[Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
Utkarsh Ayachit
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Tue Aug 30 09:52:22 EDT 2011
Brian,
We were currently working on a "Summary Panel" mechanism that looks
very close to what you're trying to do. You might want to take a look:
http://paraview.org/ParaView3/index.php/Summary_Panels
Utkarsh
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
<brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
> In addition, is it possible to have the panel determine which representation
> is up? The options I am adding really only affect the representation that is
> part of the plugin. Thus, I could disable them when a different
> representation is up.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Brian Panneton [brian.panneton at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 7:54 PM
> To: Utkarsh Ayachit
> Cc: Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US); ParaView
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>
> My plugin would act like the display tab and affect the active view. For the
> case when the source is created I guess it could just be saved. In general,
> the representation options just affect how the data actually looks (size,
> color, and things like toggles for labels and bar scales).
>
> However in this case would I not just be storing it in the vtkMultiBlockSet
> and reading it out when I load the Representation? In that case I can just
> have all the widgets on the panel be part of the reader. The reason I was
> trying to avoid this is that I am making a time based plugin which will be
> calling the readers Request Data very often, thus I was hoping to avoid
> copying the data as often.
>
> An example would be great if there is another way.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>> Brian,
>>
>> There are a few things to remember about ParaView:
>> * the source/filter and it's representation proxy are created
>> separately. The representation is generally not created until after
>> the first accept.
>> * a source can have multiple representation proxies (one for each
>> view). As view are split/closed/visibility changed, these
>> representation can get created/deleted dynamically. pqPipelineSource
>> fires signals (representationAdded / representationRemoved) when that
>> happens.
>> * there is at most one active view at one time. Sicne there's one
>> representation proxy per source per view, you'll see that the display
>> tab is refreshed as one changes the active view.
>>
>> Now based on this, you need to decide how your panel is going to behave:
>> * Does it affect all representations in all views, or does it behave
>> like the display-tab and affect only the active view.
>> * When the source if first created, it's not going to have any
>> representations, how do you want the panel to behave in that case. One
>> possibility is that the checkbox-value is saved and then when
>> represenation is added, you change the property based on the value of
>> the checkbox.
>>
>> If you don't mind elaborating on the use-case that you're trying to
>> solve, I can hack the plugin you sent me to behave accordingly.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>> > Can you package your code a plugin that you can share and I can try it
>> > out? It will be easier to figure out the problems when I look at the
>> > code.
>> >
>> > Utkarsh
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> > <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>> >> I'm still somewhat unsure on how to do this since I now have two
>> >> ProxyGroups (sources and representations) within one Custom Panel. When I
>> >> do, vtkSMIntVectorProperty* prop =
>> >> dynamic_cast<vtkSMIntVectorProperty*>(this->proxy()->GetProperty("GlyphLegend"));,
>> >> prop is null. When I do this for widgets that are within the ProxyGroup
>> >> 'source' they work and can be updated as you would expect.
>> >>
>> >> My guess is because I should be using a different proxy. I tried to do
>> >> this by using this->proxy()->GetProxyManager()->GetProxy("representations",
>> >> "MyRepresentation") however this just segfaults.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >> ________________________________________
>> >> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 4:15 PM
>> >> To: Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>> >>
>> >> Is yours a custom panel? In that case you have to manually update the
>> >> property using the value from the widget (use can use
>> >> this->propertyManager() to help you with linking widgets to
>> >> properties).
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>> >>> Ah, I had the functions in protected. Once I moved them to public it
>> >>> worked.
>> >>>
>> >>> However, it only called the Set on initial load. It does not call it
>> >>> after I modify it and press the accept button. In my panel I have created a
>> >>> QObject::connect for the widget and the signal stateChanged(int). I catch
>> >>> the signal and do this->SetModified(), allowing me to hit accept. Once I hit
>> >>> accept, the SetSomeBoolVar(int) never gets called.
>> >>>
>> >>> Do I have to manually update the Property throught the proxy? I had
>> >>> thought it would be taken care of for me.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>> Brian
>> >>>
>> >>> ________________________________________
>> >>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:07 AM
>> >>> To: Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>> Cc: ParaView
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>> >>>
>> >>> The fact that "SetSomeBoolVar" is not in the *CLientServer.cxx file is
>> >>> the problem. It has nothing to do with the XML, but for some reason
>> >>> the parser that generates the CLientServer.cxx file decided that the
>> >>> method is not "wrappable". If you can attach the header file, I may be
>> >>> able to tell what the issue may be.
>> >>>
>> >>> Utkarsh
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>> >>>> The file was created, however it does not contain "SetSomeBoolVar".
>> >>>> Does it matter that I have two ProxyGroups in my ServerManagerConfiguration:
>> >>>> sources and representations?
