[Paraview] Disappearing volume rendering?

B.W.H. van Beest bwvb at xs4all.nl
Mon Oct 13 13:55:56 EDT 2014


Aashish,

I do see errors in the wavelet example, but not in the other cases. If
ok with you , I'll send the full code (it is not much, ~100K) as a
zipped tar file by email. There is no other data.

Regards,
Bertwim


On 10/13/2014 07:43 PM, Aashish Chaudhary wrote:
> Bertwim, 
>
> If you are seeing errors (like you mentioned in other email), I am
> afraid that you won't see any volume. Would it be possible for you to
> upload your data somewhere? 
>
> - Aashish
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:35 PM, B.W.H. van Beest <bwvb at xs4all.nl
> <mailto:bwvb at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, I do set a scalar for each cell. I left them out in the
>     example, as
>     also with a scalar I couldn't get a volume display.
>
>     I'm not sure what you mean by "adjusting the transfer function".
>
>     Regards,
>     Bertwim
>
>
>
>     On 10/13/2014 07:28 PM, Burlen Loring wrote:
>     > do you have any scalars? those are not optional for volume
>     rendering.
>     > Additionally you may need to adjust the transfer function,
>     >
>     > On 10/13/2014 10:22 AM, B.W.H. van Beest wrote:
>     >> No, it doesn't work. The filter creates tets, which are visible
>     in the
>     >> wireframe representation,
>     >> but when I select "Volume"  representation the image disappears.
>     >>
>     >> I can't imagine it is so difficult to render a volume in
>     Paraview. I
>     >> must be doing something wrong....
>     >>
>     >> Regards,
>     >> Bertwim
>     >>
>     >> On 10/13/2014 05:36 PM, Cory Quammen wrote:
>     >>> Bertwim,
>     >>>
>     >>> I'm not sure that the volume renderer can handle VTK_HEXAHEDRON
>     >>> elements. Try the "Tetrahedralize" filter on your source and
>     see if
>     >>> the Volume representation works.
>     >>>
>     >>> Thanks,
>     >>> Cory
>     >>>
>     >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:19 AM, B.W.H. van Beest
>     <bwvb at xs4all.nl <mailto:bwvb at xs4all.nl>>
>     >>> wrote:
>     >>>> Hi,
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I'm struggling to get a proper 3D view of my model system (yes,
>     >>>> embarrassing!)
>     >>>> but must admit my defeat.
>     >>>> After stripping almost everything, keeping the minimum to
>     exhibit the
>     >>>> issue,
>     >>>> I'm left with the following:
>     >>>>
>     >>>> I have created a simple box source. To get a 3D representation, I
>     >>>> sub-classed
>     >>>> the code for this Source from vtkUnstructuredGridAlgorithm.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> In the RequestData method, I define the 8 point of the unit
>     cube. I
>     >>>> added the points to the
>     >>>> underlying unstructed grid, and I specified the cell topology.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> This all seems to work: when instantiating this box Source, I
>     *do*
>     >>>> get the
>     >>>> expected cube in the representations (Surface, wireframe,
>     Points).
>     >>>>
>     >>>> However, when I select the "Volume" representation, *the image
>     >>>> disappears*
>     >>>> What am I doing wrong?
>     >>>>
>     >>>> As the code is not too long and very simple, I take the
>     freedom to
>     >>>> paste
>     >>>> it below.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Kind regards.
>     >>>> Bertwim
>     >>>>
>     >>>> =========================================
>     >>>>
>     >>>>   int sphBoxSourceC::RequestData( vtkInformation
>     *vtkNotUsed(request),
>     >>>>                                  vtkInformationVector
>     >>>> **vtkNotUsed(inputVector),
>     >>>>                                  vtkInformationVector
>     *outputVector)
>     >>>> {
>     >>>>     // Get the info object
>     >>>>     vtkInformation *outInfo =
>     outputVector->GetInformationObject(0);
>     >>>>     vtkUnstructuredGrid *umesh =
>     vtkUnstructuredGrid::SafeDownCast(
>     >>>> outInfo->Get( vtkDataObject::DATA_OBJECT() ) );
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     // Pre-allocate some memory
>     >>>>     umesh->Allocate( 1024 );
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     // Specify points.
>     >>>>     double r0[] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
>     >>>>     double r1[] = { 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
>     >>>>     double r2[] = { 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 };
>     >>>>     double r3[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 };
>     >>>>     double r4[] = { 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 };
>     >>>>     double r5[] = { 1.0, 0.0, 1.0 };
>     >>>>     double r6[] = { 0.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
>     >>>>     double r7[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     // Collect the points in a vtk data structures.
>     >>>>     {
>     >>>>        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
>     >>>> vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
>     >>>>        points->SetDataType( VTK_DOUBLE );
>     >>>>
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r0 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r1 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r2 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r3 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r4 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r5 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r6 );
>     >>>>        points->InsertNextPoint( r7 );
>     >>>>
>     >>>>        // Transfer points to umesh.
>     >>>>        umesh->SetPoints( points );
>     >>>>     }
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     // Cell Topology
>     >>>>     vtkIdType vtx[8] = { 0, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 7, 6 };
>     >>>>     umesh->InsertNextCell( VTK_HEXAHEDRON, 8, vtx );
>     >>>>
>     >>>>     return 1;
>     >>>> }
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
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