only thing 
>> I had to do was to set the ParaView_DIR variable, that is to add the 
>> path to the ParaViewConfig.cmake file which I found in the 
>> bin-directory of Catalyst (C:\Kitware\Catalyst-v5.1.2\bin).
>> Now I have got following questions:
>> 
>> 1.) I try to run the example by calling CxxFullExample.exe in the 
>> debug folder by calling
>>             CxxFullExample 2 
>> C:\Users\Peripherie\Desktop\CxxFullExample\SampleScripts\feslicesript
>>      from the windows cmd, where I specify the python script 
>> "feslicesript" as the second argument.
>>      By doing so I get an error message saying that following three 
>> libraries are missing:
>>             vtkPVPythonCatalyst-pv5.1.dll
>>             vtkPVCatalyst-pv5.1.dll
>>             vtkCommon-pv5.1.dll
>>      Do I have to change some options in the cmake.sh script to 
>> include those libs?
>> 2.) Do I have to install Paraview too, or is the Catalyst version I 
>> just installed sufficient to run the example?
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Thomas
>> 
>>  
>> Am Sonntag, 28. August 2016 13:06 schrieb Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>:
>>  
>>> Did you try the build directions at 
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Build_Directions? You'll want to use 
>>> the cmake.sh script instead of the default CMake settings.
>>>  
>>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 12:46 PM, <thomasblome at startmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I downloaded the latest Catalyst edition (5.1.2) to build it on my 
>>>> Windows 10 system.
>>>> In CMake I use default settings, but it starts complaining while 
>>>> configuring, displaying following error message:
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> CMake Error at VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:59 (message):
>>>> No such module "vtkGUISupportQt" needed by 
>>>> "vtkPVVTKExtensionsRendering"
>>>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>>>> VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:75 (vtk_module_check)
>>>> VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:75 (vtk_module_check)
>>>> VTK/CMake/vtkModuleTop.cmake:82 (vtk_module_check)
>>>> VTK/CMakeLists.txt:543 (include)
>>>> 
>>>> Does anybody know how to fix that?
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Thomas
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