[Paraview] load obj file and display via Paraview python shell

[Pat Marion]

The python code is much simpler in ParaView:

OpenDataFile('/path/to/data.obj')
Show()


For more commands, try:

help(paraview.simple)

You can also do: help(<any function or variable name>)

Pat

On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Li Guan <li.9uan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I am trying to load a wavefront obj file into paraview and display it
> using only python shell scripts.
>
> I searched online and only find
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/IO/ReadOBJ
> This is vtk C++ code, and I am trying to convert them to python script. I
> got stuck at trying to find the correct way to initiate a
> vtkPolyDataMapper... I wonder if there is some similar example to load such
> model using only python shell commands.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Li
>
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