[Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta

[Sebastien Jourdain]

Hi Sohail,

if you are using 3.8.0, it is true that you will need to start a server
(pvserver) and connect to it to allow manta to work "properly" with
ParaView. You don't need to run in MPI, but it has to be in a different
process than the client. (I mean no built-in mode)
On the other hand, once you get connected to that pvserver (in localhost for
example) you will have to load the plugin on both side (client+server). Once
this is done, you should be able to close the 3D renderer and create a new
one based on Manta.

For the crash part, the best person will be Dave that I cc. But as he is
traveling, he might not be able to answer to you right away.

Seb


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Sohail Shafii <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks.  It turns out that I am working with an older version (3.8.0) since
> I am making preparations for a paper (due next week) and some code hasn't
> been ported to latest version yet.
>
> I basically have to add the plugins in the "Remote plugins" section o fthe
> Plugin manager.  The plugin's a bit buggy and causes a crash, however, and I
> think that may be due to the fact that I am using an older version of Manta.
>
> Sohail
>
> --- On *Tue, 3/22/11, Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta
> To: "Sohail Shafii" <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 1:32 PM
>
>
> Hi Sohail,
>
> you should just close the default 3D view and create the Manta one by
> clicking on its button.
> Then any object that you create will be shown in that raytracer view... And
> with the latest implementation, you don't need a remote server anymore.
>
> Seb
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Sohail Shafii <sohailshafii at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=sohailshafii@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have been able to get Manta raytracer to compile with paraview and load
> in as a plugin.  I even see the extra GUI options in the "display" tab of
> certain filters like the Tube filter.  I'm just wondering how to get
> something raytraced as a result.
>
> I did a bit a research via the list and found a page that says that I must
> start the paraview server with the plugin loaded.  The client would also
> have the plugin loaded and connect to the server. The instructions didn't
> say how to do that on the server side .  Usually when I start the paraview
> server (pvserver), it does not launch the GUI but just waits for a client
> connection in the terminal.  So I don't know how to load the plugin on the
> server...the command line options for pvserver didn't provide any hints.
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks, Sohail
>
>
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