[Paraview] VTK-Python script or Paraview server manager script?

[Berk Geveci]

A VTK Python script would do the job fine. You have to import vtk, create
one or more vtkPolydata and then write them out using a writer. There are a
few formats to choose from. I would use vtkPolyDataWriter to write a VTK
file.
-berk

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Olumide <50295 at web.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Being a bit of a VTK/Paraview newbie, I'm having a little difficulty
> selecting the right tool for the job. I've got a number of polygonal
> primitives; lines, spheres, cylinders etc, in a 3d application and I would
> like to export and view these objects in Paraview. Because the 3d app is
> scriptable, I can write a plugin to export the primitives as VTK geometry
> data, but I shrink at the thought of handling low level operations that
> would be required. Therefore I'm considering another option namely: to have
> the 3d app write a VTK-Python or Paraview-Servermanager script based on the
> primitives in the scene. The problem now, is which scripting technique is
> better for the task, bearing in mind that what I would like to do is to view
> the primitives in Paraview.
>
> Initially, I started out writing a Paraview-Servermanager script, but I
> later realized that a VTK-Python script might do the job as well, _if_
> VTK-Python scripts can export programmatically created scene data.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Olumide
>
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