[Paraview] paraview vs mayavi

[Gerard Gorman]

This discussion could go on for quite a while...
Largely it depends on your needs. I would say MayaVi is:
- easy to use
- easy to get nice visualizations that look good
- easy to modify/extend
- easy to script
but - it is serial and is written in a python (though the modules that 
do the real work are still c++) rather than a compiled language. This 
does give problems for large datasets.
Paraview of the other hand has a more sophisticated user interface and 
requires greater investment if modifications are required. However the 
most outstanding feature of paraview if that it has parallel support. 
This is very often the difference between being able to visualize your 
data and not.

But - the learning curve for either one is not so great so the best 
thing to do really is try both and see which suites your needs best. 
Personally I use both.

Cheers
g


Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to know, if anybody used mayavi before and
> where the disadvantages (maybe advantages) compared to
> paraview are?
> 
> Greetings!
> Fabian