[Paraview] Reader has Filters Disabled`

[Yumin Yuan]

Can you post your xml description for the reader? There may be
something wrong in there.

Yumin

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
<brian.c.panneton.ctr at us.army.mil> wrote:
> Everything in the information tab does look correct. (Sorry I forgot to
> mention that I switched from PolyData to UnstructuredGrid earlier).
> Basically everything works as it should, but I don't have the option to use
> the filters on the data.
>
> With:
>
> Type: Unstructured Grid
> Num Cells: 159
> Num Points: 159
>
> I figured I would have at least a few filters. Or after I selected a few
> points some filters would show up.
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>> But you're saying the information tab doesn't show the data
>> information correctly, right? That implies that some essential
>> "notification" is missing. Hard to say which one without looking at
>> the code, however.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at us.army.mil> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The custom accept is on a custom panel. The custom accept just makes sure
>>> the GUI selections are sent to the vtkobjects. When apply is pressed on
>>> the
>>> panel, the data gets updated and plotted on the 3d graph (Vertices will
>>> be
>>> updated based on time). Thus I believe the GUI is being updated as it
>>> should. I can press the play button and watch everything move as it
>>> should.
>>> However, I am never able to filter any of the data even if I select
>>> points.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Custom accept"? What's that? And yes, if you are doing some funky
>>>> stuff to update the reader, it could explain why the GUI never
>>>> realizes that the reader has been updated.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
>>>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at us.army.mil> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Once I hit apply, I see Data Hierarchy: Multi-block Dataset -> 0:
>>>>> Unstructured Grid, 1: NA
>>>>> with Unstructed Grid selected Statistics shows:
>>>>> Type: Unstructured Grid
>>>>> Num Cells: 159
>>>>> Num Points: 159
>>>>> Memory: 0.011mb
>>>>>
>>>>> My reader does have a custom accept. Could that be the issue?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Brian Panneton
>>>>>
>>>>> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you hit "Apply"? What does the Information tab say?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Brian C. Panneton (CONTR)
>>>>>> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at us.army.mil> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have created a reader which makes a vtkMultiBlockDataSet containing
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> vtkPolyData. It reads in 100 some points and plots lines between
>>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>> After
>>>>>>> I read them in, I don't have the option to use any filters on the
>>>>>>> data.
>>>>>>> Any
>>>>>>> idea why this is disabled? Could it be related to the data having
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> steps?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Brian Panneton
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