[Paraview] Moving slice with particle

[Berk Geveci]

To make sure that I understand, vtkCutter does not work, right? Why? Are you
trying to extract a cut/slice or a subset with constant i, j or k from an
image data?

-berk

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Thorsten Hater <th at tp1.rub.de> wrote:

>  Thanks for this! But contrary to my earlier optimism it seems not so easy
> to
> use a slice filter in a programmable filter (I played mostly with the
> pvpython
>  up to this point)
> The python vtk module does not export ExtractVOI or ImageSlice filter,
> the generic cutter does not work for me.
> If I import paraview.simple a new connection pops up and PV itself is
> messed up,
> so I can't use simple's Slice. Can I work around this behaviour?
>
>
> Am 19.02.2010 01:42, schrieb Berk Geveci:
>
> self.GetInputDataObject(0, n)
>
> should return the nth input.
>
> -berk
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Thorsten Hater <th at tp1.rub.de> wrote:
>
>> Most of building blocks I was able to figure out, but how do
>> I retrieve the second input from the servermanager?
>>
>> Berk Geveci wrote:
>> > It is definitely doable with the programmable filter although not as
>> > trivial as it would be with a tool like VisTrails. The programmable
>> > filter can accept multiple inputs. You could use the point from on of
>> > its inputs to setup the parameter of an internal slice filter - which
>> > requires importing the vtk.graphics module. If you can't figure it
>> > out, let me know, I'll help.
>> >
>> > -berk
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Thorsten Hater <th at tp1.rub.de
>>  > <mailto:th at tp1.rub.de>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hello,
>> >
>> >     I have encountered the following problem in a set of animations:
>> >     There is a moving particle in a field and I want to slice the field
>> >     at the particle's position (effectively the y-component of the
>> >     position).
>> >     Additionally the slice should move automatically with the particle
>> >     for making an animation.
>> >     Has anybody done something like this before?
>> >     The programmable filter seems a good point to start, but I need
>> >     at least two inputs for figuring out the offset.
>> >     Thanks in advance for any pointers or help!
>> >
>> >     Cheers,
>> >       Thorsten
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Thorsten Hater
>> >     Institut fuer Theoretische Physik I
>> >     Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
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