[Paraview] ParaView and Python general questions

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

ParaView has Python tracing capability which will make it easier for
you to dump Python scripts based on user-interface actions
(http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Python_GUI_Tools). You might want to
wait for 3.8.1 (or try the release candidates) for better animation
support from Python.

Utkarsh

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Milos Ilak <ilak at mech.kth.se> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to ParaView and not entirely new to Python. I have been trying to
> create Python scripts to automate some animations with volume rendering that
> I have been working on.
>
> I have found it very difficult to find out how to do various things from
> Python that are easily accessible from the main ParaView GUI. I haven't been
> able to find detailed documentation, except for the "ParaView Scripting with
> Python" document, and by looking at the properties of the Python modules
> using dir, help, etc, it is very hard to find out how some things are done
> and I have to admit that I am a bit lost. I was wondering if a more
> comprehensive guide than this document and the 'Python Recipes' page exists,
> or at least some guidelines on how to find out how things are done from the
> servermanager module.
>
> Some things I would like to do is for example to load a preset for the
> opacity function for volume rendering that I have created and saved using
> the GUI, to show/hide axes and the rotation center when rendering, etc.
>
> Also, I have read about some bugs being fixed (for example showing/hiding
> the center of the axes). In order to have those fixes, can I get an updated
> Python module and how? I am currently using Paraview 3.6.1., but should soon
> upgrade to 3.8.0.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Milos
>
>
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