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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0002872 | OpenFOAM | Bug | public | 2018-03-08 22:03 | 2018-03-10 15:39 |
Reporter | jib32 | Assigned To | chris | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
Platform | arm64 | OS | Fedora | OS Version | 27 |
Summary | 0002872: Paraview documentation not installed | ||||
Description | I followed the directions on https://openfoam.org/download/5-0-linux/ to install OpenFOAM on Fedora 27. After installation, in ParaView, going to "Help>Getting Started with ParaView" or "Example Visualizations" gives an error saying that files from opt/paraviewopenfoam54 are missing. | ||||
Steps To Reproduce | Follow instructions on https://openfoam.org/download/5-0-linux/ until ParaView is launched. On the first launch window, click on "Example Visualizations." | ||||
Additional Information | I have checked the /opt directory and there is no "paraviewopenfoam54" directory. I would try reinstalling OpenFOAM to test reproducibility but I don't know how, since the image was downloaded and installed from within the Docker environment. A screenshot of the error is attached. The error occurs whether on the first run or on a subsequent launch of ParaView after having exited and restarted OpenFOAM. | ||||
Tags | linux, Paraview 5.4.0 | ||||
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We don't bundle example files with ParaView. OpenFOAM has its own examples. There must be an /opt/paraviewopenfoam54 directory inside the Docker container because the paraview executable you launched is inside: /opt/paraviewopenfoam54/bin/paraview |
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Thanks, there is a paraviewopenfoam54 directory inside the Docker container, I've never used Docker before so I assumed it would be in the system /opt directory. Wouldn't it only be a few extra kB to include their documentation? Or at least, wouldn't it be worthwhile to remove the links and menu options that lead to documentation that is not intended to be distributed with the program? |
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The relevant pages of the OpenFOAM User Guide provide relevant documentation for using ParaView with OpenFOAM: https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-guide/paraview It would be worthwhile to remove the links and menu options but it is low priority. |
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@chris: It would be necessary to patch/hack the ParaView source code, file "Qt/ApplicationComponents/pqParaViewMenuBuilders.cxx", method "pqParaViewMenuBuilders::buildHelpMenu", in order to omit those menu entries. The PDF and data files needed for those menu entries are available at https://www.paraview.org/files/v5.4/ for ParaView 5.4.0 and it amounts in total to around 250-300MB in compressed format. 170MB alone is for the 'data' package. For the upcoming ParaView 5.5 (already in RC2), at Kitware, they moved the ParaView Guide and ParaView Tutorial PDF files to download links, as visible here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/commit/1401701379b059ddc4cc5011e7384861b88e5395 However, the "getting started guide" and the data files are still needed for most of the examples in the "Example Visualizations" entry on the help menu. It is possible to set-up an optional Deb package that downloads and unpacks these files in the right place, therefore not being a package directly provided at OpenFOAM.org... although updating the Deb package can be a bit annoying, whenever preparing a new build of ParaView. Either way, the 'makeParaView' script stack can be updated to have the option to add these files when building it locally. The added benefit is that users can then improve their understanding on the "several million things" that ParaView allows them to do... at least that was the original intent by the ParaView developers/contributors, hence not having an option to disable these menu entries. |
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This is a lot of work for minimal benefit. We don't have inexhaustible resources. Most users seem to be able to use ParaView with OpenFOAM by referring to the section of the User Guide: https://cfd.direct/openfoam/user-guide/paraview There are numerous issues of usability that are surely higher priority than this. We can revisit this issue if a user contributes some solutions or funding for maintenance (making this issue a priority): https://openfoam.org/maintenance/ |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2018-03-08 22:03 | jib32 | New Issue | |
2018-03-08 22:03 | jib32 | File Added: error_missing_data.png | |
2018-03-08 22:03 | jib32 | Tag Attached: linux | |
2018-03-08 22:03 | jib32 | Tag Attached: Paraview 5.4.0 | |
2018-03-09 14:37 | chris | Note Added: 0009398 | |
2018-03-09 16:49 | jib32 | Note Added: 0009402 | |
2018-03-09 19:08 | chris | Note Added: 0009403 | |
2018-03-10 00:34 | wyldckat | Note Added: 0009404 | |
2018-03-10 15:39 | chris | Note Added: 0009405 | |
2018-03-10 15:39 | chris | Assigned To | => chris |
2018-03-10 15:39 | chris | Status | new => closed |
2018-03-10 15:39 | chris | Resolution | open => fixed |