[Paraview] Specifying filters from plugins in ParaViewWeb Visualizer proxy file

[Sebastien Jourdain]

Another easy approach (not great but easy), is to check that plugin in
ParaView Qt ui as auto load and then make sure Visualizer is not started
with the "-dr" argument.
That way, the plugin will load at start time.

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:06 AM, <louise.davies at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Scott,
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> Yes, the ui item is there but all that happens is that the logo flickers
> for like a second then nothing.
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> 1.       I have no log output other than the regular output I get via
> starting the server
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> 2.       Running 5.4.1, compiled from source
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> 3.       It’s an .mha file, looking at the file info gives “Image
> (Uniform Rectilinear Grid)”. Note that I’m using the flying edges filter as
> an example since it’s a standard plugin and I can get it to apply to this
> dataset in ParaView desktop, so I don’t think it is the datatype. It also
> doesn’t work if I use a Wavelet like specified in this blog post:
> https://blog.kitware.com/accelerated-filters-in-paraview-5/
>
>
>
> Louise
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> *From:* Scott Wittenburg [mailto:scott.wittenburg at kitware.com]
> *Sent:* 26 October 2017 16:53
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> *To:* Davies, Louise (STFC,RAL,SC) <louise.davies at stfc.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Specifying filters from plugins in ParaViewWeb
> Visualizer proxy file
>
>
>
> I see, I read your first email a bit too quickly.  So you do see the
> filter appear in the web ui, but it just doesn't have any effect you can
> see.  A few more questions then: 1) Is there any log output you can
> share? 2) what version of paraview are you running?  3) what filter or
> dataset type are you giving as input to the flying edges filter?
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>
>
> Scott
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> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:37 AM, <louise.davies at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Hi Scott,
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> I am using the default pvw-visualizer.py server file, which does register
> ParaViewWebStartupPluginLoader before ParaViewWebProxyManager.
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> For clarification, this is what I’m adding to my json file (using the
> Flying Edges 3D example):
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>
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> In the “filters” section:
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> { "name": "FlyingEdges3D", "label": "Flying Edges 3D"}
>
>
>
> Louise
>
>
>
> *From:* Scott Wittenburg [mailto:scott.wittenburg at kitware.com]
> *Sent:* 26 October 2017 16:30
> *To:* Davies, Louise (STFC,RAL,SC) <louise.davies at stfc.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* paraview at paraview.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Paraview] Specifying filters from plugins in ParaViewWeb
> Visualizer proxy file
>
>
>
> Hi Louise,
>
>
>
>    Off the top of my head, I would think that what you are doing should
> work, but maybe Seb can chime in otherwise.  In your application server
> code, do you register the "ParaViewWebStartupPluginLoader" before the
> "ParaViewWebProxyManager"?
>
>
>
> Scott
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>
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> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 9:24 AM, <louise.davies at stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I’m specifying some plugins to load with Visualizer, and I want to be able
> to apply filters from these plugins in Visualizer. I’ve copied the
> defaultProxies.json
> <https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView/blob/master/Web/Python/defaultProxies.json>
> file from the ParaView source code and I don’t know how to get ParaView to
> recognise my plugin filter name.
>
>
>
> For example, I specify on the command line I want to load the default
> AcceleratedAlgorithms plugin. I want to expose the Flying Edges 3D filter
> in Visualizer. However, all of the names I can find related to the Flying
> Edges 3D filter in its .xml file
> <https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView/blob/master/Plugins/AcceleratedAlgorithms/AcceleratedAlgorithms.xml>
> (e.g. FlyingEdges3D, vtkFlyingEdges3D) do not allow me to use the filter.
> When I click on the item in the filters pane it does nothing.
>
>
>
> Am I understanding this incorrectly? Does it work differently for filters
> loaded from plugins than from default ParaView filters?
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
>
> Louise
>
>
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