[Paraview] [EXTERNAL] a new user with a simple question

[James Feng]

I have an Acer computer with OpenSUSE 12.3 installed as the base OS.  When
I first installed OpenFOAM (which uses ParaFoam -- a paraview-based
postprocessor), everything worked normal and I could have the
plot-over-line do what it's supposed to do.  Then I started mess around
with the ParaFoam (to get what I'd like to see) and at some point I lost
the normal behavior of plot-over-line (which I cannot recall what exactly I
did).   However, all other functions of paraview seem to work fine.  So
it's hard for me to believe the problem is the bad driver or bad graphic
card.

I also tried to install Ubuntu on the vbox on this same computer, where I
installed a fresh OpenFOAM and the parafoam worked fine with the
plot-over-line.  So, I firmly believe there's something I screwed with
the paraview settings, which I could not get back by re-compiling it (in
the "thirdparty" directory of OpenFOAM) with the *.ini file deleted in the
./config/paraview/ directory.  I wonder if there could be something else
stuck on this OS.  I hate to wipe everything out and re-install
this OpenSUSE because there are other OSs on the vbox all based on it.

If there's anything I can do with the current "screwed" paraview to bring
the plot-over-line back, I'm willing to try.

Thanks, Alan.


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:

>  Just guessing here - I wonder if you have a bad driver and /or graphics
> card?  If ParaView works one place, and doesn't the other, your data is
> probably good.  Assuming you are using a Kitware download, I assume that
> shouldn't be the issue.
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> What OS?  Can you draw lines?  (in a 3d window, Sources/ Line).
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> Alan
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> *From:* James Feng [mailto:jfeng at optomec.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, February 28, 2014 3:16 PM
> *To:* Scott, W Alan
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] a new user with a simple question
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> I tried rm paraview .ini  file and indeed got a fresh start with paraFoam
> (by looking at the "Recent" tab under "Filter").   However, on one of
> my computers (unlike the others) the plotOverLine window is still blank
> (without anything visible, not even the coordinates).  I tried to put in a
> "Chart Title" but it does not appear in the blank window (although colors
> were assigned to data sets).  I tried "Save Data" and looked at the csv
> file, which shows the data were there.  which might be due to that the data
> did not get in there.   Could there be something else I can do to manually
> get the data (over line) plotted in that window?   Thanks.
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> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov> wrote:
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> This web site tells you how to do it - from the ParaView Wiki.
> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView_Settings_Files.  Just delete the
> configuration files.
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> You can also find out if taking ParaView to initial conditions is what you
> want.  Run paraview -dr (disable registry), and that does the same thing as
> deleting the configuration files.
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> Alan
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> *From:* ParaView [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] *On Behalf Of *James
> Feng
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 22, 2014 11:15 AM
> *To:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] [Paraview] a new user with a simple question
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> Hello ParaView,
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> I tried to use ParaFoam (ParaView) with OpenFoam.  During my several
> trial-and-error playing-without-knowing, I lost the "plotOverLine" display
> (although the plotOverLine sub-window still comes up but without any curves
> and axes appearing).  I wanted to get the original "settings" back (because
> I had a working plotOverLine in the beginning), but haven't been able to.
> I re-installed OpenFoam and re-compiled ParaFoam; neither of those could
> get me a fresh start.  The ParaFoam window seems to always remember what I
> had last time.   So, I wonder if you can tell me how I can get ParaView to
> the initial (default?) state as if I had it installed the first time?
> Thank you very much.
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> James Feng
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