David, thanks for the reply.<br /><br />On Mar 6, 2009 10:05am, David E DeMarle <dave.demarle@kitware.com> wrote:<br />> I can't think of a good way to do that without doing a lot of either<br /><br /> <snip><br /><br />> I think we would need to extend ParaView with an annotation filter<br />> that would show in text format values from the data set it inputs and<br />> with an easy way to assign arbitrary attribute values into a data set.<br /><br />This is exactly what I need. Essentially, some sort of selection representation and arbitrary key/value pairs. The values would need to be stored somewhere. Any ideas where/how to store them? Perhaps a database? <br /><br /><br />> The first would require some sort of warning, or memory limit, because<br />> it would quickly overwhelm both cpu time and screen space when applied<br />> to any data set with more than a few MB of data values. This is the<br />> reasoning behind the current annotation limitations.<br /><br />Is it overwhelming because of the time it takes to render text?<br /><br />> The second can be done via the python filter (or for floating point<br />> numbers the calculator filter) now. However a GUI, perhaps through the<br />> spreadsheet view, would be much more user friendly. For large data<br />> sets, there will have to be some way of not having to specify every<br />> value.<br /><br />Some sort of table view would be great. Each row would contain the attributes about whatever data was previously selected. <br />How can this be done with a python filter now?<br /><br />> Please submit a feature request via the bug tracker. I think this<br />> would be a really useful addition.<br /><br />Cool, it's now in as case 8700.<br /><br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Chris Goller goller@gmail.com> wrote:<br />> <br />> > Hi-<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > I'm trying to analyze data by rendering it in paraview and then<br />> <br />> > annotating it. I'd like to draw a box around anomalies and then write<br />> <br />> > some information about it.<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Is that possible to do?<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Thanks,<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Chris<br />> <br />> > _______________________________________________<br />> <br />> > Powered by www.kitware.com<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br />> <br />> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview<br />> <br />> ><br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> --<br />> <br />> David E DeMarle<br />> <br />> Kitware, Inc.<br />> <br />> R&D Engineer<br />> <br />> 28 Corporate Drive<br />> <br />> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br />> <br />> Phone: 518-371-3971 x109<br />>