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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Hello there,<br>
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I am trying to cook up a batch file for the visualization pipeline that I am doing on ParaView GUI so that I can run that same sequence in batch mode and in parallel using pvbatch. I can get most of the python script using the Tool->Start Trace option on ParaView
GUI. However, Start Trace didn't capture python script when I do a File->Save Data command.<br>
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For example, if I open up ParaView 4.1.0 and do a Tool->Start Trace, and then load up a cone and hit Apply and then do a File-> Save Data into legacy vtk format, and then do a Tool->Stop Trace, I will get the following python script<br>
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------------------ start python script ------------------<br>
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try: paraview.simple</p>
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except: from paraview.simple import *</p>
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paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()</p>
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Cone1 = Cone()</p>
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RenderView1 = GetRenderView()</p>
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DataRepresentation1 = Show()</p>
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DataRepresentation1.ScaleFactor = 0.1</p>
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DataRepresentation1.EdgeColor = [0.0, 0.0, 0.5000076295109483]</p>
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RenderView1.CameraPosition = [0.0, 0.0, 3.2036135254332487]</p>
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RenderView1.CameraClippingRange = [2.309882128879306, 4.336364527086367]</p>
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RenderView1.CameraParallelScale = 0.8291561935301535</p>
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Render()</p>
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------------- end python script -------------------<br>
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I will get the cone data saved to legacy vtk format in a file<br>
[simonsm@abc ~]$ cat test.vtk <br>
# vtk DataFile Version 3.0<br>
vtk output<br>
ASCII<br>
DATASET POLYDATA<br>
POINTS 7 float<br>
0.5 0 0 -0.5 0.5 0 -0.5 0.25 0.433013 <br>
-0.5 -0.25 0.433013 -0.5 -0.5 6.12323e-17 -0.5 -0.25 -0.433013 <br>
-0.5 0.25 -0.433013 <br>
POLYGONS 7 31<br>
6 6 5 4 3 2 1 <br>
3 0 1 2 <br>
3 0 2 3 <br>
3 0 3 4 <br>
3 0 4 5 <br>
3 0 5 6 <br>
3 0 6 1 <br>
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So, what is the python script command I need to save the data and how do I turn the python script from the Start Trace output into python script that I can run with pvbatch? Anything I need to strip off the output?<br>
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thanks<br>
-simon<br>
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