[Paraview] 3D with Nvidia glasses

[Cory Quammen]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:

> Hi Gory,
>
> You are right! I set to 120Hz and the 3D works!
>
Great! Glad to hear it.

> I didn't pay attention on the refresh rate because the 3D demo works, so I
> assumed the monitor is not the problem. It turned out  that IS the problem.
>
> Also, I need to change the 120Hz on both the Quadro card and the monitor
> (both default to 60Hz).
>
> Now I am having a different issue: the display became blurry, although the
> 3D works. All the graphic elements are blurry except the 3D object. Not
> sure what cause this.
>
Do you mean blurry, as in the text in the GUI is hard to read, or do you
mean darker? I find the monitor to appear darker as half the time the
monitor is blocked by the active shutter glasses.

> I also noticed on the Windows 10, the monitor is recognized as "Generic
> PnP monitor"  and use a MS driver. I searched and didn't find a driver for
> my Asus VG236H.
>
Hmm, our Asus monitor is recognized in the control panel. I'm not sure
about where you can get a driver for it other than the Asus web site.

> Thank you very much.
>
You are welcome! And thank you for providing another data point that shows
ParaView in use with stereo.

Thanks,
Cory


> Gao
>
>
>
> On 2016-10-12 11:54 AM, Cory Quammen wrote:
>
> Gao,
>
> No, there isn't any setting needed in ParaView beyond the command-line
> arguments that you are already providing.
>
> One important thing, though: Make sure your screen refresh rate is set to
> 120 Hz or higher.
>
> - Cory
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cory,
>>
>> I just tried "Onboard DIN connector (with NVIDIA 3D ...)" and it's still
>> not showing 3D stereo.
>>
>> My system is a Dell Precision workstation come with a Quadro 4000 video
>> card (No DIN connection). The demo 3D test from Nvidia Control Panel works
>> fine so I think the driver is loaded correctly.
>>
>> I just installed the new Paraview 5.2 RC1 and it does the same: No 3D but
>> flickering.
>>
>> I also tried other modes and none of them works.
>>
>> Is there any special setting I need config in ParaView?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
>> Gao
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2016-10-12 08:51 AM, Cory Quammen wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gao,
>>
>> Attached is an image of the relevant NVIDIA Control Panel settings for
>> our working ParaView stereo display setup. It looks like the main change
>> from your setup is to change "Stereo - Display Mode" to "Onboard DIN
>> connector (with NVIDIA 3D ...)".
>>
>> For your reference, our system runs Windows 10 and has a Quadro M5000 and
>> an ASUS VG248QE 24-inch Full HD display. We did not need the optional 3-pin
>> DIN connector port that seems almost impossible to buy anywhere.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to make the stereo 3D working on Paraview but it doesn't
>>> work. I don't know what is the problem.
>>>
>>> I got NVIDIA 3D VISION 2 glasses and set it up on my Windows 10 PC.
>>> Installed the driver for the QUADRO 4000 card. Tested with the Nvidia
>>> Control Panel (version  8.1.1030.0) and the I can see the 3D demo through
>>> the glasses.
>>>
>>> Then I downloaded a sample vtk file from here:
>>>
>>> http://www.subdude-site.com/WebPages_Local/RefInfo/Computer/
>>> Linux/LinuxGuidesByBlaze/apps3Dtools/3D_viewers-converters/3
>>> Dtestfiles/vtk/rbc_001.vtk
>>>
>>> I changed some setting on Nvidia Control Panel:
>>> Manage 3D setting:
>>>  Stereo - Display mode : Generic active stereo (with NVIDIA 3D Vision)
>>>  Stereo -Enable: On
>>>  Stereo -Swap eyes: Off
>>>
>>> Now I run paraview with：
>>> paraview.exe --stereo --stereo-type="Crystal Eyes"
>>>
>>> Then I open the vtk file I downloaded. I don't see 3D, and the image is
>>> flickering. But the emitter green light is ON.
>>>
>>> Can someone help me to get this 3D display going?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Gao
>>>
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>> Cory Quammen
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> Cory Quammen
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> Kitware, Inc.
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Cory Quammen
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