ParaView 3.2 Deliverables

Descriptions

These are the deliverables that we expect to complete for ParaView 3.2 (at least in part).

Deliverable	Description	Owner
Better testing	Increase coverage Test compositing Memory checking	Clint (increasing coverage) ? (Test compositing) All (Testing your new stuff)
Display rearchitecture	Make it easier to add new views. Redesign class hierarchy to avoid reimplementing client/server for every view type. Integrate with view architecture of Titan. Support desktop delivery without MPI as part of this.	Utkarsh with Clint helping with Qt
Multi-block	Improve multi-block support: Multi-block selection Multi-block client delivery Block inspector Volume rendering Work may continue into ParaView 3.4.	Dave D.
Exodus reader	Switch to Dave T.'s new reader (with support for face/edge data). Have multi-block output (only if losing no functionality). Look into fast temporal plots. Support global variables. Multiple outputs for main geometry, node/edge/face sets, and global variables?	Eric
Exodus writer	Exodus-specific metadata should be maintained. Support multiple time steps.	Eric
Animation	GUI components for viewing all tracks (perhaps like in ParaView 2 or like a filmstrip keyframe viewer or both). Support for viewing multiple animation steps at once (maybe held off until 3.4). Filmstrip viewer. Comparative vis manager. Support disconnect from server, create animation	Clint (GUI) Utkarsh (SM)
Selection	Selecting points/cells from multiple sources. Frustum selection. Threshold selection (integrated with histogram bar chart). Selecting blocks (and providing some sort of manipulation like turn off). Dependent on multiblock functionality. Selection based on probe (handle widget). It should support multiple handle widgets.	Dave D.
Annotation	Much better labeling of selection and datasets in general. We need a way of visually matching a selection and an element inspector. ParaView 2 pick showed labels right on rendering. Large selections may require multiresolution labeling. Better controls on text widgets Specify font. Line up on corners.	Yumin
Spreadsheet view	Implement a model for a client side table that allows users to browse their data. It should only bring the portion of that data the user is viewing to the client (or a bigger cache that is still small)	Utkarsh and Berk
Line chart/Bar chart	Better labeling and annotation Legends Line styles Better zoom Rubber band zoom Axis controls Specify range, major/minor ticks Logarithmic Better variable selection on plots Automatically unselect ids and time Implement select all/none checkbox in header of variable table in display tab (like in exodus reader variable selector).	Mark
Support for multiple output	Allow sources with multiple outputs of different types and conceptual meanings. Support for custom filters with more than one output. Possible support for Exodus reader. GUI/Pipeline inspector an open issue.	Berk with help from Clint and Mark

Here are deliverables that will most likely have to be put off until ParaView 3.4.

Deliverable	Description
Array calculator	Incorporate features from VisIt calculator. Brainstorm on our own features.
3D Widgets	It should be possible to snap 3D widget to surface with (P) Add box widget
Better error reporting	We need much better error reporting.
Custom filters	Custom filters are now maybe 70%. They need more work.
Miscellaneous	Texture Mapping. Hardware shaders. Investigate browse/search dialog for adding filters.

Bug Queries

• Testing
• Display rearchitecture
• Multi-block
• Exodus reader/writer
• Animation
• Spreadsheet view
• Line chart/bar chart
• Multiple outputs
• Leftovers from ParaView 3.0
• General bugs
• Unassigned