[Paraview] Chart View Question

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Brian, I was on vacation last week. Playing catch up today. Let me
read this thread again and I'll get back to you. Sorry for the
tardiness.

Utkarsh

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Brian Panneton <brian.panneton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does this make sense or is there a better way to achieve what I am trying to
> do?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian Panneton
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Panneton, Brian C USA CTR (US)
> <brian.c.panneton.ctr at mail.mil> wrote:
>>
>> >> 2) Have 1 output with a vtktable as part of the multiblockdataset. Add
>> >> another representation to view just the vtktable. This way I can
>> >> plot/graph
>> >> the vtktable and add in other data if necessary. The issue I am having
>> >> with
>> >> this option is setting up the Extension and RepresentationType in the
>> >> xml.
>> >> Would I need to create a custom view?
>>
>> >I don't think I understand what you're trying to do here. Can you
>> > elaborate?
>>
>> This should give a better idea:
>> I would end up having two representations for the plugin: 1) inherits from
>> vtkGeometryRepresentation and 2) inherits from vtkXYChartRepresentation. My
>> reader's output would be in the form of a vtkMultiBlockDataSet which would
>> hold information for both representations (polydatas for representation 1
>> and vtktables for representation 2) The same vtkMultiBlockDataSet would be
>> passed to each representation where the representation would control what
>> would be sent to the view. For 1, the tables would be ignored and for 2, the
>> polydatas would be ignored.
>>
>> The problem I have run into:
>> I'm not sure how I can set up the XML so that I can select the
>> Representation in the GUI. (Or if I should even be trying to do this)
>>
>> [code]
>>  <ProxyGroup name="representations">
>>        <!-- 3d representation -->
>>        <RepresentationProxy name="MyFirstRepresentation"
>>            class="vtkMyFirstRepresentation"
>>            processes="client|renderserver|dataserver"
>>            base_proxygroup="representations"
>>            base_proxyname="SurfaceRepresentation">
>>        </RepresentationProxy>
>>        <Extension name="GeometryRepresentation">
>>            <RepresentationType subproxy="MyFirstRepresentation"
>>                text="My Rep" subtype="Surface" />
>>            <SubProxy>
>>                <Proxy name="MyFirstRepresentation"
>>                    proxygroup="representations"
>>                    proxyname="MyFirstRepresentation">
>>                </Proxy>
>>                <ShareProperties subproxy="SurfaceRepresentation">
>>                    <Exception name="Input" />
>>                    <Exception name="Visibility" />
>>                    <Exception name="Representation" />
>>                </ShareProperties>
>>                <ExposedProperties>
>>                </ExposedProperties>
>>            </SubProxy>
>>        </Extension>
>>
>>        <!-- Statistical Representation -->
>>        <RepresentationProxy name="MyStatisticRepresentation"
>>            class="vtkMyStatisticRepresentation"
>>            processes="client|renderserver|dataserver"
>>            base_proxygroup="representations"
>>            base_proxyname="XYChartRepresentation">
>>        </RepresentationProxy>
>>
>>        <Extension name="????">
>>            <RepresentationType subproxy="MyStatisticRepresentation"
>>                text="My Stat Rep" subtype="?????" />
>>             ...
>>        </Extension>
>>    </ProxyGroup>
>> [/code]
>>
>> If there are any other ways to do this, I would be interested in looking
>> into them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian Panneton
>> ________________________________________
>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [paraview-bounces at paraview.org] on
>> behalf of Utkarsh Ayachit [utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com]
>> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:27 PM
>> To: Brian Panneton
>> Cc: ParaView
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] Chart View Question
>>
>> Brian,
>>
>> > 1) Have multiple outputs for the reader (0 -> multiblockdataset, 1 ->
>> > vtktable). My problem with this is that I would have to open the
>> > vtktable
>> > with the spreadsheet before I can plot/graph it. I would prefer that it
>> > just
>> > opened the plot.
>>
>> Although ParaView does support defining default view type in XML,
>> currently it's only support for filters with 1 output port. Feel free
>> to add a feature request to the bug tracker and we can try to address
>> it soon.
>>
>> > 2) Have 1 output with a vtktable as part of the multiblockdataset. Add
>> > another representation to view just the vtktable. This way I can
>> > plot/graph
>> > the vtktable and add in other data if necessary. The issue I am having
>> > with
>> > this option is setting up the Extension and RepresentationType in the
>> > xml.
>> > Would I need to create a custom view?
>>
>> I don't think I understand what you're trying to do here. Can you
>> elaborate?
>>
>> Utkarsh
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