[Paraview] Export VRML files for meshlab to check

[Berk Geveci]

What is the data that you are exporting?  It doesn't seem to have any
cells (i.e. geometry). A set of points maybe?

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Wayne Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all, thanks a lot for your help.
>
> I have tried X3D and meshlab also complained that "Error details: File
> without a geometry" for the x3d file.
>
> Please see my piece of code:
>
> servermanager.LoadState(stateFile)
> SetActiveView(GetRenderView())
>
> renderView = GetRenderView()
> renderView.ViewTime = 1
> view = Render()
>
> exporters = servermanager.createModule("exporters")
> # export to VRML format
> #vrml = exporters.VRMLExporter(View = view, FileName = "foo.wrl")
> #vrml.Write()
> # export to X3D format
> x3d = exporters.X3DExporter(View = view, FileName = "foo.x3d")
> x3d.Write()
>
> On the other hand, my boss advised that PV 3.8 worked well with vrml.
> Therefore I also tried PV 3.8.1, (since I couldn't find the 3.8 from
> the official website). When I executed the same code with PV 3.8.1,
> pvpython complained that
>
> vtkVRMLExporter (0x30802d0): no actors found for writing VRML file.
>
> I am really a newbie about this and am not sure how to create actors
> attached with the render.
>
> I also attach the vrml and x3d files for your information. I look
> forward to your advices. Thanks a lot.
>
> Regards, Wayne
>
> On 20 June 2011 15:51, Berk Geveci <berk.geveci at kitware.com> wrote:
>> By the way, did you try exporting X3D instead of VRML? I believe
>> Meshlab can read X3D and probably convert it to VRML.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Wayne Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Seb,
>>>
>>> I confirm the paraview I am using is 3.10.1 64 bit, downloaded from
>>> the official website. My OS is Ubuntu 10.04.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Wayne
>>>
>>> On 18 June 2011 16:07, Sebastien Jourdain
>>> <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>> I can not remember but it might be also in the 3.10.1 release. But
>>>> otherwise, yes if you pick the git/master version you will have to
>>>> compile it yourself.
>>>>
>>>> If you have the git history, look for a fix from Utkarsh about exporter.
>>>>
>>>> Seb
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Wayne Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sebastien,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot. Does that mean I have to build ParaView from the latest
>>>>> git source? When should the binaries of this fixed version come to be
>>>>> released if I don't build by myself?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> http://code-saturne.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18 June 2011 13:55, Sebastien Jourdain
>>>>> <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this bug was fix in git master.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Wayne Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am required to export VRML objects from ParaView using Python
>>>>>>> scripts. I followed the examples at
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2010-June/017989.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to complete the script, and outputted a .vrml file. I need to use
>>>>>>> meshlab to check the file; it seems that meshlab can only recognise
>>>>>>> .wrl extension, and thus I modified the .vrml file into .wrl. When
>>>>>>> meshlab loaded the file, there is an error saying
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Error details: File without a geometry"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I searched and am not sure about how to fix the error and load the
>>>>>>> file. Do you have any experiences on exporting VRML files and give a
>>>>>>> hint please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>> http://code-saturne.blogspot.com/
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