[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[Greg Ushomirsky]

Ken,

To be more precise, it looks like ParaView 2.6 still allows one to add
the filters by editing/loading XML files, while Paraview 2.9 requires
a recompile.  I went to the website and started downloading old
versions of Paraview. 2.6 is the newest one that had the "Load
Package"  menu option.

thanks,
Greg


On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:
> That Wiki page is out of date.  It was written for ParaView 2.X.  ParaView 3 has a new way of adding filters, which unfortunately requires compiling a shared object library.
>
>  -Ken
>
>
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>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
>  > On Behalf Of Greg Ushomirsky
>  > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:52 PM
>  > To: paraview at paraview.org
>  > Subject: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > I'm trying to add an existing VTK filter to Paraview 3.2.1 for Windows
>  > that I downloaded from Paraview.org. I'm trying to follow the
>  > instructions on the wiki page
>  > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Extend. That page gives an
>  > example of two XML files that would be needed to make the existing
>  > vtkCellDerivatives filter accessible through the menus.  I followed
>  > the instructions, made the two XML files, and them, as the
>  > instructions suggest:
>  >
>  > To load the XML file into the ParaView, we will go to menu File and
>  > select Import Package. This will popup a dialog in which we can select
>  > the appropriate XML file.
>  >
>  > Well, I go to the File menu, but there is no Import Package option!!
>  >
>  > So, do I really need to build paraview myself in order to add an
>  > existing filter?  Or am I missing something in the instructions??
>  > Sure, I could build a plugin, but that requires building paraview from
>  > source as well.
>  >
>  > thanks for the help,
>  > Greg
>
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