[Paraview] Paraview Programmable Source 3D Text

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Alas, that's not easy to do, if at all possible, with Python source.


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Willi Karel <wk at ipf.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > On 25.09.2013 15:25, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
> >> Willi,
> >>
> >> 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:
> >>
> >>     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?
> >>
> >>     I am aware of Sources -> 3D Text,
> >>     but that means a lot of manual, repetitive work.
> >>
> >>     Many thanks!
> >>     Willi.
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