[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[Moreland, Kenneth]

Clint,

Great job as usual.  If you have not already, please add a description of this new functionality to the Wiki.

-Ken

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> On Behalf Of clinton at elemtech.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:10 PM
> To: paraview at paraview.org
> Subject: Re: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling
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>
> The CVS version of ParaView will allow you to load server manager xml
> files
> without building plugins.  It also supports loading Client side qrc files
> to
> add readers and writers without building plugins.
>
> Clint
>
> On Wednesday 23 April 2008 8:52:29 pm Greg Ushomirsky wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to add an existing VTK filter to Paraview 3.2.1 for Windows
> > that I downloaded from Paraview.org. I'm trying to follow the
> > instructions on the wiki page
> > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Extend. That page gives an
> > example of two XML files that would be needed to make the existing
> > vtkCellDerivatives filter accessible through the menus.  I followed
> > the instructions, made the two XML files, and them, as the
> > instructions suggest:
> >
> > To load the XML file into the ParaView, we will go to menu File and
> > select Import Package. This will popup a dialog in which we can select
> > the appropriate XML file.
> >
> > Well, I go to the File menu, but there is no Import Package option!!
> >
> > So, do I really need to build paraview myself in order to add an
> > existing filter?  Or am I missing something in the instructions??
> > Sure, I could build a plugin, but that requires building paraview from
> > source as well.
> >
> > thanks for the help,
> > Greg
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