[Paraview] points and cells labels

[Nehme Bilal]

Hi,

Is this possible with C++ filter/reader or only in 
python/custom-app ?

Nehme

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:32:51 -0500
  "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Nehme,
> 
> Is this in a custom application/python or ParaView GUI. 
>In
> python/custom-app you can yourself create 
>(representations,
> DataLabelRepresentation) representation proxy and 
>connect it to the
> output of your filter. Then it will label all 
>points/cells.
> 
> Utkarsh
> 
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Nehme Bilal 
><nbilal at mirarco.org> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Utkarsh for your response.
>>
>> that's what I already did. I used empty string on points 
>>where I don't want
>> to display properties. But the user must use the 
>>selection inspector to see
>> the labels. Is there a way to do the selection from the 
>>filter code. It will
>> be perfect if I can select the points I want from inside 
>>the filter code, or
>> simply select all points will help also.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:16:43 -0500
>>  "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> One possible solution is to add the labels as a point 
>>>data or cell
>>> data array of type "vtkStringArray" and then use the 
>>>selection
>>> labeling mechanism to label with this string array.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Nehme Bilal 
>>><nbilal at mirarco.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to put labels on points or cells using a 
>>>>filter ?
>>>>
>>>> Inside my filter code, I want to do something like:
>>>> myPoint->setLabel("50 metres");
>>>>
>>>> the label must look like the selection inspector label 
>>>>and not the
>>>> vtkVectorText one.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to do that ?
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