[Paraview] export to vectorial image format

Fri Apr 29 13:00:50 EDT 2011

Sven,
Could you please give me instruction on how to use of your patch in order to
export vector images?

Thanks,
Nima

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apparently Paraview does not generate vectorial images at the moment.
>
> Would it be possible to generate such an image by first exporting to a
> 3D format (like POV or X3D) and then converting the scene to a
> vectorial format using another application? any suggestion ...?
>
> Best,
> Nima
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David E DeMarle
> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
> > Sven,
> >
> > Despite the limitations, would you please push that patch to github?
> > Once there distribution, upkeep and maintenance will be easier.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > David E DeMarle
> > Kitware, Inc.
> > R&D Engineer
> > 28 Corporate Drive
> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> > Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Sven Buijssen
> > <sven.buijssen at tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I happen to have a small patch for the git master branch that adds
> vector
> >> graphics output (EPS, PS and SVG) to the Save Screenshot dialog and uses
> >> vtkGL2PSExporter as a backend, too. Actually, it's just an updated
> version of
> >> the patch for this matter I posted on this list back in 2007. But as
> holds for
> >> the Python approach it has a few drawbacks:
> >>
> >> * Only 3D View support
> >> * Builtin mode and client/server mode support (but using merely 1 server
> >> process, empty file when using more)
> >> * No support for Manta/EyeDom/other views
> >> * No multi-view support
> >> * No support for mandelbrot source
> >> * No support for text/annotate time source (a rectangular box is drawn
> instead),
> >> one can resort to a 3D Text source, though
> >> * No support for Volume rendering
> >> * No support for Slice representation (try Surface representation of a
> slice
> >> filter output)
> >> * No support for PointSprite representation
> >> * No support for SurfaceLIC representation, even crashes ParaView on
> export
> >> * In display tab of object inspector, "Interpolate scalars" needs to be
> ticked
> >> off for every visible object; otherwise object is rendered gray
> >> (see http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=1630)
> >> * Requires an old version of the colorbar implementation or colorbar
> will be
> >> rendered gray
> >>
> >> So, don't get your hopes up too much about vtkGL2PSExporter.
> >>
> >> Sven
> >>
> >>
> >> Hom Nath Gharti wrote, On 03/31/11 14:05:
> >>> You might try to run the script below to see if your image quality is
> good
> >>> enough to use vtkGL2PSExporter
> >>>
> >>> rw=GetActiveView().GetRenderWindow()
> >>> exp=paraview.vtk.vtkInstantiator.CreateInstance('vtkGL2PSExporter')
> >>> exp.SetRenderWindow(rw)
> >>> exp.SetDrawBackground(0)
> >>> exp.SetSortToSimple()
> >>> exp.SetFileFormatToEPS()
> >>> exp.SetFilePrefix("test")
> >>> #exp.Write3DPropsAsRasterImageOn()
> >>> exp.Write()
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David E DeMarle <
> dave.demarle at kitware.com
> >>> <mailto:dave.demarle at kitware.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Sorry, ParaView doesn't have true vector graphics output. Please
> add
> >>>     your vote to the existing user voice request for it.
> >>>
> >>>     (
> http://paraview.uservoice.com/forums/11350-general/suggestions/313565-add-vector-graphics-output-i-e-postscript-?ref=title
> )
> >>>
> >>>     The pdf writer in ParaView uses Qt to write a raster image. VTK's
> >>>     vtkGL2PSExporter is not exercised by ParaView at all and it is
> likely
> >>>     not to support many of our rendering techniques if it was added as
> an
> >>>     new exporter option. 2D views are more likely to be supported, but
> we
> >>>     haven't yet had the time to do so.
> >>>
> >>>     David E DeMarle
> >>>     Kitware, Inc.
> >>>     R&D Engineer
> >>>     28 Corporate Drive
> >>>     Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> >>>     Phone: 518-371-3971 <tel:518-371-3971> x109
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com
> >>>     <mailto:deeepsky at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>     > Dear all,
> >>>     > I'd like to export a paraview vector field plot into a vectorial
> image
> >>>     > format (e.g. eps) to generate high quality images which are not
> huge
> >>>     > in size for publication purposes.
> >>>     > I already compiled paraview 3.10 with gl2ps=on. So according to
> old
> >>>     > messages in the email list I should be able to save vectorial
> images.
> >>>     > Could anybody give me instructions how to do that?
> >>>     >
> >>>     > Thanks,
> >>>     > Nima.
> >>
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