[Paraview] Paraview Programmable Source 3D Text

[Willi Karel]

Dear Utkarsh,

would it be possible to synchronize the transform of the rendered texts
to the transform of the camera, such that the planes in which the texts
lie stay normal to the viewing direction?
I'm aware of vtkFollower, but I'm not sure if it is applicable / how to
make use of it in the context of ParaView / Programmable Source, as it
derives from vtkActor.

Many thanks!
Willi.

On 25.09.2013 22:50, Willi Karel wrote:
> Dear Utkarsh,
> that works nice, thanks a lot!
> Willi.
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> On 25.09.2013 15:25, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>> Willi,
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>> You can still use the programmable source for 3D text. With
>> "vtkPolyData" as the chosen Output DataSet Type, you can use the
>> attached script as the "Script".
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>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 6:11 AM, Willi Karel <wk at ipf.tuwien.ac.at
>> <mailto:wk at ipf.tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
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>>     I'd like to insert various text strings programmatically into the scene
>>     at various 3D locations in world coordinates. To me, (Python)
>>     "Programmable Source" seems to be the appropriate tool for that purpose
>>     (which I successfully use to insert geometries into the scene). Is that
>>     possible using "Programmable Source"? Otherwise, is there any other
>>     method to do so?
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>>     I am aware of Sources -> 3D Text,
>>     but that means a lot of manual, repetitive work.
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>>     Many thanks!
>>     Willi.
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                        _____ _____ _____  Technische Universität Wien
   DI Wilfried Karel   /____// ___//    / Dept. of Geodesy & Geoinform.
  wilfried.karel@     // __ / /__ / // / Research Groups Photogrammetry
 geo.tuwien.ac.at    //__/// /__ / // /   & Remote Sensing
+43 1 58801 12244   /____//____//____/ Gusshausstr. 27-29, A-1040 Wien