ParaView OpenSG-Exporter

An ParaView-Exporter-Plugin which allows you to export the entire visible scene to OpenSGs (Version 1.8) binary format.

Inclusion in other projects

# Find package
SET(VtkOsgConverter_DIR /build/dir) # Optional
FIND_PACKAGE(VtkOsgConverter 1.1.0
    REQUIRED COMPONENTS lib
    CONFIG)

IF(VTKOSGCONVERTER_FOUND)
    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${VTKOSGCONVERTER_INCLUDE_DIRS})
    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(target ${VTKOSGCONVERTER_LIBRARIES})
ENDIF() # VTKOSGCONVERTER_FOUND

Mac OS Build

• Install Homebrew

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(/usr/bin/curl -fsSL https://raw.github. com/mxcl/homebrew/master/Library/Contributions/install_homebrew.rb)"

• Install Qt and OpenSG

brew install qt open-sg

• Clone ParaView

git clone https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView.git
git checkout release
it submodule update --init

• Build ParaView

mkdir ParaView_Build
cd ParaView_Build
ccmake ../ParaView -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j

• Clone the plugin

git clone https://bilke@github.com/bilke/pv_opensg_plugin.git

• Build the plugin

mkdir pv_opensg_plugin_build
cd pv_opensg_plugin_build
ccmake ../pv_opensg_plugin -DParaView_DIR:PATH=../ParaView_Build -DINSTALL_IN_PARAVIEW=ON -DUSE_INSTALL_PREFIX=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j install

**Note**: `ParaView_DIR` has to be a relative path.

Windows Build

Install with ParaView 3.8.1 for Windows x64

• Install ParaView 3.8.1
• Copy the unzipped dlls to [Your ParaView install directory]/bin
• Start ParaView
• Open Tools / Manage Plugins
• On the right side click on Load New ...
• Goto the ParaView bin directory, select OpenSG_Exporter.dll and click Ok
• Expand the new OpenSG_Exporter entry by clicking on the plus sign and check Auto Load
• From now on the plugin gets loaded automatically on startup
• Export the entire visible scene through File / Export / .osb

Compile against ParaView 3.8.1 development install for Windows x64

• Make sure you have Visual Studio 2008 with x64 compilers installed
• Install ParaView 3.8.1 development
• Build Qt 4.6.2 in C:\qt\qt-4.6.2-x64
• Install Python 2.6 in C:\Python\Python26-x64
• Install Python 2.5 in C:\Python\Python25 for OpenSGs Scons-build system
• Build OpenSG from the Visual Studio x64 prompt
• Insert in file Sconstruct in line 848:

env['ENV']['TMP'] = os.environ.get('TMP')

• Run on the prompt:

path=%PATH%;C:\Python\Python25
scons.bat compiler=msvc90x64 qt4=no glut=no gif=no tif=yes jpg=yes png=yes \
jasper=no exr=no zlib=no

• Configure ParaView-Plugin like this:

-DOpenSG_LIBRARY_DIRS:FILEPATH="F:/libs/opensg/Build/win32-msvc90x64/installed/lib" \
-DOpenSG_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH="F:/libs/opensg/Build/win32-msvc90x64/installed/include" \
-DOPENSG_LIBRARY_DIR:STRING="F:/libs/opensg/Build/win32-msvc90x64/installed/lib" \
-DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH="C:/qt/qt-4.6.2-x64-msvc90/bin/qmake.exe" \
-DParaView_DIR:PATH="C:/ParaView-3.8.1-x64-dev"

• Remove the following line from OpenSG_Exporter properties / Linker / Input / Additional Dependencies:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2010)\Lib\x64\d3d9.lib"

• Build the plugin and run the INSTALL target

Usage

• Start ParaView
• Set the plugin in ParaView to auto-load
• You can now export the entire visible scene with File / Export / .osb.