[Paraview] ParaView and Python general questions

[Milos Ilak]

Hi Utkarsh,

thanks for your reply. I got 3.8.1 to work easily on my MacBook and tracing
works well. I found on the web that you fixed the bug
0008723<http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=8723>,
and I need to remove the center of rotation from my animations. I downloaded
the latest 'nightly snapshot' using git, and copied the Python modules from
there into the directory of my Mac binary, replacing the ones that come with
the .dmg file. The removal or addition of the center of rotation still
doesn't show in the trace though, and I haven't been able to find the new
method in the python modules. Is it there, and how to find it? Thanks,

Milos



On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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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 Miloš Ilak
Linné Flow Centre
KTH Mechanics, Stockholm
+46(0) 8 790-7152
www2.mech.kth.se/~ilak <http://www2.mech.kth.se/%7Eilak/>
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