User Feedback

May 2006

Mike Wong

8 June, 2006 I sat with Mike for about 1.5 hrs. today, and took him through the new ParaView. I noted the following issues:

• Need Linux build soon - lots of users have data on Linux systems.
• Need support for opening parallel files. The current implementation is incorrect - the application opens one Exodus reader for every file selected in the file dialogue.
• Cut/Clip needs on/off switch for widget.
• When adding a new filter, the default current variable should be the same as the input.
• Lots of keyboard shortcuts needed:
  • Check current Shift, Ctrl, etc. so they match ParaView. Currently, they do not.
  • Pipeline Browser Shortcuts:
    • Ctrl-D brings up display properties.
  • Geometry View Shortcuts:
    • Left arrow, right arrow should go back/forward one timestep.
    • When a widget is selected, that widget should get the keyboard shortcut. An example where this makes sense is the Cut filter. When its cut function is a plane, pressing x, y, or z on the keyboard should make that axis the normal.
• Exodus Reader. Filename widgets can be hidden entirely, or accessible through an 'expert' mode.
• Toolbar for common view shortcuts. There is a bar in ParaView now that has common operations like 'Zoom to data', etc. We need this toolbar in PV3
• Feature: Recent files list.
• Exodus Obejct Inspector: right mouse click on a variable should give 'Set to current' option, which sets the current variable of this Exodus reader to that variable.
• Variables: Vectors, etc. should have a way of expanding them to see what's in there. For example, TEMP_X TEMP_Y TEMP_Z go together to make TEMP_ vector, but what are the details of each? If this is in the range, perhaps we don't need it.
• Need the eyeball control in the Pipeline Browser to control visibility.

Comments

• Mike does 'topology' operations, then 'variable' operations. Block, side set, and node set operations are generally done together, then variable operations separate. Doesn't generally mix the two, so potentially the widgets could be totally separate (on separate panels/tabs)

Crashes

• Crashed only once (in almost 1 hr. of continuous running - goldstar!). We were dragging the Pipeline Browser and the Obejct Inspector around, and something we did caused a crash. Can't duplicate it, but it should be noted.