[Paraview] ParaView python scripting - capture from ParaView GUI

[David E DeMarle]

Yes, modulo the bug that we discuss in the other thread on the mailing list.
Summary of which is that it won't work because of a bug in 4.1, try master
or perhaps the 3.14 release.


David E DeMarle
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On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Su, Simon M CTR USAF (US) <
simon.m.su.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:

>  Hi David,
>
> thanks. What about saving it in to xdmf file format? Is it as simple as
> doing
>
> writer=CreateWrite("filename.xmf", Cone1)?
>
> or do I need a different writer class?
>
> thanks
> -simon
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* David E DeMarle [dave.demarle at kitware.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:42 PM
> *To:* Su, Simon M CTR USAF (US)
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] ParaView python scripting - capture from
> ParaView GUI
>
>   ------------------ start python script ------------------
>
>>  try: paraview.simple
>>
>> except: from paraview.simple import *
>>
>> paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()
>>
>>
>>  Cone1 = Cone()
>>
>>
>>  RenderView1 = GetRenderView()
>>
>>
>>  DataRepresentation1 = Show()
>>
>> DataRepresentation1.ScaleFactor = 0.1
>>
>> DataRepresentation1.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.5000076295109483]
>>
>>
>>  RenderView1.CameraPosition = [0.0, 0.0, 3.2036135254332487]
>>
>> RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [2.309882128879306, 4.336364527086367]
>>
>> RenderView1.CameraParallelScale = 0.8291561935301535
>>
>>
>>  Render()
>>
>>
>>  So, what is the python script command I need to save the data and how do
>> I turn the python script from the Start Trace output into python script
>> that I can run with pvbatch? Anything I need to strip off the output?
>>
>
>  You don't need to strip anything off the output.
>
>  To save results add:
> WriteImage("filename.png")
> To save the screenshot in png format
>
> And/Or add:
>
> writer= CreateWriter("filename.vtk", Cone1)
> writer.UpdatePipeline()
>
> to save the Cone1's data in vtk format
>
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