[Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta

[David E DeMarle]

I highly recommend you use Manta r2439. As far as vtkManta's use of Manta
goes, that version is the most stable and newer Manta versions are known to
cause it to crash.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Sebastien Jourdain <
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:

> 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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