[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Surface LIC

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

As I mention earlier in this thread, originally (~6-7 years ago, when
we added the plugin),  that was because it only worked on modern GPUs.
We should reevaluate that. I suspect we are now in a world where
the GPUs are modern enough in general.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:17 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
> Ah, makes sense.  OK, why don't we load it by default, whether as a built in functionality, or a plugin?  My concern is that users will never load that plugin, thus a really neat functionality is never discovered.
>
> Alan
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 10:08 AM
>> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
>> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Surface LIC
>>
>> You mean "loaded", and not "enabled" :). It's enabled by default, but not
>> loaded. If you think the plugin should be loaded by default, it's worthwhile
>> thinking if it should even be a plugin and instead be incorporated into the
>> standard application.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
>> > The SurfaceLIC is not loaded by default in the plugin manager, on either my
>> Windows computer or Linux box.  What am I missing?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 7:10 AM
>> >> To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
>> >> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
>> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Surface LIC
>> >>
>> >> The plugin is enabled by default. Do you mean why is it a plugin at
>> >> all? That was because when it was added, it only worked on modern
>> >> GPUs. We should reevaluate that. I suspect we are now in a world
>> >> where the GPUs are modern enough in general.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
>> wrote:
>> >> > I asked before, but can’t remember.  Why isn’t the surface LIC
>> >> > plugin enabled by default?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Alan
>> >> >
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