[FlyBob91]

Hello to all,
my teacher asked me to find a manner to produce a series of images and to automate this procedure because we have to make different test for the colour etc. After a rapid search i (maybe) understand that this could be made by the use of a python script. First, am i right? Is it possible?
If yes, how can i do that? Unfortunately i have no time to learn a new language because i'm near a deadline, so i ask if there are some scripts available that make this operation or a detailed references.

Thanks for help

[FlyBob91]

Hello to all,
little update. I found the following example to generate a sphere and save the image

from paraview.simple import *
simple.Sphere()
simple.Show()
simple.Render()
simple.WriteImage("foo.png")

but, unfortunatley, when i run this script an errorr occurs and it does not load the module.

 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ciao.py", line 2, in <module>
    from paraview.simple import *
ImportError: No module named 'paraview'

i use python3
What's i'm doing wrong?

[Swempa]

Originally Posted by FlyBob91

Hello to all,
little update. I found the following example to generate a sphere and save the image

from paraview.simple import *
simple.Sphere()
simple.Show()
simple.Render()
simple.WriteImage("foo.png")

but, unfortunatley, when i run this script an errorr occurs and it does not load the module.

 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ciao.py", line 2, in <module>
    from paraview.simple import *
ImportError: No module named 'paraview'

i use python3
What's i'm doing wrong?

Hi FlyBob91,

Paraview works perfect to script with python and if you have everything installed correctly its often quite straight forward.

I would start by removing the "simple" syntax on the commands while its already declared in the header.

from paraview.simple import *
sphere1=Sphere()
sphere1.ThetaResolution = 100
sphere1.PhiResolution = 100
Show()
WriteImage("foo.png")

Good luck with your project.
Cheers

[FlyBob91]

Hi Swempa,
Sorry for my late answer but i'm very busy in this period.
I faced the same problem. Maybe i did not install paraview in the right way to work correctly with python? I installed it with the classic "sudo apt-get install paraview".
Another question: should the script be positioned in some specific forlder?

Many thanks for help