[Paraview] export to vectorial image format

Sven Buijssen sven.buijssen at tu-dortmund.de
Mon May 2 08:55:58 EDT 2011 

In case you prefer using ParaView 3.10.1 and not the development version, here's
a recipe to backport the patches (which are intended for the development version
after the Collaboration branch merge) to 3.10.1. (To avoid confusion w.r.t.
mail-induced line breaks the recipe as an attachment, not inline.)

Sven



David E DeMarle wrote, On 05/02/11 14:49:
> Please keep discussions on the mailing list so everyone can contribute
> and benefit.
> 
> Sorry I assumed git clone would obtain a particular branch from a url
> directly, so my instructions were not detailed enough.
> Try this command instead:
> git clone --recursive -b vector-graphics-export
> https://github.com/demarle/ParaView
> 
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
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> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks David,
>> I've a problem when I do git clone. the error message is:
>> fatal:
>> https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export/info/refs
>> not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> Best,
>> Nima
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've just pushed Sven's patches to github.
>>>
>>> You can git clone from:
>>> https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export
>>> To get it.
>>>
>>> And then build from source.
>>> When you do, turn on VTK_USE_GL2PS in cmake.
>>>
>>> Once built, save screen shot will have new ps, eps and svg vector
>>> graphic formats.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the patch Sven!
>>>
>>> David E DeMarle
>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>> R&D Engineer
>>> 28 Corporate Drive
>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Sven,
>>>> Could you please give me instruction on how to use of your patch in
>>>> order to
>>>> export vector images?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Nima
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Nima Emadi <deeepsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Apparently Paraview does not generate vectorial images at the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would it be possible to generate such an image by first exporting to a
>>>>> 3D format (like POV or X3D) and then converting the scene to a
>>>>> vectorial format using another application? any suggestion ...?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Nima
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, David E DeMarle
>>>>> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Sven,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Despite the limitations, would you please push that patch to github?
>>>>>> Once there distribution, upkeep and maintenance will be easier.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David E DeMarle
>>>>>> Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>> R&D Engineer
>>>>>> 28 Corporate Drive
>>>>>> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>>>>> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Sven Buijssen
>>>>>> <sven.buijssen at tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I happen to have a small patch for the git master branch that adds
>>>>>>> vector
>>>>>>> graphics output (EPS, PS and SVG) to the Save Screenshot dialog and
>>>>>>> uses
>>>>>>> vtkGL2PSExporter as a backend, too. Actually, it's just an updated
>>>>>>> version of
>>>>>>> the patch for this matter I posted on this list back in 2007. But as
>>>>>>> holds for
>>>>>>> the Python approach it has a few drawbacks:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * Only 3D View support
>>>>>>> * Builtin mode and client/server mode support (but using merely 1
>>>>>>> server
>>>>>>> process, empty file when using more)
>>>>>>> * No support for Manta/EyeDom/other views
>>>>>>> * No multi-view support
>>>>>>> * No support for mandelbrot source
>>>>>>> * No support for text/annotate time source (a rectangular box is
>>>>>>> drawn
>>>>>>> instead),
>>>>>>> one can resort to a 3D Text source, though
>>>>>>> * No support for Volume rendering
>>>>>>> * No support for Slice representation (try Surface representation of
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> slice
>>>>>>> filter output)
>>>>>>> * No support for PointSprite representation
>>>>>>> * No support for SurfaceLIC representation, even crashes ParaView on
>>>>>>> export
>>>>>>> * In display tab of object inspector, "Interpolate scalars" needs to
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> ticked
>>>>>>> off for every visible object; otherwise object is rendered gray
>>>>>>> (see http://www.vtk.org/Bug/view.php?id=1630)
>>>>>>> * Requires an old version of the colorbar implementation or colorbar
>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>> rendered gray
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, don't get your hopes up too much about vtkGL2PSExporter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sven
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hom Nath Gharti wrote, On 03/31/11 14:05:
>>>>>>>> You might try to run the script below to see if your image quality
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>> enough to use vtkGL2PSExporter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> rw=GetActiveView().GetRenderWindow()
>>>>>>>> exp=paraview.vtk.vtkInstantiator.CreateInstance('vtkGL2PSExporter')
>>>>>>>> exp.SetRenderWindow(rw)
>>>>>>>> exp.SetDrawBackground(0)
>>>>>>>> exp.SetSortToSimple()
>>>>>>>> exp.SetFileFormatToEPS()
>>>>>>>> exp.SetFilePrefix("test")
>>>>>>>> #exp.Write3DPropsAsRasterImageOn()
>>>>>>>> exp.Write()
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:41 PM, David E DeMarle
>>>>>>>> <dave.demarle at kitware.com
>>>>>>>> <mailto:dave.demarle at kitware.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Sorry, ParaView doesn't have true vector graphics output.
>>>>>>>> Please
>>>>>>>> add
>>>>>>>>     your vote to the existing user voice request for it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> (http://paraview.uservoice.com/forums/11350-general/suggestions/313565-add-vector-graphics-output-i-e-postscript-?ref=title)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     The pdf writer in ParaView uses Qt to write a raster image.
>>>>>>>> VTK's
>>>>>>>>     vtkGL2PSExporter is not exercised by ParaView at all and it is
>>>>>>>> likely
>>>>>>>>     not to support many of our rendering techniques if it was added
>>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>     new exporter option. 2D views are more likely to be supported,
>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>     haven't yet had the time to do so.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     David E DeMarle
>>>>>>>>     Kitware, Inc.
>>>>>>>>     R&D Engineer
>>>>>>>>     28 Corporate Drive
>>>>>>>>     Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
>>>>>>>>     Phone: 518-371-3971 <tel:518-371-3971> x109
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Nima Emadi
>>>>>>>> <deeepsky at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>     <mailto:deeepsky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>     > Dear all,
>>>>>>>>     > I'd like to export a paraview vector field plot into a
>>>>>>>> vectorial
>>>>>>>> image
>>>>>>>>     > format (e.g. eps) to generate high quality images which are
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> huge
>>>>>>>>     > in size for publication purposes.
>>>>>>>>     > I already compiled paraview 3.10 with gl2ps=on. So according
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> old
>>>>>>>>     > messages in the email list I should be able to save vectorial
>>>>>>>> images.
>>>>>>>>     > Could anybody give me instructions how to do that?
>>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>>     > Thanks,
>>>>>>>>     > Nima.
>>>>>>>
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