[Paraview] Python - load state just like when using the GUI

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Good catch. That's actually a bug in the simply.py module. I'm
committing a fix, it will be included in the upcoming 3.12 release.

Utkarsh

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Tim Gallagher
<tim.gallagher at gatech.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So I did some more digging. It turns out the instructions on the wiki at:
>
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting#Loading_State_and_Manipulating_It
>
> is wrong. If you follow those steps, you just get a black image with nothing in it. However, I found a presentation at:
>
> http://www.vgtc.org/PDF/slides/2008/visweek/tutorial6_ayachit_python.pdf
>
> with the correct steps. To load the state file correctly, one must do:
>
> from paraview.simple import *
> servermanager.LoadState(filename)
> view = servermanager.GetRenderView()
> view.StillRender()
>
> I've requested an account on the wiki so I can make the change to the page (assuming as a new user I can... if not, can somebody update the information?)
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Gallagher" <tim.gallagher at gatech.edu>
> To: "ParaView list" <paraview at paraview.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:48:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Python - load state just like when using the GUI
>
> We actually just tried to do the same thing for the first time yesterday and had the same issues... so if anybody has an answer, we'd like it too!
>
> Is it just a matter of accessing some kind of data pulled in from the state file and doing a Show() or something? I got the data to appear that way (SelectActiveSource(); Show()), but the views aren't right.
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Villads Egede" <s052397 at student.dtu.dk>
> To: paraview at paraview.org
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:11:40 PM
> Subject: [Paraview] Python - load state just like when using the GUI
>
> Hi,
>
>
> I'm fairly new to Paraview but am trying to get a hang on it.
>
> My problem is that I need to make some animations by loading different
> datasets rendered the same way. After having looked at the state file
> (pvsm) one can save in the GUI I thought it would be piece of cake to
> open these ones via a Python script and then save a screenshot from
> there (thus being able to replace the path to the dataset and then being
> able to create the animation), but when I do that, all the view settings
> are not loaded in contrast to when I do it through the GUI. Is there a
> way to "execute" the settings from the state?
>
>
> Best regards
> Villads Egede, Denmark
>
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