[vtk-developers] Volume won't show on Win7/Intel HD4600 with QVTKOpenGLWidget in 8.0.0.rc1

Elvis Stansvik elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com
Thu May 25 19:44:11 EDT 2017 

2017-05-25 23:37 GMT+02:00 David Cole <DLRdave at aol.com>:
> Yes, I ran it both ways.
>
> It works when run without the argument in the plain VTK render window,
> and it is broken (shows nothing) when run with an argument.

Alright, that's good. Then we're seeing the same thing.

> Seems like it's definitely related to older Intel drivers on Windows.

Yes, probably.

> Not sure if there is an updated driver available for my machine.
> Hesitant to try changing/updating it for other reasons, and sorry,
> can't sacrifice this machine's current state for the purpose of
> testing this out...

No worries, I'm free to do as I please with the one I have, so I'll do
some experimenting with different drivers when I'm back on Monday.

Thanks to everyone trying this out.

Elvis

>
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> D
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> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Elvis Stansvik
> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>> 2017-05-25 20:35 GMT+02:00 Elvis Stansvik <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
>>> 2017-05-25 18:14 GMT+02:00 David Cole <DLRdave at aol.com>:
>>>> Fails for me, too, on a 3.5 year old Dell XPS laptop, Windows 8.1,
>>>> with an Intel HD Graphics 4000 running driver version 10.18.10.3316. I
>>>> get your TestCase app window with nothing but an empty (white) client
>>>> region.
>>>>
>>>> An app we have built against VTK 6.2-ish with the old OpenGL using
>>>> VolumeSmartMapper works fine on this very same machine.
>>>>
>>>> Another data point...
>>
>> Just one more thing David, did you try also running the example
>> without any argument on this machine? (That would make it use a
>> regular vtkRenderWindow/vtkRenderWindowInteractor). It would be
>> interesting to know if the volume shows up then. That would confirm
>> that the machine can show volumes using VTK 8+OpenGL2 backend, just
>> not with QVTKOpenGLWidget, so would strengthen my theory that it has
>> something to do with the new QVTKOpenGLWidget.
>>
>> Elvis
>>
>>>
>>> Finally a reproduction, I was beginning to despair :) Thanks a lot David.
>>>
>>> And just to make sure, Aron, did you run the test case as "TestCase
>>> 1", with a parameter? That's the crucial thing, as otherwise it'll
>>> just use a regular vtkRenderWindow/vtkRenderWindowInteractor (not
>>> QVTKOpenGLWidget), and not exhibit the problem.
>>>
>>> Elvis
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Elvis Stansvik
>>>> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>>>>> 2017-05-25 16:22 GMT+02:00 Aron Helser <aron.helser at kitware.com>:
>>>>>> Hi Elvis,
>>>>>> I've got a Win10 laptop (dell precision 5510), with an Optimus setup - both
>>>>>> intel and nvidia graphics.
>>>>>> With your test case, I'm able to see the volume running either with Intel or
>>>>>> nVidia, so it doesn't repro for me.
>>>>>> I've got Intel HD530 graphics, with driver version 21.20.16.4627
>>>>>> Sorry,
>>>>>> Aron
>>>>>
>>>>> Alright, bugger. Thanks for testing though!
>>>>>
>>>>> I won't be at the office until Monday again, but when I'm back I'll
>>>>> try experimenting with different driver versions.
>>>>>
>>>>> Elvis
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 5:02 PM, Elvis Stansvik
>>>>>> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2017-05-24 22:49 GMT+02:00 Elvis Stansvik <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
>>>>>>> > 2017-05-24 22:20 GMT+02:00 Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> > <sankhesh.jhaveri at kitware.com>:
>>>>>>> >> Hi Elvis,
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to reproduce this issue. :(
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I don’t have a Windows machine with an Intel graphics card but tried
>>>>>>> >> ParaView on a couple of se Windows machines as well as a Mac (with an
>>>>>>> >> Intel
>>>>>>> >> HD5600). Worked fine.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Alright. Call for help then: Anyone else have a Windows 7 machine with
>>>>>>> > Intel graphics? Would be great if someone could reproduce.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Forgot to say: Thanks a lot for trying to reproduce Sankhesh.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've now put up the compiled self-contained test case here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     http://dose.se/~estan/voltestcase-inst.zip (18 MB)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If anyone with Windows (preferably Windows 7 if possible) + Intel
>>>>>>> graphics could try running this test case with "TestCase 1" and see if
>>>>>>> the volume shows up, that would be great.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Running the test case with argc > 2 will make it use
>>>>>>> QVTKOpenGLWidget, and is where I'm having trouble).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Elvis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I could put up my build of the test case as a self-contained .zip, to
>>>>>>> > make it easy to test.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> At this point, I am inclined to think that the graphics drivers on your
>>>>>>> >> Windows machine may need updating.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Hm, but it works fine if I don't use QVTKOpenGLWidget, and just use a
>>>>>>> > plain vtkRenderWindow + vtkRenderWindowInteractor. Wouldn't that
>>>>>>> > suggest that the drivers are capable enough, and that the problem is
>>>>>>> > somehow in QVTKOpenGLWidget (or QOpenGLWidget)?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Elvis
