[Paraview] Re: [Fwd: paraview with 200 parts]

[Charles Law]

Jean,

Thanks for the feedback.  I am currently extending ParaView so that 
multiple vtkDataSets can be processed as one.  I just need to get all of 
the regression tests working before I check it in.  All parts in an ensight 
file will be loaded as one "PVSource/PVData".  This even handles 
heterogeneous data types.  There will be no support for ghost cells between 
parts in a group (connectivity between parts).

I have not decided on an interface for creating new groups, or for 
splitting groups.  For extracting parts of a group, I envision a long list 
of check boxes with additional options to select/de select all parts at 
once or parts of a certain type (i.e. vtkPolyData).

It would also be nice to control visibility of sub parts without having to 
extract them.  This option will have to wait for a while.

For your fish model, (in the near future) you will be able the load the 
whole data set as one object.  Turns its visibility off.  Extract the 201st 
part. Turns its visibility on.

Charles Law.
Kitware Inc.



> > Hello Berk (and Happy New Year)
> >
> > I continue to test Paraview with large data and I have come up to two
> > suggestions for enhancements:
> >
> > When loading an Ensight Case File containing multiple parts, the part
> > selection window shows the first object (the reader object) with the
> > name of the case file and all other individual parts have the same name.
> > So if my case file contains N parts, I have N+1 objects called with the
> > same name in the part selection window. That is very inconvenient.
> >
> > I believe that only the label should be changed because when selecting 1
> > of the N parts (example part 17), and then instantiating a filter (for
> > example isocontour) , the contour object shows (for the example ) that
> > input = name0_17, so it correctly picks up part number 17.
> >
> > Secondly, I see that the input selection widgets (just below the Accept
> > button) should be changed to a scrollable widget. In my case the list
> > only shows the top 56 parts, and do not allow to change selection to a
> > part number greater than 56.
> >
> > (I have 201 parts in my model)
> >

...

> > I forgot to tell you another suggestion.
> >
> > When loading many parts, the display of the parts should be optional.
> > This is a very common option of visualization softwares to allow a
> > volume of data to be loaded but without visual. Ensight calls this
> > option "Load data in mode NonVisual"
> >
> > In my case, all 200 parts should be invisible (I click all of their
> > visibility off) and only the 201th parts shows the airplane surface.
> >
> > I forgot to tell you, but I use the nightly version.
> >
> > Jean
> > --
> > Dr. Jean M. Favre,                            email:favre@cscs.ch
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