[Paraview] When is vtkPolyDataAlgorithm::RequestData called in ParaView?

[Alexis Chan]

That sounds good. Thanks!

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> wrote:

> RequestData is called only when the algorithm itself is modified (by
> the properties panel) or its input is modified, or the request such as
> time changes. In ParaView, fiters won't be re-executed on every
> render. However, if that's what you want to do, you can write a python
> script or a plugin to mark the filter modified on before every render
> by changing some property on the fiter.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Alexis Chan <alexisc at cs.unc.edu> wrote:
> > Hi
> > I am trying to use Goodwin Lawlor's vtkCollisionDetectionFilter
> > from http://sourceforge.net/projects/vtkbioeng/ . It inherits
> > vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.
> > I noticed that the RequestData is only called when I add inputs to the
> > filter. As I would like to check for collisions periodically, I was
> > wondering if ParaView do call the  vtkPolyDataAlgorithm::RequestData
> during
> > rendering callbacks?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Alexis
> >
> >
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Regards,
Alexis
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