[Paraview] basic python paraview setup question

[Moreland, Kenneth]

First, I would like to mention that the ParaView binaries come with a program called pvpython that is basically just a python interpreter with the paths set up.

That said, I understand that it is not always practical to use pvpython in lieu of the default python interpreter, so to actually answer your question, you also have to add this to your PYTHONPATH

/home/sree/paraview-3.4.0/Utilities/VTKPythonWrapping

After that, python should find the paraview module.

Although not strictly necessary, I also recommend calling paraview.servermanager.vtkInitializationHelper.Finalize() right before your script exits.  This will make sure that all the VTK object get cleaned up nicely and is one of the other things that pvpython will do for you.

-Ken


On 1/23/09 8:59 AM, "Sreejith Kuttanikkad" <sreejithpk at gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Paraview,

I can't get python scripting working with paraview. I have downloaded paraview binary 3.4.0 for linux and set pythonpath by

export PYTHONPATH="/home/sree/paraview-3.4.0/lib/paraview-3.4/paraview/:/home/sree/paraview-3.4.0/bin/"   in .bashrc file

and in python when i printed the paths it showed the paraview paths:

print sys.path
['', '/home/sree/paraview-3.4.0/lib/paraview-3.4/paraview', '/home/sree/paraview-3.4.0/bin'.... ]

however when i followed commands as given in http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting
the following error occured.
>>> from paraview import servermanager
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named paraview

what I am missing here.. ?

thanks,
Sreejith





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