[Paraview] 3D with Nvidia glasses

Aashish Chaudhary aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com
Wed Oct 19 20:07:53 EDT 2016


this is great news! congratulations. thanks for closing the loop.

- Aashish


On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:58 PM Gao <gao at pztop.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Finally we got everything works!
>
> The blurry issue is caused by the DVI cable. It took me quite a while to
> figure it out. The monitor Asus VG236h need a Dual link DVI cable.
> Unfortunately I was using a Single Link DVI cable when I test stereo 3D in
> ParaView.
>
> Thanks everyone's help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gao
>
>
>
> On 2016-10-12 01:23 PM, Cory Quammen wrote:
>
> 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/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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