>> >>>> ________________________________________
>> >>>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >>>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 10:19 AM
>> >>>> To: Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>>> Cc: ParaView
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Try to locate vtkMyRepresentationClientServer.cxx file in the binary
>> >>>> directory. Was that generated? Open and see if it include a condition
>> >>>> for "SetSomeBoolVar" in it.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Utkarsh
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>> >>>>> Yes, this is what I have for ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> [code]
>> >>>>> ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyPlugin "1.0"
>> >>>>> SERVER_MANAGER_XML plugin/MyPlugin.xml
>> >>>>> SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES
>> >>>>> vtkReader/vtkMyReader.cxx
>> >>>>> representations/vtkMyRepresentation.cxx
>> >>>>> GUI_RESOURCE_FILES plugin/MyPluginGUI.xml
>> >>>>> GUI_INTERFACES ${IFACES}
>> >>>>> SOURCES panel/MyReaderPanel.cxx
>> >>>>> ${MOC_SRCS} ${IFACE_SRCS}
>> >>>>> ${RCS_SOURCES} ${UI_BUILT_SOURCES}
>> >>>>> )
>> >>>>> [/code]
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> For my ProxyGroup representations XML I have this:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> [code]
>> >>>>> <ProxyGroup name="representations">
>> >>>>> <RepresentationProxy name="MyRepresentation"
>> >>>>> class="vtkMyRepresentation"
>> >>>>> processes="client|renderserver|dataserver"
>> >>>>> base_proxygroup="representations"
>> >>>>> base_proxyname="SurfaceRepresentation">
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <IntVectorProperty
>> >>>>> name="GlyphLegend"
>> >>>>> command="SetSomeBoolVar"
>> >>>>> number_of_elements="1"
>> >>>>> default_values="1">
>> >>>>> <BooleanDomain name="bool"/>
>> >>>>> </IntVectorProperty>
>> >>>>> </RepresentationProxy>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <Extension name="GeometryRepresentation">
>> >>>>> <RepresentationType subproxy="MyRepresentation"
>> >>>>> text="My Mapper" subtype="Surface" />
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> <SubProxy>
>> >>>>> <Proxy name="MyRepresentation"
>> >>>>> proxygroup="representations"
>> >>>>> proxyname="MyRepresentation">
>> >>>>> </Proxy>
>> >>>>> <ShareProperties subproxy="SurfaceRepresentation">
>> >>>>> <Exception name="Input" />
>> >>>>> <Exception name="Visibility" />
>> >>>>> <Exception name="Representation" />
>> >>>>> </ShareProperties>
>> >>>>> </SubProxy>
>> >>>>> </Extension>
>> >>>>> </ProxyGroup>
>> >>>>> [/code]
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Then in vtkMyRepresentation I have a setter and getter for
>> >>>>> SetSomeBoolVar(int) and GetSomeBoolVar().
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I also have a ProxyGroup for sources but I didn't think that would
>> >>>>> conflict.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>> Brian
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ________________________________________
>> >>>>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >>>>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 9:54 AM
>> >>>>> To: Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>>>> Cc: ParaView
>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> What's your CMakeLists. txt file? Was vtkMyRepresentation specified
>> >>>>> as
>> >>>>> SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES in the ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN call?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Utkarsh
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
>> >>>>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Okay, so instead of adding tabs like Properties, Display and
>> >>>>>> Information, I created a Qt TabWidget which possibly does what I want but I
>> >>>>>> am not sure.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Right now, on my custom panel, I have options that modify the input
>> >>>>>> to my reader. I am looking to also add options to modify part of my custom
>> >>>>>> representation. Am I able to do this from my current custom panel? How would
>> >>>>>> the XML look?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I tried setting up my SMC as such without luck:
>> >>>>>> [code]
>> >>>>>> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>> >>>>>> <ProxyGroup name="representations">
>> >>>>>> <RepresentationProxy name ... class="vtkMyRepresentation" ..>
>> >>>>>> ... < { properties defined here such as intvectorproperty} > ...
>> >>>>>> </RepresentationProxy>
>> >>>>>> </ProxyGroup>
>> >>>>>> <ProxyGroup name="sources">
>> >>>>>> <SourceProxy name ... class="vtkMyReader" ..>
>> >>>>>> ... < { properties defined here } > ...
>> >>>>>> </SourceProxy>
>> >>>>>> </ProxyGroup>
>> >>>>>> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
>> >>>>>> [/code]
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> But this will end up giving me the error even though I have a
>> >>>>>> vtkMyRepresentation::SetMyProperty(int) in the source:
>> >>>>>> [code]
>> >>>>>> vtkPVSessionCore (0x16e71130): Object type: vtkMyRepresentation,
>> >>>>>> could not find requested method: "SetMyProperty"
>> >>>>>> or the method was called with incorrect arguments.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> while processing
>> >>>>>> Message 0 = Invoke
>> >>>>>> Argument 0 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkMyRepresentation (0x1829dfb0)}
>> >>>>>> Argument 1 = string_value {SetMyProperty}
>> >>>>>> Argument 2 = int32_value {1}
>> >>>>>> [/code]
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Any ideas?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>>> Brian
>> >>>>>> ________________________________________
>> >>>>>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:09 PM
>> >>>>>> To: Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
>> >>>>>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Object Inspector Tabs
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Nope, this is not possible through plugins yet. You can add a
>> >>>>>> brand-new dock widget through plugins but not add a new tab to the
>> >>>>>> Object Inspector widget.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Utkarsh
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
>> >>>>>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at us.army.mil> wrote:
>> >>>>>>> I was wondering if there was an example of how to add a new tab to
>> >>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>> Object Inspector for a plugin. I remember being told that it is
>> >>>>>>> possible,
>> >>>>>>> but I can't seem to find any examples.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Thanks,
>> >>>>>>> Brian Panneton
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