[Paraview] Scope of effort

[David E DeMarle]

A question about how to use vtk's selection infrastructure (or about
building and testing vtk) is best sent to the vtk mailing list.
A question about how to use the interface to selection (the buttons in the
"Selection Controls" toolbar) within the paraview GUI should go to to the
paraview mailing list.

cheers,


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909


On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Chris Fisichella <
chris at communityrenewables.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for greatly narrowing the scope of my efforts. Should I be taking
> this question to the vtk mailiing list? I tried looking for "vtk's
> regression test data files" and was not successful. I would like to try
> that ctest command out and try to expand from there.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
> David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com>:
>
> That is one of vtk's regression tests. To enable it you must first
> build vtk/paraview from source with the cmake option BUILD_TESTING on. This
> particular test might also need VTK_DATA_ROOT set to point to the directory
> where you've downloaded vtk's regression test data files. Once built,
> change into the build directory and run "ctest -R AreaSel -V" to run just
> this one test with the verbose output sent to the console.
>
> On Saturday, February 23, 2013, Chris Fisichella wrote:
>
>> I am hoping the members of this list will be able to help me see the
>> amount of work that needs to be done.I am becoming a big fan of OpenFOAM,
>> but the boundary condition selection for arbitrary geometries is lacking in
>> my estimation. OpenFOAM introduced me to ParaView and I am wondering if it
>> would be a perfect tool to specify the surfaces to which fluid boundary
>> conditions should be applied.
>>
>> I see an example called VTK/Rendering/Testing/Cxx/TestAreaSelections.cxx
>> What do I need to do to get that example running? I am looking around the
>> build directory and don't see an executable, but I do see the
>> CMakeLists.txt file. For what I need to do, it would be sufficient to have
>> an .obj model displayed in ParaView. Ideally, I would adapt this code to
>> give me surface points.
>>
>> What would be involved in making this happen? I assume I'll be running
>> gcc. Do I need to make it be part of a plug-in? I'm a little confused as to
>> where "TestAreaSelections" interfaces with ParaView.
>>
>> Thanks,Chris
>
>
>
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> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909
>
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