[Paraview] Paraview 3.98.0 new behavior of Vislt Tecplot Reader

[Sebastien Jourdain]

Thanks Richard for your feedback,

we will look into this.

Seb


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Richard GRENON <richard.grenon at onera.fr>wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I have just tried the new PV 3.98.0 Linux release and found a new annoying
> behavior of the Vislt Tecplot Reader.
>
> I read a pvsm state file built with PV 3.14.1 and all rendering fails!
>
> With PV 3.14.1, I get one object in Surface mode colored by the pressure
> variable, and another object in Surface LIC mode using the friction vector
> and colored by the friction modulus variable.
>
> But with PV 3.98.0, I get only solid color representation for the first
> object, and  solid color with points representation for the second object,
> with many errors in the message window. Looking at the information tab of
> the visible objects, the variables (pressure, friction vector, etc...) are
> not present !
>
> My data files are Tecplot Files that should be read with the Vislt Tecplot
> reader. Looking at the reader property tab, I found two options in the
> "Meshes" frame: "mesh" and "points/mesh". The "points/mesh" option does not
> appear in PV 3.14.1. Both options are checked in PV 3.98.0 when reading a
> state file built with PV 3.14.1. Unchecking this "points/mesh" option makes
> rendering OK.
>
> I tried further tests with other Tecplot files in PV 3.98.0 without
> starting from a state file. I tried to open either a file that requires the
> classic Tecplot reader, or a file that requires the Vislt Tecplot reader:
> - when the classic Tecplot Reader is required, all is OK.
> - when the Vislt Tecplot reader is required, only the "points/mesh" option
> is checked by default, so it should be unchecked and the "mesh" option
> should be checked if I want a surface mode colored by a variable or a
> Surface LIC mode.
>
> So, my question is : what is this new "points/mesh" option in the Vislt
> Tecplot reader, and why is it checked by default ?
>
> Best regards.
>
> --
>  Richard GRENON
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