[Paraview] requesting particular animation frame

[Berk Geveci]

A state file, with data and exact steps to reproduce would be good.

-berk


On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:
> I don't have an explanation.  I'm hoping you can use the debugger to provide some more information.
>
> -Ken
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dominik Szczerba [mailto:dominik at itis.ethz.ch]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 9:45 AM
>> To: Moreland, Kenneth
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] requesting particular animation frame
>>
>> Thanks for a hint, but how do you explain that the problem happens only
>> after
>> an animation has been generated? It does not occur before, a frame is
>> reached
>> in one precise jump.  --Dominik
>>
>> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 04:18:34 pm Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>> > None of the filters you mention should effect the pipeline time and I
>> still
>> > cannot replicate your problem.  I was using the exodus reader, so it
>> could
>> > be a problem with whatever reader you are using.  Perhaps you could add
>> > breakpoints to the RequestInformation and RequestData methods to see
>> check
>> > the times being requested.
>> >
>> > -Ken
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Dominik Szczerba [mailto:dominik at itis.ethz.ch]
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 7:44 AM
>> > > To: Moreland, Kenneth
>> > > Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> > > Subject: Re: [Paraview] requesting particular animation frame
>> > >
>> > > Indeed, it is a pipeline: cut, calculator, surface vectors and two
>> > > streamline
>> > > filters at the end. Requesting specific time steps results in going
>> > > through
>> > > all the intermediate steps, which can take a very long time.
>> > >
>> > > However! This seems to only happen AFTER an animation was generated
>> (as
>> > > png
>> > > images). So likely something is broken here. Can someone confirm
>> please?
>> > >
>> > > -- Dominik
>> > >
>> > > On Tuesday 02 September 2008 03:16:58 pm Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>> > > > I am not seeing that behavior in either the 3.2 release or the CVS
>> > >
>> > > version.
>> > >
>> > > >  As far as I can tell, ParaView is correctly requesting a single
>> time
>> > >
>> > > step
>> > >
>> > > > from the pipeline.  If you have other filters, it is possible that
>> some
>> > >
>> > > of
>> > >
>> > > > them are requesting multiple time steps.  It is also possible to get
>> > > > "thrashing" behavior if you have a branching pipeline and the
>> branches
>> > >
>> > > are
>> > >
>> > > > requesting different time steps.
>> > > >
>> > > > -Ken
>> > > >
>> > > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > > From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
>> > > > > [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of Dominik
>> Szczerba
>> > > > > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:03 PM
>> > > > > To: paraview at paraview.org
>> > > > > Subject: [Paraview] requesting particular animation frame
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I just noticed that requesting an animation frame (by entering a
>> > >
>> > > number
>> > >
>> > > > > or using << >> buttons) does so by walking (loading) all the
>> frames
>> > >
>> > > one
>> > >
>> > > > > by one
>> > > > > from a current one until the desired one is reached. Did I screw
>> > > > > something in
>> > > > > the RequestInformation / Update of my Reader?
>> > > > > Thanks for any hints.
>> > > > > --
>> > > > > Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>> > > > > Computational Physics Group
>> > > > > Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society
>> > > > > http://www.itis.ethz.ch
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>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>> > > Computational Physics Group
>> > > Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society
>> > > http://www.itis.ethz.ch
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>> Computational Physics Group
>> Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society
>> http://www.itis.ethz.ch
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