[Paraview] Re: python scripting inside Paraview
Utkarsh Ayachit
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Tue Jun 12 15:21:56 EDT 2007
Are you using 3.0.0 beta?
Utkarsh
Fabian Braennstroem wrote:
> Hi Utkarsh,
>
> I tried you script, unfortunately it does not seem to work for me as
> wanted; I get:
>
> Display could not locate the pqPipelineSource object for the input
> proxy.
> Could not locate the server on which the new source was added.
>
> Do I do something wrong? I use version 3.0.0.
>
> Greetings!
> Fabian
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit schrieb am 06/12/2007 02:48 PM:
>> Hmm weird,
>>
>> Here's my script to create a 1000 spheres. It seems to work just fine
>> for me.
>>
>> Can you post your script?
>>
>> import paraview
>>
>> # Locate the view to which we'll add the "display". All views are
>> # registered in the group "view_modules" with the proxy manager.
>> pxm = paraview.pyProxyManager()
>> iter = pxm.group_iter("view_modules");
>> activeView = None
>> for proxy in iter:
>> if proxy.IsA("vtkSMRenderModuleProxy"):
>> activeView = proxy
>> break
>> if activeView:
>> for z in range (0, 10):
>> for y in range (0, 10):
>> for cc in range (0, 10):
>> # create a display for the source in the active view.
>> sphere = \
>> paraview.CreateProxy("sources","SphereSource","sources",
>> "sphere.%d.%d.%d"% (cc,y,z))
>> sphere.SetCenter(cc, y, z);
>> sphere.UpdateVTKObjects();
>> disp = paraview.CreateDisplay(sphere, activeView);
>> activeView.StillRender();
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> Robert Maynard wrote:
>>> Thank you for the reply. I tried something similar to this but by doing
>>> it this way:
>>>
>>> renModule = paraview.GetRenderModule()
>>> paraview.CreateDisplay(sphere, renModule):
>>>
>>> The major problem I get is that for both of these ways to add the item
>>> to a Display proxy, is that while it works nicely for a small dataset.
>>> When I try to create with python 200 sphere's, and 1000 lines. The python
>>> parser slows right down, and really slows down the render. It seems that
>>> this
>>> way extra display proxies are created, becuase when I try to save the
>>> state, or close paraview
>>> I get the following error.
>>>
>>> The program 'modpython' received an X Window System error.
>>> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
>>> The error was 'BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)'.
>>> (Details: serial 366766 error_code 3 request_code 15 minor_code 0)
>>> (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
>>> that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
>>> To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
>>> option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
>>> backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
>>> vtkDebugLeaks has detected LEAKS!
>>> Class "vtkSMSourceProxy" has 1645 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMPWriterProxy" has 8 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVAxesActor" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastCompositeHelper" has 129 instances
>>> still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLScalarsToColorsPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqPendingDisplayUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMAxesProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMMaterialLoaderProxy" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqOptions" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMSimpleIntInformationHelper" has 13 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMTimeStepsInformationHelper" has 17 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMEnumerationDomain" has 1884 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMPropertyModificationUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMLODDisplayProxy" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSelfConnection" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCellTypes" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVXMLElement" has 29275 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCellData" has 1494 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMInputProperty" has 1948 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkClientServerInterpreter" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkCollection" has 7512 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMDoubleVectorProperty" has 4086 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMExtentDomain" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFrustumCoverageCuller" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPointsPainter" has 138 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCursor3D" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationVector" has 8430 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMDataTypeDomain" has 1283 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVFileInformationHelper" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMIntArrayInformationHelper" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPerspectiveTransform" has 6 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVTrackballZoom" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMMultiViewRenderModuleProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLPainterDeviceAdapter" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVTrackballRoll" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVOpenGLExtensionsInformation" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMWriterProxy" has 12 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuad" has 11 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPointData" has 1623 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLDisplayListPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMXDMFInformationHelper" has 6 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkVectorText" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkProperty2D" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVUpdateSuppressor" has 387 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPriorityQueue" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPointPlacer" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkWidgetEventTranslator" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCacheSizeKeeper" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPolygonsPainter" has 138 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCompositeDataPipeline" has 1420 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointRayCastImage" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkTrivialProducer" has 277 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkProp3DCollection" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadricClustering" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMArraySelectionInformationHelper" has 139 instances still
>>> around.
