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

[Cory Quammen]

Awesome, thanks for the follow up, Bill.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Bill Greene <w.h.greene at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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