[Paraview] Modifying the filters available in Paraview ?

[Berk Geveci]

Not really. It doesn't tell me how the exporter is
connected and configured (I am guessing there are
some calls that has to be made before Render() is
called)

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 10:04, Axel Steuwer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the code below is taken from the Mayavi code (/Misc/RenderWindow.py)
> from Prabhu (thanks!)
> and defines the function for exporting with the vtkGL2PSExporter.
> Does that help?
> 
> Axel
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>     def save_gl2ps (self, file_name="", exp=None):        
>         """Save scene to a vector PostScript/EPS/PDF/TeX file using
>         GL2PS.  If you choose to use a TeX file then note that only
>         the text output is saved to the file.  You will need to save
>         the graphics separately.
> 
>         Keyword Arguments:
> 
>         file_name -- Optional file name to save to.  (default '').  If
>         no file name is given then a dialog will pop up asking for the
>         file name.
> 
>         exp -- Optionally configured vtkGL2PSExporter object.
>         Defaults to None and this will result in a pop-up window
>         asking for configuration options.        
>         """
>         debug ("In RenderWindow::save_gl2ps ()")
>         # Make sure the exporter is available.
>         if not hasattr(vtkpython, 'vtkGL2PSExporter'):
>             msg = "Saving as a vector PS/EPS/PDF/TeX file using GL2PS is
> "\
>                   "either not supported by your version of VTK or "\
>                   "you have not configured VTK to work with GL2PS --
> read "\
>                   "the documentation for the vtkGL2PSExporter class."
>             Common.print_err (msg)
>             return
> 
>         # Get a filename
>         if not file_name:
>             file_name = tk_fsave (title="Export to PS/EPS/PDF/TeX", 
>                                   initialdir=Common.config.initial_dir,
>                                   defaultextension=".eps",
>                                   filetypes=[("All files", "*"),
>                                              ("EPS files", "*.eps"),
>                                              ("PS files", "*.ps"),
>                                              ("PDF files", "*.pdf"),
>                                              ("TeX files", "*.tex")])
>         
>         if len(file_name) != 0:
>             f_prefix, f_ext = os.path.splitext(file_name)
>             ex = None
>             if exp:
>                 ex = exp
>                 if not isinstance(exp, vtkpython.vtkGL2PSExporter):
>                     msg = "Need a vtkGL2PSExporter you passed a "\
>                           "%s"%exp.__class__.__name__
>                 ex.SetFilePrefix(f_prefix)
>             else:
>                 ex = vtkpython.vtkGL2PSExporter()
>                 # defaults
>                 ex.SetFilePrefix(f_prefix)
>                 if f_ext == ".ps":
>                     ex.SetFileFormatToPS()
>                 elif f_ext == ".tex":
>                     ex.SetFileFormatToTeX()
>                 elif f_ext == ".pdf":
>                     ex.SetFileFormatToPDF()
>                 else:
>                     ex.SetFileFormatToEPS()
>                 ex.SetSortToBSP()
>                 # configure the exporter.
>                 c = vtkPipeline.ConfigVtkObj.ConfigVtkObj(self.renwin)
>                 c.configure(self.frame, ex, get=[], auto_update=1,
>                             one_frame=1, run_command=0)
>                 self.frame.update()
>                 c.root.transient(self.frame)
>                 self.frame.wait_window(c.root)
>             
>             self.lift()
>             ex.SetRenderWindow(self.renwin)
>             Common.state.busy()
>             ex.Write()
>             Common.state.idle()       
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
> [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Berk Geveci
> Sent: 22 September 2004 15:53
> To: Axel Steuwer
> Cc: 'ParaView Mailing List'
> 
> 
> I can't :-) I never did it. Currently, there is no way of adding
> exporters to ParaView using xml files. One would have to change ParaView
> code to do it. If someone explains how gl2ps works 
> (what calls are made to enable it etc.), I might have some pointers.
> 
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 09:18, Axel Steuwer wrote:
> > Berk,
> > 
> > could you perhaps comment on how to use the GL2PS exporter
> > in Paraview?
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > Axel
> > 
> > 
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> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org 
> > [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Berk Geveci
> > Sent: 22 September 2004 15:08
> > To: Vidya Raghavan
> > Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org; ParaView Mailing List
> > 
> > 
> > Use --start-empty (or -e) option and create your own xml files. 
> > However, once you do this, you have to provide all xml files. You 
> > might want to create a PV_INTERFACE_PATH directory and copy some of 
> > the default xml files (from GUI/Client/Resources in 1.6) there.
> > 
> > -Berk
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 01:32, Vidya Raghavan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am trying to modify the list of filters available in Paraview from
> > > the
> > > Filters drop-down menu. I basically want only a few to be displayed
> > and
> > > available. Is there any way I can modify this?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Vidya
> > > 
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