[Paraview] Vis template by changing reader file names?

[Eric E. Monson]

Hey Clint,

Yes, that's a great idea (which I've tried briefly, but haven't used  
much yet) for speeding up the process of setting it up from scratch  
each time. Is there an easy way of sharing custom filters, so that if  
I create some vis elements and combine them in custom filters, I could  
send them to the others in my research group so they could use the  
same parameters?

I guess I was hoping there would be an easy way to change files "in  
place" after a pipeline had been set up (or a state file loaded), but  
I can see how that could cause problems if people choose the wrong  
file type.

Thanks,
-Eric


On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:05 PM, clinton at elemtech.com wrote:

>
> Have you tried putting your pipeline into a custom filters?
> Select all the filters you want included, then create the custom  
> filter from
> the group using the menu item  Tools -> Create Custom Filter...
>
> To use it, just open your file and apply the one filter.
>
> Clint
>
> On Monday 25 August 2008 1:22:48 pm Eric E. Monson wrote:
>> Hey All,
>>
>> My group wants to use ParaView for debugging their simulation system,
>> where they might output many different files in a day with tweaked
>> parameters and want to quickly view the results to see whether things
>> are changing the way they expect.
>>
>> The problem is that for each run there are three different output
>> (unstructured grid) files, and to make a nice visualization each has
>> to be glyphed or colored or filtered in some special way. I can do
>> this, and it looks great, but it takes a while to set up each time a
>> new set of files is generated, so it's a bit of a pain.
>>
>> Therefore, main question: Once a visualization pipeline is set up, is
>> there any easy way to pick new files for the readers so new data  
>> could
>> quickly be visualized using an existing "template"?
>>
>> I have tried reading in new files and using the "Change Input..."  
>> menu
>> item, but it's a bit of a pain because it's a multi-step method that
>> changes the order of items in the Pipeline Browser each time you do
>> it. I know how to save a state file and then edit the source file
>> names for the readers, but this takes the user out of ParaView and is
>> a little clunky, but do-able. I can also write a python script that
>> loads a state file and changes the input files and creates an
>> animation automatically, but that isn't as flexible as looking at the
>> data in ParaView itself. (I also tried to change a source file name
>> from the Python shell within ParaView, but at least with an Xdmf  
>> file,
>> that always crashes ParaView when I'm driving...)
>>
>> Am I missing something clean and easy? Is this a typical thing people
>> would want to routinely do with ParaView?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Eric
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> Eric E Monson
>> Duke Visualization Technology Group
>>
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