[Paraview] 3D with Nvidia glasses

[Cory Quammen]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Aashish Chaudhary <
aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:

> Can you try this:  in nvidia control panel uncheck this option: "enable
> stereoscopic 3D"?
>

Aashish,

I was going to recommend this as well, but after I launched ParaView, I
went back to see that this option had been re-enabled in the control panel.
Something has apparently changed in the driver to make unchecking this
option unnecessary.

Cory


> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:00 PM Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gory,
>>
>> You are right! I set to 120Hz and the 3D works!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>>
>> 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/3Dtestfiles/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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