[Paraview-developers] Rendering in Paraview using python

[sumeet kumar]

Sure!,

I have added this issue her
https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17378

Thanks
Sumeet

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 9:13 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Could you add in an issue for this at https://gitlab.kitware.com/
> paraview/paraview?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:55 AM, sumeet kumar <sumeet.kumar507 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, it works perfectly with paraview-gui. But, does not work when I am
>> using pvpython or batch option. I have to manually load using  LoadPlugin()
>> python command .
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There are quite a few plugins with ParaView and it's probably a bad idea
>>> to automatically load them all. Some of them change the GUI, others require
>>> MPI, etc.
>>>
>>> In your plugin.cmake file you can set your plugin to be automatically
>>> loaded by adding in the AUTOLOAD option. See
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_plugins_to_
>>> ParaView_source.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, sumeet kumar <
>>> sumeet.kumar507 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Andy,
>>>>
>>>> LoadPlugin() helps in pvpython. But why does
>>>> *from  paraview.simple import * *does not work???
>>>>
>>>> Why I need to externally load my plugin even I build with paraview
>>>> source. Also, I don't think, Its a good design to set PV_PLUGIN_PATH  or
>>>> PV_PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE even when the plugin is build with source. The file
>>>> "plugin.cmake" should take care all of this.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Sumeet
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Andy Bauer <andy.bauer at kitware.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> My guess is that the reader plugin is automatically loaded in the GUI
>>>>> but not when you run pvpython directly. Look at the LoadPlugin() or
>>>>> LoadDistributedPlugin() command in pvpython.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you setting PV_PLUGIN_PATH or PV_PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE? Another guess
>>>>> may be that you're using PV_PLUGIN_PATH and/or PV_PLUGIN_CONFIG_FILE to
>>>>> load the plugin automatically through the GUI and that isn't being utilized
>>>>> when running with pvpython. See http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/P
>>>>> lugin_HowTo for information on that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Andy
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:34 PM, sumeet kumar <
>>>>> sumeet.kumar507 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a reader plugin integrated with paraview that works perfectly
>>>>>> fine. I could use the same plugin to trace an "equivalent python code" for
>>>>>> any visualization example.  The generated python code can be run again on
>>>>>> paraview gui.
>>>>>> BUT, when i try to follow the same python command in python
>>>>>> externally like pvpython. I get the following error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>> from paraview.simple import *
>>>>>> updating active connection None
>>>>>> paraview version 5.2.0-RC1
>>>>>> updating active connection Connection (builtin:) [1]
>>>>>> updating active connection Connection (builtin:) [1]
>>>>>> >>> beam_Axial_Loadh5feioutput = pvESSI(FileName="/home/sumeet/
>>>>>> Desktop/Beam_Axial_Load.h5.feioutput")
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>>>>> NameError: name 'pvESSI' is not defined
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My plugin name is pvESSI. the same line works on paraview GUI mode in
>>>>>> python shell. I tried to look on the Internet and build the plugin inside
>>>>>> the paraview source itself, but the problem remains.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Others have suggested here on link http://www.paraview.org/piperm
>>>>>> ail/paraview/2013-October/029428.html, but I dont understand where
>>>>>> to make changes to fix this problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>> Sumeet
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sumeet Kumar Sinha
>>>>>> Graduate Student
>>>>>> Phone: (+1)  <%28%2B91%29%209910516219>5306018271 <(530)%20601-8271>
>>>>>> Website : http://www.sumeetksinha.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Sumeet Kumar Sinha
>>>> Graduate Student
>>>> Phone: (+1)  <%28%2B91%29%209910516219>5306018271 <(530)%20601-8271>
>>>> Website : http://www.sumeetksinha.com/
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Sumeet Kumar Sinha
>> Graduate Student
>> Phone: (+1)  <%28%2B91%29%209910516219>5306018271 <(530)%20601-8271>
>> Website : http://www.sumeetksinha.com/
>>
>
>


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