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:16 PM Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> >> <sankhesh.jhaveri at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Okay thanks.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> I’ll take a look.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 8:18 AM Elvis Stansvik
>>>>>>> >>> <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> 2017-05-23 15:41 GMT+02:00 Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> >>>> <sankhesh.jhaveri at kitware.com>:
>>>>>>> >>>> > Hi Elvis,
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> > Could you try downloading the ParaView nightly binary and test
>>>>>>> >>>> > volume
>>>>>>> >>>> > rendering there? You can use the wavelet source for a test dataset.
>>>>>>> >>>> > ParaView
>>>>>>> >>>> > uses the QVTKOpenGLWidget and it would be a good test before diving
>>>>>>> >>>> > into the
>>>>>>> >>>> > code.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> I tried the wavelet example with Paraview 5.4.0-RC1-125-g435b603
>>>>>>> >>>> 64-bit, and the problem is the same as in my minimal test case. The
>>>>>>> >>>> volume won't show up.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> It does show up if I switch to the software based ray cast mapper
>>>>>>> >>>> (but
>>>>>>> >>>> not with GPU or smart, which I guess both result in the GPU one being
>>>>>>> >>>> used).
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Please tell me if there's anything else I can do to help debugging.
>>>>>>> >>>> There are no errors printed when I run my test case.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> Elvis
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> > Thanks,
>>>>>>> >>>> > Sankhesh
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:50 AM Elvis Stansvik
>>>>>>> >>>> > <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Hi all,
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> In porting to QVTKOpenGLWidget, I can't get volumes rendered using
>>>>>>> >>>> >> vtkGPUVolumeRayCastMapper to show up on Windows 7, Intel graphics
>>>>>>> >>>> >> (HD
>>>>>>> >>>> >> 4600). They show up fine on Linux. They also show up fine on
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Windows 7
>>>>>>> >>>> >> if using a plain VTK render window. I've tried turning off
>>>>>>> >>>> >> multisampling with setSamples(0) on the default QSurfaceFormat.
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> The below test case illustrates the issue. See the attached
>>>>>>> >>>> >> screenshots from running "TestCase" (left) and "TestCase 1"
>>>>>>> >>>> >> (right).
>>>>>>> >>>> >> The former uses a plain render window while the latter uses the
>>>>>>> >>>> >> new
>>>>>>> >>>> >> QVTKOpenGLWidget. Notice how in the Windows 7 screenshot, the
>>>>>>> >>>> >> plain
>>>>>>> >>>> >> VTK rendering works fine, but the QVTKOpenGLWidget one is not
>>>>>>> >>>> >> showing
>>>>>>> >>>> >> the volume.
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Versions used:
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Kubuntu Linux 16.04
>>>>>>> >>>> >> VTK 8.0.0.rc1, OpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Qt 5.5.1
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Windows 7
>>>>>>> >>>> >> VTK 8.0.0.rc1, OpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Qt 5.6.2
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Any ideas what the problem might be?
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> I can provide a standalone .zip distribution of my build of the
>>>>>>> >>>> >> test
>>>>>>> >>>> >> case if you want.
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Note that this issue is orthogonal to the alpha issue I reported
>>>>>>> >>>> >> and
>>>>>>> >>>> >> got solved in my other thread.
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Many thanks in advance,
>>>>>>> >>>> >> Elvis
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> main.cpp:
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <algorithm>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkColorTransferFunction.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkGenericOpenGLRenderWindow.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkGPUVolumeRayCastMapper.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkImageData.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkNew.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkPiecewiseFunction.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkProperty.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkRenderer.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkVolume.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <vtkVolumeProperty.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <QVTKOpenGLWidget.h>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> #include <QApplication>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>>>>>>> >>>> >> {
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     auto defaultFormat = QVTKOpenGLWidget::defaultFormat();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     defaultFormat.setSamples(0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(defaultFormat);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     QApplication app(argc, argv);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     // Set up volume rendering
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkColorTransferFunction> colorFunction;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     colorFunction->AddRGBPoint(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     colorFunction->AddRGBPoint(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkPiecewiseFunction> opacityFunction;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     opacityFunction->AddPoint(0.0, 0.0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     opacityFunction->AddPoint(1.0, 1.0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkImageData> imageData;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     imageData->SetExtent(0, 200, 0, 200, 0, 200);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     imageData->AllocateScalars(VTK_FLOAT, 1);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     std::fill_n(static_cast<float
