| Re: [ice-dev] [UNTRUSTED] Re: Clarification on VisIt/ParaView Tutorial |
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Robert, Thank you for the quick reply. Sounds like we might need to sit down and just quickly run through what can stay and what needs to go in terms of the tutorial. Do you have some time today or maybe tomorrow to go through it in person while I take notes on potential changes? Thank you again, Sam Sam Crawford Technical Editor and Writer Communications Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Building 4500S | Room D-60 Office: 865-241-1711 |
crawfordst@xxxxxxxx From: <ice-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of "Smith, Robert W." <smithrw@xxxxxxxx> Sam, That wiki page has some out of date information on it regarding VisIt. It is now possible to run Python commands through the Project Explorer by pressing the "Execute a Python script" button on the toolbar. (Located on the far right, with the page icon.)
I think the only advantage the Visualization Perspective offers any more is visualizing remote files. The section on .csv files is all messed up. I'm not sure whether we ever supported .csv files in the Visualization Perspective or if the fact that we can't open them there now is a bug, but the easiest way to open a .csv file in ICE is to use the file import
button on the toolbar and double click the .csv file in the Project Explorer, and the tutorial should reflect that, though the more complex method of doing right click then import can be kept as well if you want. Everything else you've written looks good. Robert From: ice-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx <ice-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Crawford, Sam <crawfordst@xxxxxxxx> Good morning all, This question is mostly directed to Robert, but anyone with the answer is obviously welcome to shoot me an email. I’m working on the tutorial for using VisIt/ParaView/CSV tools in ICE (https://wiki.eclipse.org/Visualizing_Output_with_ICE),
and I want to make sure I have the characterization/abilities of ICE and these tools understood correctly. This is what I have edited/written for each under the “Prerequisites” heading. Basically, I want to make sure that I have correctly conveyed what tool can be used with what view. For example,
I don’t think ParaView can be used in the Visualization Perspective and I don’t think the CSV files can be used in the Project Explorer. Do have that correct? VisIt To use the VisIt tools, ICE requires the installation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's VisIt software
(version 2.8.2 to 2.9.2) either locally or on a remote machine. There are currently two ways to interact with VisIt through ICE.
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Using the "Project Explorer" (Novice)
is an easier task and does not require the user to manually connect to VisIt in each session.
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Using the "Visualization Perspective"
(Advanced) requires more work but enables the user to send Python commands to the VisIt client. The VisIt website offers example
data files that you can use to familiarize yourself with the VisIt tools. ParaView Using the ParaView tools requires an installation of Kitware's ParaView (version
5.0 or newer) on a Linux or Mac OS X machine. The "Project
Explorer" allows a user to configure and launch a ParaView session through ICE. There is currently no mechanism for launching ParaView in the "Visualization Perspective." CSV Plotting Tools The CSV plotting tools are built into ICE and require no additional software to be installed. The "Visualization
Perspective" allows a user to configure and launch a visualization session using .csv data
files. There is currently no mechanism for launching a visualization using .csv data files in the
"Project Explorer." Thank you! Sam Sam Crawford Technical Editor and Writer Communications Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Building 4500S | Room D-60 Office: 865-241-1711 |
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