[Paraview] Paraview Branding: how to force the update?

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Cool :)

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:32 AM, Jerome Velut <jerome.velut at kitware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I won't bother you all again : a simple pqrenderview->resetCamera() did the
> trick!
>
> Best,
> Jerome
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jerome Velut <jerome.velut at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Utkarsh!
>>
>> The pqObjectBuilder signal connection was the solution: Thanks a lot!
>>
>> However, I have another question now, similar to forcing update. I want to
>> change the render views' look:
>> * Set parallel projection by default on 3 views. I got it to work by
>> setting the CameraParallelProjection in the ViewProxy of some pqRenderView :
>>
>>     vtkSMIntVectorProperty* projProp;
>>     projProp =
>> vtkSMIntVectorProperty::SafeDownCast(pqview->getViewProxy()->GetProperty("CameraParallelProjection"));
>>     projProp->SetElements1( parallelProjection );
>>
>> * Set black background by default : I did the same with the Background
>> property
>>
>>   vtkSMDoubleVectorProperty* bg;
>>   bg =
>> vtkSMDoubleVectorProperty::SafeDownCast(pqview->getViewProxy()->GetProperty("Background"));
>>   bg->SetElements3(0,0,0);
>>
>> Though the projection is correctly set to parallel after
>> pqrenderview->render(), the background still shows the paraview blue-gray.
>> Strangely, if I open the View settings panel, the background color is black!
>>
>> Do I have to do something more than the parallel/perspective projection
>> setting?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jerome
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Jerome,
>>>
>>> Look at  Qt/Core/Testing/Cxx/BasicApp.cxx. There;s nothing more to
>>> "apply" then calling UpdateVTKObjects() on the proxy and for the first
>>> time also creating the "display" or "representation". BasicApp.cxx
>>> does that for the elevation filter.
>>>
>>> BasicApp creates the sources/filters directly. If you still want to
>>> let the Sources/Filters menu create the source/filter proxy, then  you
>>> can listen to signals fired by pqObjectBuilder rather than
>>> pqServerManagerModel to know when the source is created. Yes, the
>>> filename error is because you're doing the work prematurely.
>>> pqServerManagerModel fires as soon as the object is registered, it may
>>> have been initialized yet.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps. Please feel free to post back to the mailing list
>>> your observations/solutions so that others could benefit too :).
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Jerome Velut <jerome.velut at kitware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi Utkarsh,
>>> >
>>> > I am sorry to bother you with this issue already related in several
>>> > threads
>>> > of the mailing list. I am currently harnessing the possibility of deep
>>> > customization of ParaView.
>>> > * I got rid of the pqTabbed..Widget and provide 4 statics pqViewFrame
>>> > in a
>>> > central grid layout
>>> > * When a data is added to pipeline, I want it to be read immediately
>>> > and
>>> > visualized in all 4 views.
>>> >
>>> > For now, I have to press the apply button. But in the future, this
>>> > panel may
>>> > disappear. What I did was to connect the SIGNAL(sourceAdded) of the
>>> > serverManagerModel to a custom slot "onSourceAdded"
>>> >
>>> > This slot is correctly called when I add a reader to the pipeline. The
>>> > slot
>>> > implementation should mimic the "Apply" click then. I did that dirty by
>>> > calling :
>>> >    this->Internals->propertiesPanel->apply();
>>> > Even this instruction doesn't have any effect. One more time, if I
>>> > click on
>>> > the "Apply" button, the view that I set as active view renders the
>>> > data.
>>> >
>>> > I alos tried with UpdateVTKObjects from the source proxy, wihtout any
>>> > effect. Finally, calling source->updatePipeline() throw a warning from
>>> > the
>>> > reader, stating that a fileName is not provided.
>>> >
>>> > From the last point, I guess I misused the API regarding some
>>> > timing/sync/whatever.
>>> >
>>> > What's the best way for this really simple feature?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks a lot!
>>> > Jerome
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Jérôme Velut
>>> > Research and Development
>>> > Kitware SAS
>>> > 26 rue Louis Guérin
>>> > 69100 Villeurbanne, France
>>> > F: +33 (0)4.37.45.04.15
>>> > http://www.kitware.fr
>>> > http://www.kitware.fr/company/team/velut.html
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jérôme Velut
>> Research and Development
>> Kitware SAS
>> 26 rue Louis Guérin
>> 69100 Villeurbanne, France
>> F: +33 (0)4.37.45.04.15
>> http://www.kitware.fr
>> http://www.kitware.fr/company/team/velut.html
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jérôme Velut
> Research and Development
> Kitware SAS
> 26 rue Louis Guérin
> 69100 Villeurbanne, France
> F: +33 (0)4.37.45.04.15
> http://www.kitware.fr
> http://www.kitware.fr/company/team/velut.html
>