[Paraview] pvbatch + LoadState('..') +XDMF = empty image

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Jens,

It would be great if you could post a state to reproduce this issue.

Utkarsh

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Jens <jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Utkarsh,
>
> if I reload the state in paraview-gui it does not refresh ether.
> I have to walk through the pipeline (bottom to top) and call "Apply".
>
> Greetings
> Jens
>
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit schrieb:
>> Jens,
>>
>> Is the non-refreshed part of the pipeline visible in the view?
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:23 AM, Jens <jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Utkarsh,
>>>
>>> thank you for that hint.
>>> I can see the bounding box now ...
>>>
>>> But somehow it does not refresh the whole pipeline.
>>> What do I have to do, that all parts of pipeline are updated before I
>>> write the image. Any idea?
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>> Jens
>>>
>>> Utkarsh Ayachit schrieb:
>>>> Jens
>>>>
>>>> Here's an updated script:
>>>> =================
>>>> from paraview.simple import *
>>>>
>>>> # reload state
>>>> servermanager.LoadState('/tmp/state.pvsm')
>>>>
>>>> view = GetRenderViews()[0]
>>>>
>>>> ## render png
>>>> view.ResetCamera()
>>>> view.StillRender()
>>>> view.WriteImage( "/tmp/Test1.png", "vtkPNGWriter" )
>>>> ==================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem was that your script was creating a new view, and not
>>>> using the view created by the state file.
>>>>
>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Jens <jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I try to use pvbatch to render a whole bunch of screenshots using a
>>>>> script. pvbatch works fine if I simply create a sphere and write that
>>>>> image to disk.
>>>>>
>>>>> But loading a predefined pipeline using LoadState('pstate.pvsm') which
>>>>> includes a datset in XDMF file format fails.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>>>> This seems to be related to bug 6495
>>>>> (http://www.itk.org/Bug/view.php?id=6495&nbn=2), but the suggested
>>>>> solution cannot be used with LoadState(..).
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings
>>>>> Jens
>>>>>
>>>>> ====================
>>>>> from paraview import servermanager
>>>>>
>>>>> # connect to pvserver
>>>>> servermanager.Connect()
>>>>>
>>>>> # reload state
>>>>> #r = servermanager.LoadState('paraview_state.pvsm')
>>>>>
>>>>> # render png
>>>>> view = servermanager.CreateRenderView()
>>>>> view.ResetCamera()
>>>>> view.StillRender()
>>>>> view.WriteImage( "Test1.png", "vtkPNGWriter" )
>>>>> ====================
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