[Paraview] Question about writing custom reader for paraview

Tue Mar 31 09:24:04 EDT 2009

The first argument, sz, is the size of the array.  It should equal the number of components times the number of tuples.  The second argument, extSize, can be ignored.  It is the amount of entries that should be added to the array every time a larger one needs to be allocated.  If you make the array big enough to start with, then this parameter will never be used.

On 3/30/09 7:21 PM, "shenyanwen" <shenyanwen at gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks so much for your help!
I see Allocate method has two parameters, one is the vtkIdType sz, and the other one is vtkIdType extSize. I want to know what are they representing. I know that the extSize may be the number of points in the array. But, what about the first one? And can I use InsertValue instead of InsertNextValue if I call Allocate first?
Thank you  so much!
-Shenyanwen

2009/3/30 Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
InsertNextValue will work just fine so long as you are careful about inserting all the components for each tuple.  Most of the time I would recommend using InsertNextTupleValue instead.  However, in either case before filling the array I recommend calling Allocate first so that the memory will already be allocated.  This will make InsertNextValue more efficient because it will not have to reallocate the array.  Alternatively, you can call SetNumberOfComponents and then SetNumberOfTuples and then call SetTupleValue.  The choice between the two approaches is based on how you are using them and your own coding style.

-Ken

On 3/26/09 7:49 PM, "shenyanwen" <shenyanwen at gmail.com <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com> > wrote:

Thank you !
As you described, I can add more than one type of scalars by AddArray(type_name), and the ParaView will distinguish them by
the names I set to them. I've got it.
There is one more question. I use pressure->InsertNextValue(pressure[idx]) to add saclar value to each point . I do not know whether this method is right or there is another method to add the scalar value to each point !
Thanks so much!

-Seven

2009/3/27 Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov <http://kmorel@sandia.gov> >
You can add more fields by simply adding them to the point data of the output data object.

 output->GetPointData()->AddArray(pressure);

Make sure that you set a name for the arrays (using the SetName method of vtkDataArray).  That is how ParaView/VTK differentiates the fields.

-Ken

On 3/23/09 12:40 AM, "shenyanwen" <shenyanwen at gmail.com <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com>  <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com> > wrote:

Hi, thanks so much for your help!
I have changed my code just like what you said.
Now, I should add more than one type scalar like pressure, vol1, vol2, vol3 and so on.
So, how can I add these scalars into my output Data?
I have already read these scalars into some variables like m_pressure[numPts], m_vol1[numPts],m_vol[numPts] and m_vol3[numPts], and how can I add these variables into my output Data?
Thanks so much!

--Seven

2009/3/20 Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov <http://kmorel@sandia.gov>  <http://kmorel@sandia.gov> >
What you are using is not quite right.  First, it sounds like you really want to create a vtkImageData.  This data holds a 1D, 2D, or 3D grid of points with origin and uniform spacing on each axis.  Thus, you would inherit from vtkImageAlgorithm and cast your output to vtkImageData.

Second, the only thing you directly set in the output information is the WHOLE_EXTENT().  You do this in RequestInformation so that the downstream pipeline can make decisions about what to load before the data is actually loaded.  So, the first line you have below is correct, assuming you put it in RequestInformation.

Now, you don't set UPDATE_EXTENT, you get it.  Someone downstream will set this the region of data in which it wants you to load.  You don't actually have to get this directly from the output information; you can get it from the output object.  So in RequestData, you would have code like this:

 vtkImageData *output = vtkImageData::GetData(outInfo);
  int *extent = output->GetUpdateExtent();

Now you can set the actual extent, spacing, origin, and data itself directly into the data object.

 output->SetExtent(extent);
  output->SetOrigin(origin);
  output->SetSpacing(ar);

You can then set the data either by allocating and getting scalar data through the vtkImageData or by adding data to the image data's point data structure (retrieved with GetPointData()).  More details are in The VTK User's Guide.

-Ken

On 3/19/09 1:08 AM, "shenyanwen" <shenyanwen at gmail.com <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com>  <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com>  <http://shenyanwen@gmail.com> > wrote:

Hi, I am writing a custom reader for paraview to read my own data file which paraview hasn't have.
I have known that the most important method is RequestInformation and RequestData, and I just want to write a reader that can output the data type of StructuredPoints with Scalar and some vectors.I have already use :
outInfo->Set(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline::WHOLE_EXTENT(),
                 0,dim[1]-1,0,dim[1]-1,0,dim[2]-1);
    outInfo->Set(vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline::UPDATE_EXTENT(),
                 0,dim[1]-1,0,dim[1]-1,0,dim[2]-1);
and:outInfo->Set(vtkDataObject::SPACING(), ar, 3);
outInfo->Set(vtkDataObject::ORIGIN(), origin, 3);
and how can I read the scalar data just like the file-format describes:
SCALAR dataName dataType numComp
LOOKUP_TABLE tableName
s0
s1
s2
...
s(n-1)

which method or function can I use to read the s0,s1,...,s(n-1) into the variable and set to the outInfo.
Thanks so much!

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   ****      Kenneth Moreland
    ***      Sandia National Laboratories
***********
*** *** ***  email: kmorel at sandia.gov <http://kmorel@sandia.gov>  <http://kmorel@sandia.gov>
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   ****      Kenneth Moreland
    ***      Sandia National Laboratories
***********
*** *** ***  email: kmorel at sandia.gov <http://kmorel@sandia.gov>
**  ***  **  phone: (505) 844-8919
    ***      web:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kmorel <http://www.cs.unm.edu/%7Ekmorel>

   ****      Kenneth Moreland
    ***      Sandia National Laboratories
***********
*** *** ***  email: kmorel at sandia.gov
**  ***  **  phone: (505) 844-8919
    ***      web:   http://www.cs.unm.edu/~kmorel

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