[Paraview] BUG REPORT: Axes grid option grayed out, version 5.4.1 64bit, on Ubuntu 16.04

[Cory Quammen]

Jianbo,

How strange. If you would like to send me the offending ParaView state file
(off list is fine), I'd be happy to take a look to see if anything stands
out.

Thanks,
Cory

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Jianbo Long <longtuteng249 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Cory,
>
> Thanks for your email !
>
> It feels pretty odd, though, that I cannot re-make this problem easily. I
> just tested again, as you suggested, using simple Source object, and had no
> problem with the  'Data Axes Grid' button.  Everything seems okay. However,
> I still cannot make it work for that specific .vtk file.  I was doubting
> that it might be the problem of using .pvsm file I generated  for that
> particular .vtk file a few days ago ( so that I can use the same view
> settings for a number of other .vtk files ). However, it appears not.  I
> just did the test of this way for a different .vtk mesh: first use 'Save
> State..' from the File menu to get a .pvsm file,  and then load the same
> .vtk with the .pvsm by clicking 'Load State...', but this time, all buttons
> seem to be  okay. The odd thing is that, when I want to work with the first
> specific .pvsm file, even if with different vtk data files,  the data axes
> grid buttons shown in 'Miscellaneous' and 'Annotations' won't wok (again,
> see picture below)..
>
> The problem seems to be due to my .pvsm file, but I still have no clue
> what might cause the difference.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jianbo
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, that's strange. Can you give step-by-step directions on how to make
>> the buttons grayed out, preferably with a simple starting source such as
>> the Sphere source or Wavelet source?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cory
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Jianbo Long <longtuteng249 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to add axes information to a clipped 3-D mesh, which was
>>> generated by clipping, slicing, and clipping of a 3-D mesh from a .VTK
>>> file. However, in the latest Paraview version 5.4.1,  the  'Axes grid'
>>> option sometimes doesn't work (grayed out, please see attached picture). I
>>> remember I could use this button a few days ago with the same version.
>>> Even after restarting Paraview,  there's no luck.  This was not a problem
>>> in previous versions 4.4 and 4.0.  I would like to use v5.4 because this
>>> version has more controls over axis properties like fonts.
>>>
>>> Could you give any ideas about this issue ?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much,
>>>
>>> Jianbo Long
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
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>
>


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Cory Quammen
Staff R&D Engineer
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