[Paraview] Object rendering problem on Windows 7 with Paraview 5.2

[Bill Greene]

Thanks for the suggestions! I downloaded the drivers directly from ATI
instead of letting Windows do the update and that appears to have
fixed the problem I was seeing in Paraview 5.2.

Thanks again for the help!

Bill

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com> wrote:
> That card should be fine. I have seen this type of bug before and updating
> the driver has fixed it. Specifically updating the driver to the latest from
> ATI (sometimes computer vendors stop updating their copies).  Another way to
> check what the problem is, is to stick a polydata normals filter in the
> pipeline and then see if it works.
>
> Thanks
> Ken
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list so others can benefit
>> from and contribute to the conversation.
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> Is the ATI Radeon HD 4200 too old for the OpenGL2 backend? It's circa
>> 2010, I believe. It looks like it can support OpenGL 3.2 with Shader
>> 4.1. I'm wondering if there is maybe a subtle shader compilation issue
>> on the ATI hardware?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cory
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.greene at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly!
>> >
>> > The graphics device is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.
>> >
>> > Nothing is written to the Paraview "Output Messages" window.
>> > Is there someplace else I should look?
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Cory Quammen
>> > <cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi Bill,
>> >>
>> >> It sounds like the rendering backend isn't fully supported on your
>> >> graphics card/driver combo. What kind of card is it? Are you getting
>> >> any error messages?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Cory
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Greene <w.h.greene at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I have been using Paraview 4 on my windows 7 computer for quite a
>> >>> while
>> >>> now but wanted to upgrade to Paraview 5.
>> >>>
>> >>> Installation appeared to work fine but when I display a model I am
>> >>> seeing
>> >>> a rendering problem that I don't see in Paraview 4. If
>> >>> Representation=Surface
>> >>> and Coloring=Solid Color, the object is black regardless of how the
>> >>> color is defined. If Rep=Surface with Edges, the edges do appear over
>> >>> the
>> >>> black object. If I select one of the results vectors under Coloring,
>> >>> the
>> >>> color bar is displayed and looks correct; but the object remains
>> >>> black.
>> >>>
>> >>> I know that the graphics card in the computer is somewhat old ( the
>> >>> drivers
>> >>> are the latest for the device) but have no idea if that is related to
>> >>> the problem
>> >>> I'm seeing.
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm wondering if others have encountered this problem or if there is
>> >>> some setting I
>> >>> can change to avoid it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Bill Greene
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>> >> Cory Quammen
>> >> Staff R&D Engineer
>> >> Kitware, Inc.
>>
>>
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