>>> Class "vtkMatrix4x4" has 3316 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFeatureEdges" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSphericalDirectionEncoder" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVMain" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "pqStateLoader" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMFixedTypeDomain" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkCoordinate" has 11 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkBox" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMFileListDomain" has 104 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyGroupDomain" has 3509 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMExtractLocationsProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkFollower" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSimpleTransform" has 21 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVLODVolume" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMStringVectorProperty" has 1637 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFiniteDifferenceGradientEstimator" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkDummyController" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkEventQtSlotConnect" has 716 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMDoubleRangeDomain" has 3888 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyRegisterUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPoints" has 644 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkIntArray" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkEncodedGradientShader" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformation" has 23589 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUnstructuredGridVolumeRayCastMapper" has 129 instances still
>>> around.
>>> Class "vtkSMUpdateSuppressorProxy" has 388 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLine" has 46 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMUndoStackUndoSet" has 908 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyLink" has 1420 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMCameraProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "pqRenderViewProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkActorCollection" has 7 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkAxes" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMPart" has 645 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPointHandleRepresentation3D" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkProcessModule" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkLightKit" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMViewModuleProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMPVAnimationSceneProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVClassNameInformation" has 645 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUnstructuredGridBunykRayCastFunction" has 129 instances still
>>> around.
>>> Class "vtkSMDomainIterator" has 18999 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkVolumeCollection" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkMultiThreader" has 387 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPropCollection" has 9 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyManager" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLCoincidentTopologyResolutionPainter" has 273 instances
>>> still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLLightingPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPolyData" has 1491 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkGenericCell" has 133 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLookupTable" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVPythonInterpretor" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkUnstructuredGridVolumeZSweepMapper" has 129 instances still
>>> around.
>>> Class "vtkPVDataInformation" has 2704 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMNumberOfGroupsDomain" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSelfConnectionUndoSet" has 925 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCylinderSource" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMBooleanDomain" has 4326 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMSummaryHelperProxy" has 7 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOrderedTriangulator" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqOutputWindowAdapter" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVArrayInformation" has 3345 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMUpdateInformationUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkBiQuadraticQuad" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPiecewiseFunction" has 5 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLRayCastImageDisplayHelper" has 387 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPainterPolyDataMapper" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVCompositeDataInformation" has 2833 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkHexahedron" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkActor2D" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPropPicker" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVLODPartDisplayInformation" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVOptionsXMLParser" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkTriQuadraticHexahedron" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLCamera" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVServerInformation" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMArraySelectionDomain" has 137 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLActor" has 146 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLineWidget2" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyListDomain" has 11 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMFieldDataDomain" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkIdList" has 369 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkWorldPointPicker" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "ProcessModuleGUIHelper" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadraticLinearQuad" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMPropertyLink" has 266 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkConeSource" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkEmptyCell" has 133 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkTStripsPainter" has 138 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLProjectedTetrahedraMapper" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkObserverMediator" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkDoubleArray" has 783 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationDoubleValue" has 138 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkMatrixToLinearTransform" has 132 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkDefaultPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkAlgorithmOutput" has 937 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCullerCollection" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkDataSetTriangleFilter" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLRenderer" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCellCenterDepthSort" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationIntegerValue" has 36597 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMInputArrayDomain" has 28 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMShrunkContoursProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadraticTriangle" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLPolyDataMapper2D" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLLight" has 7 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVInteractorStyle" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMUndoStack" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMArrayRangeDomain" has 7 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMExtractSelectionProxy" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMNumberOfPartsDomain" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkBiQuadraticQuadraticHexahedron" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkUndoStack" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkCellArray" has 147 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyProperty" has 2490 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMArrayListDomain" has 1052 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMBoundsDomain" has 14 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUnstructuredGrid" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadraticLinearWedge" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkRendererCollection" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkStandardPolyDataPainter" has 552 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastMapper" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastMIPHelper" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkProcessModuleConnectionManager" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMStringListDomain" has 144 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqProxyUnRegisterUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "pqCloseViewUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVRenderModuleHelper" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMSimpleStringInformationHelper" has 11 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkHeap" has 258 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkChooserPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMIntRangeDomain" has 1661 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqHelperProxyRegisterUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxy" has 667 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkWedge" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMSimpleDoubleInformationHelper" has 8 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVGeometryFilter" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMApplication" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationStringValue" has 1449 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFloatArray" has 1054 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkBiQuadraticQuadraticWedge" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVLODActor" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkVolumeProperty" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationExecutivePortVectorValue" has 661 instances still
>>> around.
