[Paraview] Vector export in ParaView

[Pieter Barendrecht]

Thanks David. I downloaded the source and compiled ParaView for my 32bit Arch Linux system (resulting in a directory with over 39.000 files totaling about 2 GB, I didn't expect it to be this extensive...!).

Using "File" → "Export Scene..." it is possible to save the scene in a couple of different vector formats. Exporting to SVG works quite nicely, however, the exported polygons don't link together in a completely seamless way. That means that there is a very small gap between all of them. Is this behavior intended (i.e. is it a feature or a bug)?

I'm not sure what the policies are regarding attachments in this mailing list? If allowed I could attach the original .OBJ file, which is about 5 kB.

Best regards,
Pieter


On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:08:45 +0200
David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:

> SVG export will be coming in PV4.0 for both scivis and chart views.
> 
> You can try it now by building git master, or more simply by
> downloading the nightly binary package from one of the machines in the
> superbuild section of the paraview dashboard at:
> http://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=ParaView
> 
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
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> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
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> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Pieter Barendrecht
> <p.j.barendrecht at student.tue.nl> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm wondering what the possibilities are for exporting a model/design/geometry in vector format (preferably in SVG)? I read something about a patch written by Sven Buijssen, and supposedly there used to be a branch which included this patch (https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export), but it appears not to be in use anymore.
> >
> > Basically, I'd like to use it for two purposes:
> >
> > 1.) Saving 3D models in vector format. I know SVG is 2D, so saving a 3D model as SVG would mean saving only a certain viewpoint. But this is fine, since I'll only use the vector images for reports and presentations.
> >
> > 2.) Saving plots in vector format. Right now I use MATLAB to plot my data, and save it as SVG using a nice script from the MATLAB File Exchange. But I would be interested in using ParaView for this purpose as well, as long as I would be able to save the plots in vector format.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Pieter
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