[Paraview] ParaView Binary Installer 5.0 - Linux 64 bit - Scene Export : SVG, EPS and PDF formats missing

[Tomislav Maric]

Hi Dave,

Yes, that solves the problem, thank you for both the answer and for
coding this stuff!

The exporter helps me generate some kick ass images for scientific
publications using inkscape (SVG + LaTex) directly from the simulation
data.

Best regards,
Tomislav

On 02/09/2016 07:51 PM, David Lonie wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Tomislav Maric <tomislav.maric at gmx.com> wrote:
>> I am using ParaView 5.0 from the 64 bit binary installer on on Arch
>> Linux. When I click on File->Export Scene, I can't find the SVG, EPS and
>> PDF formats.
> Due to differences in the OpenGL features available to the VTK OpenGL2
> backend (in particular, the deprecation of the feedback render mode),
> the GL2PS exporter was not compatible with builds of ParaView that
> used the new backend, such as the 5.0 release.
>
> I've recently made some changes to gl2ps and our exporter that allow
> vector export to work again, although with reduced functionality. The
> new (OpenGL2) GL2PS exporter will only export the following as vector
> graphics:
> - Charts, etc (anything drawn via the vtkContext2D interface)
> - 2D Text (as native text objects or generic path objects; see
> vtkGL2PSExporter::TextAsPath)
> - 2D MathText (always as path objects)
> - 3D Text (always as path objects)
>
> All other rendered objects (including polygonal data previously
> exported as vectors by the old backend) will be rasterized to the
> image's background.
>
> This should be available in the next paraview release. In the
> meantime, builds of ParaView that use the OpenGL VTK backend will
> still have the old implementation of the exporter available.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Dave