[Paraview] Scalar bar ranges jump around

[Bob Flandard]

Hello Cory,

Thanks for confirming that you too can see this behavior, and for your
efforts investigating it.

Regards, Bob

On 5 January 2016 at 21:57, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> Thank you for reporting this issue. I don't know the underlying reason
> for this behavior, but I can confirm it and will be looking into it.
>
> Thank you,
> Cory
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Bob Flandard <bflandard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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> Kitware, Inc.
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