[Paraview] vtk filters & xml

[Axel Steuwer]

hi there,

thanks for the help. here again for future references, to get the
vtkDelaunay3D filter working i did:

-define the extensions directory and setting the PV_INTERFACE_PATH
variable to the new directory
-added a file called myfilters.xml which contains:
<ModuleInterfaces>
<Module name="Delaunay3D" root_name="Delaunay3D" module_type="Filter">
  <Filter class="vtkDelaunay3D">
     <Input name="Input" class="vtkPointSet"/>
  </Filter>
  <InputMenu label="Input" help="Delaunay Triangulation"/>
  <VectorEntry variable="Tolerance" trace_name="Tolerance" type="float"
help="The tolerance" default_value="0.001" data_range="1.0"/>
  <VectorEntry variable="Alpha" trace_name="Alpha" type="float" help="The
Alpha value" default_value="2.0" data_range="10.0"/>
  <VectorEntry variable="Offset" trace_name="Offset" type="float"
help="The Offset value" default_value="2.5" data_range="10.0"/>
</Module>
</ModuleInterfaces>


however, i noticed that when i tried to save my filtered
data in vtk legacy (.vtk)  or unstructured grid (.vtu) file
format, paraview complained that the file name wasn't set,
if i tried to save it somewhere in "C:\program files\....",
but worked (frequent unix/w*dos problem?) if i save it in "C:\" directly.

cheers

axel



> Here are a few tips to get started:
>
> 1. Read
> http://public . kitware . com/pipermail/paraview/2003-September/000290 . html
> Adding filter is very similar to adding readers.
>
> 2. Read ParaView/Resources/Filters.xml in the source distribution. This
> is the default filters config file for ParaView.
>
> 3. If you still have questions after you read 1 and 2, post them
> to the mailing list. I'll try to answer them
>
> -Berk
>
> On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 08:02, Axel Steuwer wrote:
>> hello there,
>>
>> just wondering if anybody could explain to me how to do the following:
>>
>> "ParaView provides many other data sources and filters by default
>> (edge extraction, surface extraction, reflection, decimation,
>> extrusion, smoothing...) and any VTK filter can be added by providing
>> a simple XML description (VTK provides hundreds of sources and
>> filters, see VTK documentation for a complete list). "
>>
>> I would like to add the vtkDelaunay3D filter to the available filters
>> in paraview? The documentation of paraview/vtk doesn't seem to cover
>> how to extend paraview?
>>
>> axel
>>
>>
>>
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