>>> Class "vtkPVDataSetAttributesInformation" has 5666 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkIdTypeArray" has 663 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqUndoStackBuilder" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMUndoRedoStateLoader" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkTransform" has 1069 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSocketCollection" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMDocumentation" has 7783 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVAxesWidget" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVFileInformation" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastCompositeShadeHelper" has 129 instances
>>> still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMNew3DWidgetProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkTriangle" has 15 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkEdgeTable" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOutlineSource" has 131 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLClipPlanesPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCollectionIterator" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLHAVSVolumeMapper" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLineRepresentation" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkFieldData" has 1497 instances still around.
>>> Class "pqSplitViewUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadraticQuad" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkLODProp3D" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastCompositeGOShadeHelper" has 129
>>> instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMTimeRangeInformationHelper" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVAnimationScene" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLProperty" has 151 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMInteractionUndoStackBuilder" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkTrackballPan" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMIntVectorProperty" has 7770 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProxyUnRegisterUndoElement" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMIdTypeVectorProperty" has 14 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLineSource" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationDoubleVectorValue" has 1177 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationKeyVectorValue" has 777 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUnsignedCharArray" has 134 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkLightCollection" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSphereSource" has 131 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkEvent" has 32 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkWidgetCallbackMapper" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkKWProcessStatistics" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkLinesPainter" has 138 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVGeometryInformation" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVProgressHandler" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline" has 438 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMProperty" has 1054 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMXDMFPropertyDomain" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkCellPicker" has 4 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUpdateSuppressorPipeline" has 387 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkOpenGLRepresentationPainter" has 273 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkActor2DCollection" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkGenericGeometryFilter" has 129 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkHandleWidget" has 3 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkTimerLog" has 4211 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkSMLODRenderModuleProxy" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastCompositeGOHelper" has 129 instances
>>> still around.
>>> Class "vtkCommand or subclass" has 33652 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkQuadraticEdge" has 13 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkMultiProcessControllerRMI" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkInformationExecutivePortValue" has 937 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkUndoSet" has 2 instances still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVGenericRenderWindowInteractor" has 1 instance still around.
>>> Class "vtkPVTrackballRotate" has 3 instances still around.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This problem does not happen, if I do not add the objects to the display
>>> proxy, than after the script is over, I manually click on each one, and
>>> turn on its visibility.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/12/07, *Utkarsh Ayachit* <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
>>> <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Robert,
>>>
>>> To make a source visible one needs to create what we call a "display"
>>> for that source. "Display" is a proxy which encapsulates the
>>> vtkMapper,vtkActor etc. Once must create the display for the source and
>>> then add it to the render module in which we want to "see" the source.
>>>
>>> Here's the script that one can use to do the same:
>>>
>>> import paraview
>>> sphere = paraview.CreateProxy("sources","SphereSource","sources")
>>>
>>>
>>> # Locate the view to which we'll add the "display". All views are
>>> # registered in the group "view_modules" with the proxy manager.
>>> pxm = paraview.pyProxyManager()
>>>
>>> # Create a iterator that iterates over all proxies registered in
>>> # a particular group.
>>> iter = pxm.group_iter("view_modules");
>>> activeView = None
>>> for proxy in iter:
>>> # Locate a 3D render view.
>>> if proxy.IsA("vtkSMRenderModuleProxy"):
>>> activeView = proxy
>>> break
>>> if activeView:
>>> # create a display for the source in the active view.
>>> disp = paraview.CreateDisplay(sphere, activeView);
>>> # Trigger a render.
>>> activeView.StillRender();
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Maynard wrote:
>>> > Currently I am stumped on how to turn on or off the visibility of
>>> items
>>> > from
>>> > inside the paraview console.
>>> >
>>> > Currently I am constructing Line and Sphere sources by doing
>>> > sphere = paraview.CreateProxy("sources","SphereSource","sources")
>>> >
>>> > But these always are constructed with their visibility turned off. I
>>> > have tried
>>> > getting the properties of these objects using the vtkSMProxy
>>> > ListMethods() but
>>> > that does not list it.
>>> >
>>> > What do I need to access to be able to control their visibility?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
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