[Paraview] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Image Doesn't load correctly

Burlen Loring bloring at lbl.gov
Tue May 5 12:15:27 EDT 2015




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Subject: 	Re: [Paraview] Fwd: Image Doesn't load correctly
Date: 	Tue, 05 May 2015 09:14:06 -0700
From: 	Burlen Loring <bloring at lbl.gov>
To: 	Dean, Kevin <kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com>



ParaView should set it after it determines if the reader can read it. 
Did you also implement CanReadFile? Maybe the problem is in that function.

On 05/05/2015 09:09 AM, Dean, Kevin wrote:
>
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> From: *Dean, Kevin* <kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com 
> <mailto:kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com>>
> Date: Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Image Doesn't load correctly
> To: Burlen Loring <burlen.loring at gmail.com 
> <mailto:burlen.loring at gmail.com>>
>
>
> awesome, thanks, that did it.
>
> One more question. Is there a way to debug the FileName aspect of the 
> reader. I can't figure out how it's supposed to get set. The only way 
> I can get the image to show is by hard
> coding it within the RequestData() function.
>
> Thanks Again
>
> Kevin E. Dean
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Burlen Loring 
> <burlen.loring at gmail.com <mailto:burlen.loring at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Kevin.
>
>     Your RequestInformation looks a little bare. Unless things have
>     changed recently, you might need to set WHOLE_EXTENT, ORIGIN,
>     SPACING, CAN_PRODUCE_SUB_EXTENT keys there. and if you support
>     parallel IO honor the requested extent in RequestData.
>
>     Burlen
>
>
>     On 05/04/2015 09:52 AM, Dean, Kevin wrote:
>>     So I am still having a few issues with the reader. I have checked
>>     the output from the information Panel. And it seems as if all the
>>     information is the same. So maybe the data is getting deleted
>>     somehow (I'm not sure...., but here is a snippet of my code);
>>
>>     int vtkPVPROTOImageReader::RequestInformation (
>>        vtkInformation*,
>>        vtkInformationVector**,
>>        vtkInformationVector* outputVector)
>>     {
>>        vtkInformation* outInfo = outputVector->GetInformationObject(0);
>>     vtkDataObject::SetPointDataActiveScalarInfo(outInfo,
>>     VTK_UNSIGNED_CHAR, 1);
>>
>>        return 1;
>>     }
>>
>>     int vtkPVPROTOImageReader::RequestData(vtkInformation
>>     *vtkNotUsed(request),
>>     vtkInformationVector **inputVector,
>>     vtkInformationVector *outputVector)
>>     {
>>        ... conversion code from protobuf
>>
>>       /* Convert from protobuf to vtkImageData */
>>       vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> image = "function converting to
>>     protobuf";
>>
>>       vtkDataArray* scalars = image->GetPointData()->GetScalars();
>>     scalars->SetName("ReconstructionData");
>>
>>       /* Get the info object */
>>       vtkInformation *outInfo = outputVector->GetInformationObject(0);
>>     outInfo->Set(vtkDataObject::DATA_TYPE_NAME(), "vtkImageData");
>>
>>       /* Get the output */
>>       vtkImageData* output = vtkImageData::GetData(outputVector);
>>
>>     // output->SetSpacing(image->GetSpacing());
>>     // output->SetOrigin(image->GetOrigin());
>>     // output->AllocateScalars(outInfo);
>>     //
>>     output->GetPointData()->SetScalars(image->GetPointData()->GetScalars());
>>     // output->SetDimensions(image->GetDimensions());
>>
>>       output->ShallowCopy(image);
>>
>>       int* dimensions = output->GetDimensions();
>>
>>       std::cout << "\nNumber of points: " <<
>>     output->GetNumberOfPoints() << std::endl;
>>       std::cout << "Number of cells: " << output->GetNumberOfCells()
>>     << "\n" << std::endl;
>>
>>     // print out the pixel values to see if they are actually present
>>       for (int z = 0; z < dimensions[2]; z++)
>>       {
>>         for (int y = 0; y < dimensions[1]; y++)
>>         {
>>           for (int x = 0; x < dimensions[0]; x++)
>>           {
>>             double* pixel =
>>     static_cast<double*>(output->GetScalarPointer(x,y,z));
>>             // do something with v
>>             std::cout << "pixel value: " << pixel[0] << "\n";
>>           }
>>           std::cout << std::endl;
>>         }
>>         std::cout << std::endl;
>>       }
>>
>>       // write output to file and compare in visualization window...
>>     vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLImageDataWriter> vtk_writer =
>>     vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLImageDataWriter>::New();
>>       vtk_writer->SetInputData(output);
>>       vtk_writer->SetFileName( "/home/kdean/tmp/foo.vti" );
>>       vtk_writer->Update();
>>       vtk_writer->Write();
>>
>>       return 1;
>>     }
>>
>>
>>     Another Problem I ran into:
>>     So I had to hardcode a file for the char *FileName into the
>>     RequestData Function in order to read any protobuf file. I ran a
>>     debugger on the code, and it seems like these functions from the
>>     header file (of the reader):
>>
>>     vtkGetStringMacro(FileName);
>>     vtkSetStringMacro(FileName);
>>
>>     they are never getting called.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Kevin
>>
>>     here are my xml too... it looks right, but maybe I am missing
>>     something.
>>
>>     On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 7:04 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
>>     <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
>>     <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         You can also use the Information panel to see what arrays are
>>         being
>>         read in and what their ranges are.
>>
>>         On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Dean, Kevin
>>         <kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com
>>         <mailto:kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com>> wrote:
>>         > looked at the spreadsheet view in the GUI, and it looks
>>         like none of the
>>         > Point Data is actually being copied...
>>         >
>>         > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Dean, Kevin
>>         > <kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com
>>         <mailto:kevin.dean at decisionsciencescorp.com>> wrote:
>>         >>
>>         >> What's up Utkarsh?
>>         >>
>>         >> So I was able to write that plugin and convert my image to the
>>         >> vtkImageData. However, I am having trouble visualizing the
>>         image. However,
>>         >> when I write out the output from my reader, the image gets
>>         written
>>         >> correctly... Here are some pictures to show the
>>         differences. (All the
>>         >> information for the images is exactly the same) Do you
>>         have an idea of how I
>>         >> can try to fix it? Thanks.
>>         >>
>>         >> Kevin E. Dean
>>         >
>>         >
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