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I have never had the warning myself so am not sure about the real reason, but http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-16175 might as well be checked.

T

Just a simple question:

How can a visualize the cell- and face zones when turning "Read Zones" on? It does not seem to change anything in paraview when reading a decomposed case with this option turned on. Thanks.

Regards Bastian

Hello Bastian and Takuya

Just to say, thank you for the question (Bastian) and the answer (Takuya)!!!

I was facing this issue yesterday! So, nothing to answer now.

Again, thank you and Have a nice weekend

Pablo

Thanks,

is there also a way to visualize sets in a decomposed case? I have a sHM-result where snappy created some sets. Convertig them into zones is impossible since it is distributed. Thanks.

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T

Lost Refresh button

Hello Takuya,

Today I checked out the svn version of the reader. I compiled it without problem.

The only issue I found is that there is not a Refresh button. This is a very helpful button!!!! Am I missing something when compiling the reader?

Regards

Pablo

Did you do a make install? If you did and there is no Refresh button, could you give me more details?

T

Hi Takuya, thank you for your quick reply. Following are more details

vtkPOFFReader version: 313

Paraview 3.10.1. I am using paraview from openFOAM 2.0.x. It is compiled using makeParaview script. Following is the relevant part of the compile output

Code:

ParaView_SOURCE_DIR=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/ParaView-3.10.1

ParaView_BINARY_DIR=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/build/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1

ParaView_DIR=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1

date-stamp: 2011-01-28



Build stages selected

---------------------

    -config   true

    -make     true

    -install  true

---------------------

Features selected

    mesa      false

    mpi       true

    python    false

    qt        true

---------------------

Version information

    qt        4.7.4

    version   3.10.1

    major     3.10



---------------------

removing old build directory

    /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/build/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1

----

Configuring paraview-3.10.1 (major version: 3.10)

    MPI    support : true

    Python support : false

    MESA   support : false

    Qt dev support : true

    Source         : /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/ParaView-3.10.1

    Build          : /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/build/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1

    Target         : /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1

----



cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1 -DVTK_USE_TK:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON VTK_USE_RPATH:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DPARAVIEW_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT:BOOL=ON -DPARAVIEW_GENERATE_PROXY_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF -DPARAVIEW_INSTALL_THIRD_PARTY_LIBRARIES:BOOL=OFF -DPARAVIEW_GENERATE_PROXY_DOCUMENTATION=OFF -DPARAVIEW_USE_MPI=ON VTK_USE_MPI=ON -DMPI_INCLUDE_PATH=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/openmpi-1.5.3/include -DMPI_LIBRARY=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/openmpi-1.5.3/lib/libmpi.so -DVTK_MPIRUN_EXE=/home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/openmpi-1.5.3/bin/mpirun -DVTK_MPI_MAX_NUMPROCS=32 -DPARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI=ON /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/ParaView-3.10.1

These are the options set in the reader.

Code:

 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE                 Release                                                                                                                   

 CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX             /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1/bin/plugins                                      

 ParaView_DIR                     /home/mys/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-2.0.x/platforms/linux64Gcc/paraview-3.10.1/lib/paraview-3.10                                

 QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE              /usr/bin/qmake

After generate the cmake I did a make, make install. I couldn't see the Refresh button yet. :(

I hope this is enought information, if not please let me know.

Regards

Pablo

Hi Pablo,
The installation destination may not have been correct. I committed a fix so can you try svn update, rebuild and install?

Takuya

Hi Takuya,

The new version works like charm!!! :D

I can see new addons too!! Lagrangian, Point arrays!!!

Thank you!!!!

Pablo

PV 3.12.0 and reader svn 314

Hi Takuya,

I downloaded PV3.12.0 yesterday and compiled the reader (version 314) again.

I compiled PV alone, using openmpi from OpenFoam-1.6-ext only. The installation directory is /opt/ParaView/3.12.0.

When I tried to link the vtkPOFFReader with PV it can't detect the installation directory. I solved the problem setting it manually. (/opt/ParaView/3.12.0/lib/paraview-3.12/plugins).

The reader is working fine. I hope this can help.

Regards

Pablo

Hi Pablo,
You are right, the default installation location is for in-build-directory running of git master version of PV. Until I come up with a good solution (and have time to code that) you have to set the location manually.

T

Takuya,

I asked before about the reading of sets with this reader. So far this seems to be impossible, Would it be possible to add this in a future release? We have lots of (distributed) meshes with sets from sHM which we can not visualize at the moment. Thanks and regards.

Bastian

I am aware that it is a nice feature to be added but have no timeline for its implementation (I have lots of other priority tasks).

T

I've packed the latest version of vtkPOFFReader in a debian package for Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10. Just have a look here:

https://launchpad.net/~cae-team/+archive/ppa

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Problem compiling the reader against PV 3.14.1

Hi Takuya,

Today I downloaded and compiled paraview 3.14.1. My OS is opensuse 11.4, and vtk 5.10 (recently updated)

I trying to compile the reader (svn version 314) and I'm getting some errors.

Have you tested the reader using these configurations?

Thanks in advance. If you need additional information do not hesitate to ask me.

Best

Pablo

I've compiled the plugins with PV 3.14.1 on OS X 10.6.8 and Ubuntu 10.04 (the server-side plugin only for the latter case though) and both built successfully.

T

Hi Takuya,

I updated the reader to version 316 this morning. Everything is working now.

Thank you!

Pablo