[Paraview] ParaView 5.4.0 Volume Rendering Inquiry

[Joel Kulesza]

Cory,

Excellent, thanks, the workarounds got me going.  Sorry I didn't think to
search the tickets.

- Joel

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Joel,
>
> This is a known issue that we have not yet resolved: https://gitlab.
> kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17303
>
> As a workaround, you can try a different volume rendering algorithm
> (Select Mapper property in the Properties panel) such as "Z Sweep", "Bunyk
> ray cast", or "Resample to Image".
>
> HTH,
> Cory
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Joel Kulesza <jkulesza at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>> Colleagues:
>>
>> Has anyone else had problems rendering with "Volume" representation with
>> the as-distributed ParaView 5.4.0 (on OS X 10.11.6)?  When I select that
>> representation and "Yes" to the box regarding possibly taking a while, I
>> have only a white/blank Render View.  This is the case regardless of
>> coloring, colormap, or lighting options. Sometimes if I rotate the view,
>> I'll see a pseudo-surface representation, but when I stop I return to a
>> fully white render view.
>>
>> In 5.4.0, I create the Volume by first Tetrahedraliz'ing my data set and
>> then selecting Volume representation.  Conversely, if I load the same data
>> in 5.2.0 and select Volume directly, it plots as I would expect.  If I try
>> to do the same in 5.3.0, it hangs on the render (status bar at the bottom
>> gets ~80% of the way and doesn't appear to proceed further).
>>
>> Note that if I plot the same data in VisIt, it shows a Volume as I would
>> expect and quickly enough that I don't believe impatience to be my issue
>> (the data set is relatively small).
>>
>> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>>
>> Please contact me with any comments, questions, or concerns.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joel
>>
>> Joel A. Kulesza, P.E.Ph.D. Candidate / Graduate Student Researcher
>>  University of Michigan, College of EngineeringNuclear Engineering &
>> Radiological Sciences Dept.2355 Bonisteel Boulevard
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>>
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