[vtkusers] Developing Filter for Paraview

[David E DeMarle]

ParaView filters are VTK filters that have been wrapped (just like java or
tcl or python wrapping) so that the ParaView application can use them. That
wrapping is done by writing an XML file which lists the names of the methods
in the filter that paraview should call and what format those arguments are
in. See the ParaView wiki, the ParaView user's guide, and the contents of
ParaView3/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/filters.xml for more information.

David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
28 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-371-3971 x109


On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Arsham Mesbah <arsham at uga.edu> wrote:

> I am currently trying to start working on developing a filter for Paraview,
> since I am really new to VTK and Paraview I thought maybe I'd write and ask
> you.
>
> The following are what I currently need to do:
>
> Geeting familiar with how scene graph is implemented with in Paraview and
> how Paraview handles different kinds of data sets. what are the classes and
> modules with in Paraview source?
> Is there any guideline / tutorial type of material on developing a filter
> for Paraview? I was not able to find anything useful on the net and I am
> currently reading chapter 13 of the VTK guide book which talk about filters
> and writing filters but I am not sure I am on a right track. There are a lot
> of stuff there I am not familiar with as far as what they are in VTK
> context. Does writing a VTK filter relate to writing filter for paraview,
> I'd think you should be able to add it to Paraview since it is VTK based,
> right?
>
> Is there any detailed documentation of classes, modules and their
> functionality with in Paraview? A tutorial on how develop and add a filter
> to Paraview would be really nice.
>
> I would really appreciate any comment or help you can give me.
> _______________________________________________
> Powered by www.kitware.com
>
> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>
> Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
>
> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.vtk.org/pipermail/vtkusers/attachments/20090917/4f483c45/attachment.htm>