[Paraview] Custom display panel for a source or filter
Paul Edwards
paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
Mon Jan 7 06:30:57 EST 2008
Sorry to keep asking questions but pqRepresentation doesn't have a
"getInput()" method...
Regards,
Paul
On 04/01/2008, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>
>
> In your pqDisplayPanelInterface implementation you check for the source
> or filter like so:
>
> bool MyDisplayInterface::canCreatePanel(pqRepresentation* display)
> {
> pqPipelineSource* s = display->getInput();
> vtkSMProxy = s->getProxy();
> if(QString("MySourceOrFilter") == s->GetXMLName())
> {
> return true;
> }
> return false;
> }
>
>
> Clint
>
>
> Paul Edwards wrote:
> > I can now change the display panel for all sources/filters relating to
> > a view. Is there a way to set the display panel depending on the
> > source or filter?
> >
> > Thanks for all the help so far,
> > Paul
> >
> > On 03/01/2008, *Clinton Stimpson* <clinton at elemtech.com
> > <mailto:clinton at elemtech.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Paul Edwards wrote:
> > > Does this mean that I don't need to edit the main Paraview code?
> > That's correct. You can do this in a plugin.
> > > Do you have any examples of a plugin which does this?
> > The closest example is ParaView3/Examples/Plugins/GUIView. But
> > what you
> > want is different enough that it may not help much.
> > > If not, I would be happy to make one, but I'm still a little
> > confused
> > > as to how to implement it. So far I have a plugin for the
> > server and
> > > one for the client, adding a reader and panel to
> > paraview. Below is
> > > my CMake file:
> > >
> > > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > FIND_PACKAGE(ParaView REQUIRED)
> > > INCLUDE(${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE})
> > >
> > >
> > > QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOC_SRCS pqMyPanel.h)
> > > QT4_WRAP_UI(UIC_SRCS pqMyPanel.ui )
> > >
> > > ADD_PARAVIEW_OBJECT_PANEL(IFACES IFACE_SRCS CLASS_NAME pqMyPanel
> > > XML_NAME MyReader XML_GROUP sources)
> > >
> > >
> > > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderSMPlugin "1.0"
> > > SERVER_MANAGER_XML vtkMyReader.xml
> > > SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES vtkMyReader.cxx)
> > > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderGUIPlugin " 1.0"
> > > GUI_INTERFACES ${IFACES}
> > > GUI_RESOURCE_FILES pqMyReader.xml
> > > SOURCES pqMyPanel.cxx ${MOC_SRCS} ${UIC_SRCS}
> > > ${IFACE_SRCS})
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------->8
> > >
> > > Is there a macro to add a display panel so the file can be auto
> > > generated, or do I need to create my own subclass for pqPlugin and
> > > manually add it as one of the interfaces?
> > As Utkarsh said, you create your own implementation of
> > pqDisplayPanelInterface, not pqPlugin.
> > There's an ADD_PARAVIEW_DISPLAY_PANEL macro that you can follow as
> an
> > example. Since you need to make your own
> > pqDisplayPanelInterface, you
> > can't call that macro.
> > Your implementation of pqDisplayPanelInterface needs to be give to
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN's GUI_INTERFACES argument so it can put it in
> the
> > pqPlugin implementation it creates.
> >
> > Clint
> >
> > > On 03/01/2008, *Utkarsh Ayachit* <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> > <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> > > <mailto: utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> > <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Paul,
> > >
> > > In your plugin, you need to implement the
> > pqDisplayPanelInterface
> > > (just
> > > what the pqStandardDisplayPanels in
> > pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget.cxx
> > > does)
> > > and the register it with the plugin manager. If you look at
> > > pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget::updatePanel, you'll see that it
> > checks for
> > > all pqDisplayPanelInterface implementations registered and
> asks
> > > them to
> > > create the panel for the source.
> > >
> > > Utkarsh
> > >
> > >
> > > Robert Maynard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Last time I asked the same question, I was told I would
> > have to
> > > include
> > > > the xmlName of my class to the conditional statement, and
> > recompile
> > > > paraview to get custom display panels like TextSource to
> work.
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 3, 2008 9:12 AM, Paul Edwards <
> > paul.m.edwards at gmail.com <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>>
> > > > <mailto: paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>>>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to provide a custom display panel for a
> > plugin I
> > > have
> > > > created. The plugin is for a new source which is a
> > subclass of
> > > > vtkMultiBlockPLOT3DReader (the plot3d file is
> > generated from
> > > inputs
> > > > selected in the object panel) and I would like to
> > customize the
> > > > display options for my users.
> > > >
> > > > I can see this is done for "TextSource" and
> > > "TimeToTextConverter"
> > > > but when looking through the code (
> > pqObjectBuilder.cxx, line
> > > 400)
> > > > there is a conditional statement to check specifically
> > for these
> > > > sources. Does this mean that it is not possible from a
> > > plugin? (Or
> > > > am I looking in the wrong place here?)
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance,
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > PS Great software ;)
> > > >
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