[vtkusers] Issues with picking in VTK Java on Mac OS X
Sebastien Jourdain
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com
Fri Feb 3 18:50:37 EST 2017
Hum, interesting.
I have no idea of what is going on... ;-(
Sorry
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
> The JoglConeRendering sample program works perfectly for me on Linux, on
> the Mac the window opens but is blank. After a few seconds it exits with
> this output:
>
> We are using com.jogamp.opengl.awt.GLCanvas for the rendering.
> Assertion failed: ("pre: is_bound" && this->IsBound()), function
> SendParameters, file /Users/sanskriti/git/vtk/Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkTextureObject.cxx,
> line 617.
> Abort trap: 6
>
>
> On 02/03/2017 03:07 PM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>
> Does the sample application that get build in vtk.jar with the box widget
> works?
> Meaning you can grab the control balls to resize the box?
>
> The main is vtk.sample.rendering.JoglConeRendering
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
>
>> OK I have finally successfully rebuilt VTK with Java support from
>> git/master (details in below thread that I left off of the list), but
>> unfortunately both Picking issues still exist:
>>
>> * vtkJoglPanelComponent.getRenderWindowInteractor().GetEventPosition()
>> still returns bogus y values (e.g. >1300 for a window of height 700)
>> * once the above is addressed via previously described workaround, VTK
>> still thinks that I clicked halfway between where I actually clicked and
>> the lower left corner of the window (as demonstrated in this video:
>> http://sendvid.com/yqz1qww2
>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sendvid.com_yqz1qww2&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ut0P5Kplo2cIO9V0et1UBQ&m=lvusUcH5XpvWsfAmqSunwqjvP_-ws0ZBDLiQw1qRlto&s=I1Kd2Pc44OMS21I7TH72jEXUz0YP36zK-m8npVlDEEs&e=>
>> )
>>
>> So unfortunately Sebastien's commit didn't solve my issues.
>>
>> I'm testing on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) with OSX
>> Yosemite 10.10.5, but have experienced the same behavior on other Macs.
>>
>> Any other ideas? Any information that I can provide that would be helpful?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> On 02/03/2017 12:41 PM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>>
>> can you try on git/master? I remember something about the wrapper that
>> was buggy at some point.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running into some compilation issues trying to build the latest
>>> version, both on the Mac and on Linux. Have you encountered this?
>>>
>>> VTK-7.1.0/build/java/vtk/sample/rendering/JoglConeRendering.java:77:
>>> error: cannot find symbol
>>> scalarBar.GetScalarBarActor().SetTitle("Example");
>>> ^
>>> symbol: method GetScalarBarActor()
>>> location: variable scalarBar of type vtkScalarBarWidget
>>>
>>> I'm using the latest JOGL jars, 2.3, specifying paths to jogl-all.jar
>>> and gluegen-rt.jar.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/02/2017 09:35 AM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>>>
>>> We have, and our dashboard were producing them for a while, but when we
>>> switch to buildbot all that went away.
>>>
>>> In fact, I would even love to publish them to maven but never get
>>> funding support for it. And very few people at Kitware know how to deal
>>> with Java.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm, OK, I didn't actually build the libraries (one of my colleagues
>>>> did), I just looked in my VTK lib folder on the Mac and there were files
>>>> named, for example, "libvtkalglib-7.0.1.dylib", so that's where I got 7.0.1
>>>> from. But they were built right around July 2016 so I imagine that they
>>>> don't include the fix! I'll report back tomorrow once I figure out how to
>>>> build it on a Mac. I'm not sure which OS the Mac I'm using for testing is
>>>> but I imagine that it's not Sierra as it's a couple years old and likely
>>>> has not been kept up to date. I'm a Linux user and not up to date on
>>>> anything Mac related. Will report back tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Have you guys ever considered releasing binaries of VTK-Java? Would be
>>>> really helpful!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Kevin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/2/2017 9:23 AM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It seems like 7.1.0 does have my change but not 7.0.0. Which make me
>>>> think it might be a Sierra issue if you are using 7.1 not 7.0.1 since the
>>>> latter does not exist.
>>>>
>>>> Which OS are you on? (When you will get back to it ;-)
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Sebastien!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not near a Mac today but will try rebuilding tomorrow to see if
>>>>> your fix does the trick. I'm currently on 7.0.1, is your patch included in
>>>>> the 7.1 release or should I check out the latest dev version? I'll report
>>>>> back to the list when I find out if it works.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/1/2017 4:58 PM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Kevin,
>>>>>
>>>>> The issue seems to be related to the retina display and maybe macOS
>>>>> sierra.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which version of VTK are you using? I know that I fixed some picking
>>>>> issue on mac with retina display before Sierra.
