Issue when picking rotation center on custom filter

ParaView Support
1

Hi,

When trying to pick a rotation center on a custom filter, it results to unpredictable center values, see the attached video.

Please, find attached a state file as well as the custom paraview filter used in the video to reproduce the issue (produced by paraview 6.0.1).

Here is my Help -> About info:

Client Information:
Version: 6.0.1
VTK Version: 9.5.2
Qt Version: 6.9.0
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 6.0.1\bin\Lib
Python Library Version: 3.12.7 (tags/v3.12.7:0b05ead, Oct  1 2024, 03:06:41) [MSC v.1941 64 bit (AMD64)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 6.0.1\bin\lib\site-packages\numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.26.4
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: C:\Program Files\ParaView 6.0.1\bin\lib\site-packages\matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.7.2
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: Off
ParaView Build ID: superbuild 8c0f929966f005396802f3b2957c734a6c68b3c1 (!1292)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory: 
Data Directory: 
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 20
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 576.83
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU/PCIe/SSE2
Accelerated filters overrides available: No

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No

Please note that I observed the same behavior for Paraview 5.11

Thanks in advance.

state_tube.pvsm (438.8 KB)

my_tube.cpd (3.5 KB)

2

If that helps, the issue seems to be related to picking a point on a custom filter, since trying to place points on the surface with a ruler also exhibits the same problem.

However, picking modes (cells and points) available on the render window toolbar work fine.

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3

Unable to reproduce here, please update your GPU drivers.

4

Updating GPU drivers does not solve, neither deactivating the GPU.

5

I reproduced the issue on an Ubuntu 20 machine.

Here the Help → About:

Client Information:
Version: 6.0.1
VTK Version: 9.5.2
Qt Version: 6.9.0
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12
Python Library Version: 3.12.7 (main, Sep 25 2025, 18:56:46) [GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.26.4
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.7.2
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: On
ParaView Build ID: superbuild 8c0f929966f005396802f3b2957c734a6c68b3c1 (!1292)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory: 
Data Directory: 
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 8
OpenGL Vendor: Intel
OpenGL Version: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.2.6
OpenGL Renderer: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2)
Accelerated filters overrides available: No

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No
6

You are not using your GPU, try using it ?

7

Same issue with GPU activated on Ubuntu. See attached video

Client Information:
Version: 6.0.1
VTK Version: 9.5.2
Qt Version: 6.9.0
vtkIdType size: 64bits
Embedded Python: On
Python Library Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12
Python Library Version: 3.12.7 (main, Sep 25 2025, 18:56:46) [GCC 10.3.1 20210422 (Red Hat 10.3.1-1)]
Python Numpy Support: On
Python Numpy Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/numpy
Python Numpy Version: 1.26.4
Python Matplotlib Support: On
Python Matplotlib Path: /ParaView-6.0.1-MPI-Linux-Python3.12-x86_64/lib/python3.12/site-packages/matplotlib
Python Matplotlib Version: 3.7.2
Python Testing: Off
MPI Enabled: On
ParaView Build ID: superbuild 8c0f929966f005396802f3b2957c734a6c68b3c1 (!1292)
Disable Registry: Off
Test Directory: 
Data Directory: 
SMP Backend: TBB
SMP Max Number of Threads: 8
OpenGL Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL Version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 570.133.07
OpenGL Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2
Accelerated filters overrides available: No

Connection Information:
Remote Connection: No

8

Indeed, I confirm the issue with custom filter, please open it here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues

9

Seems that the issue was already reported in 2023.

paraview/paraview#22123

Sorry, I only searched in the discourse before posting.

10

Well, I should have checked too.

Feel free to comment there to say its still valid.

Edit: You already did! Thanks.

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