[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[clinton at elemtech.com]

Perhaps you'd like the new example in ParaView3/Examples/Plugins/HelixSource.
See the attached screen shot.  The panel for the HelixSource has a python 
script under it.  And it didn't require compiling any plugins.

Clint

On Friday 25 April 2008 1:11:46 pm Sean Ziegeler wrote:
> Yes, that takes care of part of it.  However, it's not clear to me if or
> how one might add extra parameters for the script, so that the script
> itself doesn't need to be edited for simple parameters.  Is that possible?
>
> -Sean
>
> Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> > Have you tried created a custom filter containing the programmable filter
> > with your script?  Once it is a custom filter you can export that to XML
> > and let other users import it.
> >
> > -Ken
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
> >> [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Sean Ziegeler
> >> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:30 AM
> >> To: clinton at elemtech.com
> >> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling
> >>
> >> I wonder, would the ability to load server manager XML and client QRC
> >> files at run time allow me to distribute, e.g., a specific python
> >> script, to others and it show up as a unique reader/filter/writer with
> >> its own GUI widgets?
> >>
> >> That would be more elegant and less tedious than the current way of
> >> doing things, in which I just tell them "paste the following script into
> >> the Programmable Filter and modify the parameters inside the script as
> >> needed."
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Sean
> >>
> >> clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
> >>> On Thursday 24 April 2008 4:20:46 pm Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> >>>> Clint,
> >>>>
> >>>> Great job as usual.  If you have not already, please add a description
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >>>> this new functionality to the Wiki.
> >>>
> >>> Its already there:
> >>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ExtendingParaView#Loading_XML_at_runtime
> >>>
> >>> Clint
> >>>
> >>>> -Ken
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
> >>>>> [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of
> >>
> >> clinton at elemtech.com
> >>
> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:10 PM
> >>>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without
> >>>>> recompiling
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The CVS version of ParaView will allow you to load server manager xml
> >>>>> files
> >>>>> without building plugins.  It also supports loading Client side qrc
> >>
> >> files
> >>
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> add readers and writers without building plugins.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Clint
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wednesday 23 April 2008 8:52:29 pm Greg Ushomirsky wrote:
> >>>>>> 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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