>>>>>
>>>>> The change I'm talking about is:
>>>>>
>>>>> commit b6df993770cfcd9a69a48a2730415a992d698c5b
>>>>>> Author: Sebastien Jourdain <sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com>
>>>>>> Date: Fri Jul 8 09:45:58 2016 -0400
>>>>>> Fix VTK/Java JOGL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Update JOGL version to 2.32
>>>>>> - Update documentation on how to download the JOGL jars with Maven
>>>>>> - Add support for Retina display
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideally, you should make sure you have this commit in your VTK and
>>>>> that is working on system older than Sierra. Then if Sierra is the issue, I
>>>>> think more advanced debugging may be require. Although, VTK compiled on an
>>>>> older OS should work just fine on Sierra.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if you find out more about it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Seb
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Kevin Milner <kmilner at usc.edu> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello. I develop a VTK Java application for visualizing georeferenced
>>>>>> earthquake data, SCEC-VDO (http://scecvdo.usc.edu/). One of the
>>>>>> important features of this software is the ability to click on elements of
>>>>>> the 3D view to perform actions or view information. This works perfectly on
>>>>>> Windows and Linux, but does not work on Macs. I believe that this is due to
>>>>>> an internal bug in the Mac version of VTK. We use the vtkJoglPanelComponent
>>>>>> to embed the 3D view into our Java application.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the code that I use to pick items (where renderWindow is a
>>>>>> vtkJoglPanelComponent):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> renderWindow.getComponent().addMouseListener(new
>>>>>> MouseAdapter() {
>>>>>> public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
>>>>>> int[] clickPos = renderWindow.getRenderWindowIn
>>>>>> teractor().GetEventPosition();
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int x = clickPos[0];
>>>>>> int y = clickPos[1];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cellPicker.Pick(x, y, 0, renderWindow.getRenderer());
>>>>>> if (cellPicker.GetActor() != null) {
>>>>>> // do stuff
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> });
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first bug is that the y value of getRenderWindowInteractor().GetEventPosition()
>>>>>> is just flat out wrong on the Mac (correct on Windows and Linux). For
>>>>>> example, if I click near the top of my window with height 700, if will give
>>>>>> me a y value that is greater than 1300! It should actually be very small,
>>>>>> as y should be zero at the top of the window and 700 at the bottom of the
>>>>>> window. I can get around this, and make it match the position on
>>>>>> Linux/Windows with the following fix using the mouseEvent (e) and the
>>>>>> height of the 3D view component:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int height = renderWindow.getComponent().getHeight();
>>>>>> int calcY = (height - e.getY()) - 1;
>>>>>> int x = e.getX();
>>>>>> int y = calcY;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now when I click on a location in the 3D viewer, the x/y coordinates
>>>>>> match the results on Linux/Windows. But picking actors still doesn't work.
>>>>>> Instead, VTK thinks that I have clicked somewhere roughly between where I
>>>>>> actually clicked and the bottom left corner. So if I click on the top right
>>>>>> corner of the viewer, it thinks that I clicked in the middle. If I click on
>>>>>> the top left, if thinks that I clicked middle left. If I click on the
>>>>>> middle of the viewer, it thinks that I clicked 1/4 up and right of the
>>>>>> lower left corner. I have posted a video which demonstrates this bug:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://sendvid.com/yqz1qww2
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__sendvid.com_yqz1qww2&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ut0P5Kplo2cIO9V0et1UBQ&m=PGkWSB3OSZwzyAuWZpoUrTh6vHu2mHd7spHGazrOstc&s=dGJsjDO5nIImoI6O_DyWJiDnyBMEcib-RQEYnrPh9rY&e=>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In this video, whatever actor is clicked turns red. This works as
>>>>>> expected on Windows/Linux, both with and without the x/y fix mentioned
>>>>>> above. Without the previous fix on a Mac, the behavior is similar but
>>>>>> centered around the top left corner and sometimes doesn't detect clicks at
>>>>>> all (due to y values which make no sense).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas what could be going on? I have experienced this behavior on
>>>>>> all 4 Mac's on which I have tried the software.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Kevin Milner
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