Feature #6081 - Directly start Paraview from inside FreeCAD

[HoWil]

Hello,
I use paraview from time to time, also in combination with FC+Elmer.
What I would love to see is some functionality to directly start Paraview from within FC.
One would need to specify the folder where to look for .vtk files and/or which Paraview-state-file to use.
I have done this years ago with macros for a parameter study in FC but would love to see some semi-automated integration into FC.
BR,
howil

[bernd]

Hello,
I use paraview from time to time, also in combination with FC+Elmer.
What I would love to see is some functionality to directly start Paraview from within FC.
One would need to specify the folder where to look for .vtk files and/or which Paraview-state-file to use.
I have done this years ago with macros for a parameter study in FC but would love to see some semi-automated integration into FC.
BR,
howil

It should be doable as a own FreeCAD FEM utility. We do not need to specify a folder. What I would suggest is selecting a result object in FreeCAD and press the paraview utility icon. In background FreeCAD exports the vtk file and opens paraview. The other possibility would be directly open paraview with the result file created after the solver has finished without even press the paraview icon tool.

But all this should be i a separate topic IMHO. Should I move them in a separate topic howil?

bernd

[HoWil]

But all this should be i a separate topic IMHO. Should I move them in a separate topic howil?

bernd

You are completely right.

[bernd]

done

[bernd]

https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... 1cb1bbced9

[HoWil]

https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... 1cb1bbced9

Isn’t this commit l related to TIE or what can we expect? It is to much come to read it on the mobile.

[UR_]

... exports the vtk file and opens paraview.

Please consider, that starting paraview has to be done via .bat file under certain circumstances.
Especially under windows and usage of hires monitors, some additional environment variables are needed.

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set QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=2
start paraview.exe
exit 

Otherwise started instance will be quiet unusable, because of unrecognizable icons.

That's valid only for version up to 5.7
I've no experience with upcoming version 5.8

[bernd]

... exports the vtk file and opens paraview.

Please consider, that starting paraview has to be done via .bat file under certain circumstances.

thanks for the information. I assume this is important for windows only?

[bernd]

https://github.com/berndhahnebach/FreeC ... 1cb1bbced9

Isn’t this commit l related to TIE or what can we expect? It is to much come to read it on the mobile.

Just to show how to add a new command in FEM as I will not have the time to implement this in the near future. To much to do at the moment.

bernd

[bernd]

It mitght be useful to add a issue on mantis to not forget about this.