>>>>>>> >>>> >> *>(imageData->GetScalarPointer()),
>>>>>>> >>>> >> 8000000, 0.01);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkGPUVolumeRayCastMapper> volumeMapper;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volumeMapper->SetInputData(imageData.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkVolumeProperty> volumeProperty;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volumeProperty->SetScalarOpacity(opacityFunction.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volumeProperty->SetColor(colorFunction.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volumeProperty->ShadeOff();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkVolume> volume;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volume->SetMapper(volumeMapper.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     volume->SetProperty(volumeProperty.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     renderer->AddVolume(volume.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     renderer->SetBackground(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     if (argc > 1) {
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         // Render with QVTKOpenGLWidget
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         vtkNew<vtkGenericOpenGLRenderWindow> window;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         window->AddRenderer(renderer.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         auto widget = new QVTKOpenGLWidget();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         widget->SetRenderWindow(window.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         widget->show();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         return app.exec();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     } else {
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         // Render with "plain" render window / interactor
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> window;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         window->AddRenderer(renderer.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         interactor->SetRenderWindow(window.Get());
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         interactor->Start();
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>         return 0;
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     }
>>>>>>> >>>> >> }
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> CMakeLists.txt:
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> project(TestCase)
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> find_package(VTK 8.0 COMPONENTS
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonCore
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonDataModel
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonExecutionModel
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonMath
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkFiltersSources
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkGUISupportQt
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkInteractionStyle
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingCore
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingOpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingVolume
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     REQUIRED
>>>>>>> >>>> >> )
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> add_executable(TestCase main.cpp)
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> target_link_libraries(TestCase PUBLIC
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonCore
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonDataModel
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonExecutionModel
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkCommonMath
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkFiltersSources
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkGUISupportQt
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkInteractionStyle
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingCore
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingOpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingVolume
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     vtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     Qt5::Widgets
>>>>>>> >>>> >> )
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> target_include_directories(TestCase PUBLIC
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
>>>>>>> >>>> >> )
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> target_compile_definitions(TestCase PUBLIC
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     ${VTK_DEFINITIONS}
>>>>>>> >>>> >> )
>>>>>>> >>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>> >> set_target_properties(TestCase PROPERTIES
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     CXX_STANDARD 14
>>>>>>> >>>> >>     CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
>>>>>>> >>>> >> )
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>>>>>>> >>>> > --
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> > Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> >>>> >
>>>>>>> >>>> > Sr. Research & Development Engineer | Kitware | (518) 881-4417
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> --
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> Sr. Research & Development Engineer | Kitware | (518) 881-4417
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Sankhesh Jhaveri
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Sr. Research & Development Engineer | Kitware | (518) 881-4417
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