CFD Online Discussion Forums - [General] Python Shell Clipping

Hello everybody,

I am working with Paraview 5.1.2 at the moment.

I traced a script to perform some clips.
1. Divide a tubular lattice in a disk (disk.png)
2. Cut out a box from this disk (pic2.png)

The problem is: I do not see pic2, I see pic1.
When i move the cursor over the GUI or when I klick on clip3 (see code; this is the Box clip), the animation changes to pic2.

Code:

from paraview.simple import *



#read file

fixstl = STLReader(FileNames=['/home/fix.stl'])



#1st clip tube 

clip1 = Clip(Input=fixstl)

clip1.ClipType = 'Plane'

clip1.ClipType.Origin = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]

clip1.ClipType.Normal = [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]



#2nd clip tube

clip2 = Clip(Input=clip1)

clip2.ClipType = 'Plane'

clip2.ClipType.Normal = [0.0, 0.0, -1.0]

clip2.ClipType.Origin = [0.0, 0.0, 0.005]



#clip out a element 

clip3 = Clip(Input=clip2)

clip3.ClipType = 'Box'

clip3.ClipType.Scale = [0.25, 0.25, 1.0]



clip3.InsideOut = 1

clip3.ClipType.Position = [0,0,0]



#extract the surface

extractSurface1 = ExtractSurface(Input=clip3)



#triangulate

triangulate1 = Triangulate(Input=extractSurface1)



Show()

Could anybody give me a hint what I am doing wrong so far?

I would like to run the script within a for loop to go through many Box-positions.

Thank you so much

Best regards