[Paraview] New snapshot of ParaView 2.9 (to be ParaView 3.0)

[Dominik Szczerba]

Hi,

I get:

Fontconfig error: "conf.d", line 1: no element found
Segmentation fault

--ds

Berk Geveci wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I posted the june snapshot of ParaView 2.9 (to be 3.0) on the web. The
> files are at:
> http://paraview.org/files/v2.9/
> There are binaries for linux (x86) and windows. Make sure you download
> 2.9.1. 2.9.0 is the snapshot from May. I also uploaded an exodus file
> (disk_out_ref.exo). It is good file to play with to see some of the new
> features.
> 
> We wanted to open the CVS repository this week but I am leaving on
> vacation for a week (yeay!) and I ran out of time. It will have to wait
> until I come back.
> 
> Some new features to look for (in no particular order):
> 
> * Support for more file formats (exodus reader is still the one that is
> tested and customized best)
> * Statistics view
> * Two undo/redo stacks: 1. pipeline operations (ctrl+z, ctrl+r) 2. view
> operation (ctrl+b, ctrl+f)
> * Visibility control on the pipeline inspector
> * Selection (still at alpha, use toolbar buttons or 's' key to switch
> between interaction & selection)
> * Support for more sources
> * Support for contour and streamlines filters
> * Support for saving & loading state
> * Saving screenshot
> * Saving animation. Very alpha. It only support creating animations from
> readers that support time (File->Save Animation)
> * Bug fixes
> 
> We are working on:
> 
> * Readers/filters
> * Custom filters (being able to create custom filters by selection part
> of a pipeline, saving, loading and instantiating them)
> * Full featured animation
> * Colormap editor
> * Application/3D view settings
> * Python interface
> * Selection
> * Server connection interface
> 
> Longer term:
> 
> * Support for multiple views
> * Client side plotting using Qt widgets (2D plots, histogram)
> * Multiple server connection
> * Multiple client connection
> 
> Some of these features are already in alpha stage and are enabled in the
> CVS development tree. I disabled them to make binaries. Use the
> snapshots and CVS at your own risk. I would not recommend using 2.9 for
> production use. Bug reports are obviously welcome :-)
> 
> I'll be thinking of you in Maine (or maybe not).
> 
> -Berk
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Dominik Szczerba, Dr.
Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi