[Paraview] Display option to show without lighting

Paul Edwards paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 09:48:59 EDT 2009


The user who requested it is interested in seeing contours of volumes
rendered this way (i.e. surfaces).  Adding it as another representation
could be an option - just out of interest, how much work is involved in
added a representation?

Thanks,
Paul

2009/6/8 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>

> If you want to disable shading for line-contours, simply switch to
> "Wireframe" representation. Lighting is disabled by default for wireframe
> rendering.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Paul Edwards <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The problem with the render view options is that it applies to everything
>> in the view.  In FieldView you can, for example, just set this for the
>> contours of a surface where everything else is rendered normally.
>>
>> I'll take a look at the render view code....
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Paul
>>
>> 2009/6/8 Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
>>
>>  This type of option actually belongs in the render view options, not the
>>> display panel.  If you look at the display panel, you will see that a couple
>>> of lighting options are already implemented.  I don’t know how easy it would
>>> be, but you should be able to implement a new lighting setup by duplicating
>>> code that is already there.
>>>
>>> -Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/8/09 5:03 AM, "Paul Edwards" <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Would it be difficult to provide an option in the "Display" tab of the
>>> "Object Inspector" to render without any lighting (well, just ambient and
>>> without any shading)?  Apparently this can be done in FieldView.  Any hints
>>> on how to do this would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    ****      Kenneth Moreland
>>>     ***      Sandia National Laboratories
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>>>
>>>
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