[Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta

[John Patchett]

Hi Sohail,
Look in:
Edit->Settings->Manta View
There is check box for Shadows.
--John

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Sohail Shafii <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thank you...that version is actually way more stable, and I can see that
> the raytracer is working now.  Phong shading does work (I was able to pick
> that successfully), and it works better than the rasterized Gouraud (as
> expected).  I just don't see any shadows cast created on the polygons my
> filter created, I think that would be seen by default. Any ideas?
>
> Sohail
>
> --- On *Tue, 3/22/11, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta
> To: "Sebastien Jourdain" <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>
> Cc: "Sohail Shafii" <sohailshafii at yahoo.com>, paraview at paraview.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 9:11 PM
>
>
> 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<http://mc/compose?to=sebastien.jourdain@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<http://mc/compose?to=sohailshafii@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<http://mc/compose?to=sebastien.jourdain@kitware.com>
> >* wrote:
>
>
> From: Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com<http://mc/compose?to=sebastien.jourdain@kitware.com>
> >
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Getting a raytraced picture from Manta
> To: "Sohail Shafii" <sohailshafii at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=sohailshafii@yahoo.com>
> >
> Cc: paraview at paraview.org <http://mc/compose?to=paraview@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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