<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello<br><br></div>Here is a minimal example for creating a new type of view within a plugin.<br></div>You actually cannot inherit directly from vtkPVView, you must inherit for a base view, which can be :<br></div> - vtkPVRenderView<br></div> - vtkPVContextView</div><div> - vtkPythonView</div><div> - vtkSpreadSheetView</div><div>(<a href="https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVView.html">https://www.paraview.org/ParaView/Doc/Nightly/www/cxx-doc/classvtkPVView.html</a>)</div><div><br></div>This choice is also visible in the associated xml files where you precise which kind of proxy you want to create.<br><br></div>In the attached example, I demonstrated how to add a clone of the Render View, called Render View 2.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope it helps,</div><div><br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Kolja Petersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petersenkolja@gmail.com" target="_blank">petersenkolja@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Mathieu,<div>any update on this?</div><div>All my research seems to point to a few hardcoded views that are accessible. I simply can't find a solution to implement a new view and open it from a plugin.</div><div>Thanks</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Kolja</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mathieu Westphal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathieu.westphal@kitware.com" target="_blank">mathieu.westphal@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Kolja<br><br></div>I have a simple view plugin project ongoing that I should be able to scale down for your needs. <br></div><div>I will try to find the time to do it before the end fo the week.<br><br></div>Best, <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-7533380727799637296m_63782262572172547gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Mathieu Westphal<br></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-7533380727799637296h5">On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:38 PM, Kolja Petersen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:petersenkolja@gmail.com" target="_blank">petersenkolja@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-7533380727799637296h5"><div dir="ltr">Is it possible to write a plugin that derives from vtkPVView instead of vtkPVRenderView?<div><br></div><div>I don't know how I can further shorten my question. The answer is quite important to decide whether we can continue our ParaView developments.</div><div>Thank you</div><div>Kolja</div></div><div id="m_-7533380727799637296m_63782262572172547m_2726909845290941008DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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