[Paraview] Scalar bar ranges jump around

Bob Flandard bflandard at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 17:39:04 EST 2015


Hello Utkarsh and Cory,

This issue is not exclusive to "Automatic Annotations". It also exists with
the default "Labels" type annotations with or without the "Automatic Label
Format" selected.

Thanks for investigating, Bob

On 30 December 2015 at 21:53, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Ah, the issue seems to be with "Automatic Annotations". Cory, can you
> check this out when you get the chance? I am not entirely sure how
> automatic annotations should work here, if at all.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Bob Flandard <bflandard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Utkarsh,
> >
> > Thank you for the suggestion. The plot I sent has already implicitly
> > disabled "automatic label format" by only using the "Draw Annotations"
> and
> > "Automatic Annotation" options, with the options in the "Labels" section
> > unchecked. I tried explicitly unchecking the "Automatic Label Format" as
> you
> > suggested, but it has no effect in this instance (as expected).
> >
> > Are you able to reproduce the effect from the attached state file?
> >
> > Thanks for your help, Bob
> >
> >
> >
> > On 29 December 2015 at 21:44, Utkarsh Ayachit <
> utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Can you try unchecking the "Automatic Label Format" checkbox on the
> >> "Edit Color Legend Parameters" dialog accessible from the "Color Map
> >> Editor" panel? I think it's the label formatting that's causing the
> >> issue.
> >>
> >> Utkarsh
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Bob Flandard <bflandard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hello Ken,
> >> >
> >> > Maybe you are seeing something different to what I see when playing
> the
> >> > different time steps. I see the relative size of each of the discrete
> >> > colours in the scalar bar, changing in a random way. The ticks don't
> >> > move
> >> > and the numbers change appropriately, but the length of each colour is
> >> > not
> >> > constant. I've attached an image that shows the scalar bar from three
> >> > time
> >> > step of the data set in the state file I posted yesterday. One (t=96)
> >> > has a
> >> > good scalar bar and the other two are wrong.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your help, Bob
> >> >
> >> > On 29 December 2015 at 17:49, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Bob,
> >> >>
> >> >> I am confused. The "clamp and update every timestep" feature is what
> >> >> turns
> >> >> on the behavior of changing the scale of every timestep. Just turn it
> >> >> off.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Ken
> >> >>
> >> >> Sent from my iPad so blame autocorrect.
> >> >>
> >> >> > On Dec 28, 2015, at 3:17 PM, Bob Flandard <bflandard at gmail.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sorry if this is old news.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The colour ranges on the scalar bar should remain equally spaced,
> but
> >> >> > with the transfer function reset mode set to "clamp and update
> every
> >> >> > timestep", they jump about during a time series animation.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Attached is a state file that demonstrates the issue (created with
> PV
> >> >> > v5.0 RC3). Please load it and click the play button, or manually
> >> >> > click
> >> >> > through time steps.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks, Bob
> >> >> > <ScalarBarIssue.zip>
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