[Paraview] 3D with Nvidia glasses

[Aashish Chaudhary]

I believe this option was the cause of blurriness at some point but may be
with the newer version that's not the case. May be still worth trying in
Alex case.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:26 PM Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
wrote:

> 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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