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

[Yumin Yuan]

Hi Li,

There is a wiki page on Python_Scripting in Paraview

http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView#Python_Scripting

You may find the "Trace" UI tool in paraview very useful to get
yourself started.
http://paraview.org/Wiki/Python_GUI_Tools#Trace

HTH,
Yumin

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Pat Marion <pat.marion at kitware.com> wrote:
> 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
>> findhttp://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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