ParaView filters are VTK filters that have been wrapped (just like java or tcl or python wrapping) so that the ParaView application can use them. That wrapping is done by writing an XML file which lists the names of the methods in the filter that paraview should call and what format those arguments are in. See the ParaView wiki, the ParaView user's guide, and the contents of ParaView3/Servers/ServerManager/Resources/filters.xml for more information.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Arsham Mesbah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu">arsham@uga.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am currently trying to start working on
developing a filter for Paraview, since I am really new to VTK and
Paraview I thought maybe I'd write and ask you. <br><br>
The following are what I currently need to do: <br><br>Geeting
familiar with how scene graph is implemented with in Paraview and how
Paraview handles different kinds of data sets. what are the classes and
modules with in Paraview source? <br>
Is there any guideline / tutorial type of material on developing a
filter for Paraview? I was not able to find anything useful on the net
and I am currently reading chapter 13 of the VTK guide book which talk
about filters and writing filters but I am not sure I am on a right
track. There are a lot of stuff there I am not familiar with as far as
what they are in VTK context. Does writing a VTK filter relate to
writing filter for paraview, I'd think you should be able to add it to
Paraview since it is VTK based, right?<br>
<br>Is there any detailed documentation of classes, modules and their
functionality with in Paraview? A tutorial on how develop and add a
filter to Paraview would be really nice.<br><br>I would really appreciate any comment or help you can give me.
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