[Paraview] Problems with visibility of 3D Widgets when switching between views

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Nenad,

vtkVRMLExporter will be the starting point where I'd start digging in.
I am guessing somewhere where it iterates over all actors it's not
checking for visibility of 3D widgets or something.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Nenad Vujicic <nenadus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have problems with visibility of 3D widgets when I have several
> views opened in one ParaView Qt client and I switch between them. I
> experience this behavior on both Windows and Linux. Here is how to
> reproduce it:
>
> 0) Start ParaView Qt client,
> 1) Create Sphere source and press Apply button,
> 2) Create Slice filter, turn off Show Plane option and press Apply button,
> 3) Create new layout item by pushing '+' and select Spreadsheet View,
> 4) Go on Render View by pressing Layout 1 item,
> 5) Export 3D scene from currently active render view to VRML file
> (File->Export),
> 6) Reopen ParaView Qt client and load previously exported VRML file.
>
> Looks like VRML exporter exports 3D widget's geometry and topology
> too, although its turned off. This also occurs with other sources /
> filters with 3D widgets (PointSource, Clip, etc.).
>
> Can someone suggest how I could fix this bug, by changing exporter's
> or ParaView's sources, or at least approximate place in sources where
> I could take a look for a bug?
>
> Thanks,
> Nenad.
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