[Paraview] state-file does not contain 2D texture if assigned by python

Grothausmann, Roman Dr. grothausmann.roman at mh-hannover.de
Fri Jan 8 07:07:31 EST 2016


Many, many thanks Cory for Your answer. That did the trick.
Is there any chance to also set a guiName for the texture that is then shown in 
the list of textures when the PVSM is loaded?

On 05/01/16 19:26, Cory Quammen wrote:
> Hi Roman,
>
> It's not obvious, but you need to register the ImageTexture proxy with the proxy
> manager:
>
> pvs.servermanager.Register(texProxy)
>
> Just add that in before you save the state, and you should be good.
>
> HTH,
> Cory
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 5:01 AM, Grothausmann, Roman Dr.
> <grothausmann.roman at mh-hannover.de <mailto:grothausmann.roman at mh-hannover.de>>
> wrote:
>
>     After some hours of searching I found an answer that sadly was not linked to
>     the question:
>     http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2012-March/024261.html
>
>     The code below run as a macro in paraview shows a plane with a texture.
>     However, saving the state in a *.pvsm either by code or within the GUI does
>     not save the texture and its assignment.
>
>     What is missing to save the texture and its assignment in a state file?
>
>
>     ______________________________________________________
>
>     import paraview.simple as pvs
>
>     plane1 = pvs.Plane(guiName="xz-plane")
>     dp = pvs.GetDisplayProperties(plane1)
>     dp.Representation = 'Surface With Edges'
>
>     texProxy = pvs.servermanager.CreateProxy("textures", "ImageTexture")
>     texProxy.GetProperty("FileName").SetElement(0, "texture.png")
>     texProxy.UpdateVTKObjects()
>
>     dp.Texture= texProxy
>     print dp.Texture
>     pvs.Render()
>
>     pvs.servermanager.SaveState("test.pvsm")
>
>
>
>
>
>     On 07/12/15 17:50, Grothausmann, Roman Dr. wrote:
>
>         Dear mailing list members,
>
>
>         Is it possible to assign a 2D texture image to an object that has TCords
>         in python?
>         I found quite a few people trying and reporting that it does not work
>         nor does
>         the Trace Option under paraview tell what happens if a texture is
>         assigned in
>         the GUI:
>         http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2012-March/024255.html
>         http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12953
>
>         I've tried:
>
>               import paraview.simple as pvs
>
>
>               reader = pvs.OpenDataFile("test.png)
>               #reader.UpdatePipelineInformation()
>               reader.UpdatePipeline()
>               print reader.GetDataInformation().GetBounds() # needs UpdatePipeline
>
>               obj = pvs.Plane()
>               plane1Display = pvs.Show(obj)
>               plane1Display.Texture = reader
>
>               dp = pvs.GetDisplayProperties(obj)
>               dp.Representation = 'Surface With Edges'
>
>               dp.Texture = reader
>
>
>         but neither plane1Display.Texture nor dp.Texture seem to allow to set the
>         texture (see error below)
>
>         Any help or hints are very much appreciated
>         Roman
>
>
>         RROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 390
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Object type: vtkGlyph3DRepresentation,
>         could not
>         find requested method: "SetTexture"
>         or the method was called with incorrect arguments.
>
>         while processing
>         Message 0 = Invoke
>             Argument 0 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkGlyph3DRepresentation (0x551b0a0)}
>             Argument 1 = string_value {SetTexture}
>             Argument 2 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkImageFileSeriesReader (0x4f68190)}
>
>
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 391
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Aborting execution for debugging purposes.
>
>         ############ ABORT #############
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkSIProxy.cxx,
>         line 134
>         vtkSISourceProxy (0x551af30): Error pushing property state: Texture
>
>         global_id: 396
>         location: 21
>         [paraview_protobuf.ProxyState.property] {
>             name: "Texture"
>             value {
>               type: INPUT
>               proxy_global_id: 350
>               port_number: 0
>             }
>         }
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 390
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Object type: vtkOutlineRepresentation,
>         could not
>         find requested method: "SetTexture"
>         or the method was called with incorrect arguments.
>
>         while processing
>         Message 0 = Invoke
>             Argument 0 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkOutlineRepresentation (0x5549800)}
>             Argument 1 = string_value {SetTexture}
>             Argument 2 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkImageFileSeriesReader (0x4f68190)}
>
>
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 391
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Aborting execution for debugging purposes.
>
>         ############ ABORT #############
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkSIProxy.cxx,
>         line 134
>         vtkSISourceProxy (0x5549690): Error pushing property state: Texture
>
>         global_id: 407
>         location: 21
>         [paraview_protobuf.ProxyState.property] {
>             name: "Texture"
>             value {
>               type: INPUT
>               proxy_global_id: 350
>               port_number: 0
>             }
>         }
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 390
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Object type:
>         vtkGeometryRepresentationWithFaces,
>         could not find requested method: "SetTexture"
>         or the method was called with incorrect arguments.
>
>         while processing
>         Message 0 = Invoke
>             Argument 0 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkGeometryRepresentationWithFaces
>         (0x59a6df0)}
>             Argument 1 = string_value {SetTexture}
>             Argument 2 = vtk_object_pointer {vtkImageFileSeriesReader (0x4f68190)}
>
>
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkPVSessionCore.cxx,
>         line 391
>         vtkPVSessionCore (0x258c2e0): Aborting execution for debugging purposes.
>
>         ############ ABORT #############
>         ERROR: In
>         /opt/compilation/paraview-git/ParaViewCore/ServerImplementation/Core/vtkSIProxy.cxx,
>         line 134
>         vtkSISourceProxy (0x5afc8e0): Error pushing property state: Texture
>
>         global_id: 440
>         location: 21
>         [paraview_protobuf.ProxyState.property] {
>             name: "Texture"
>             value {
>               type: INPUT
>               proxy_global_id: 350
>               port_number: 0
>             }
>         }
>
>
>
>     --
>     Dr. Roman Grothausmann
>
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>
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Dr. Roman Grothausmann

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Tomography and Digital Image Analysis

Institut für Funktionelle und Angewandte Anatomie, OE 4120
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
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