Plot over line clipping bug

Rem · December 2, 2019, 2:13pm

Hi all,
For some time I’ve been experiencing an issue when plotting over line of xdmf files.

As you can see above, the line overlap one another in a funny way, which makes the visualisation really difficult. I had the issue on three different computer and I’m currently using 5.7.

Thanks for the help !

mwestphal · December 2, 2019, 2:25pm

please share a way to reproduce the issue.

Rem · December 2, 2019, 2:28pm

Here are the XDMF files I’m using.
To reproduce the bug, simply load the xdmf file, then PlotOverLine (any direction) and click Play.
files.zip (2.8 MB)

mwestphal · December 2, 2019, 2:31pm

Looks fine to me using ParaView 5.7. I always see a single line, moving slightly over time.

Rem · December 2, 2019, 2:37pm

I had the issue on three different machines so I reckon it’s either a bug or something I do wrong (more likely). Here’s a video of what I see: capture_.zip (2.6 MB)

mwestphal · December 2, 2019, 2:42pm

I do the same without any issue, using 5.7.0 . can you specify the specs of the computers you tried with ?

Rem · December 2, 2019, 2:49pm

Sure :

GPU : Nvidia Quadro P2000
CPU : Intel® Xeon® E-2186G CPU @ 3.80GHz

mwestphal · December 2, 2019, 2:59pm

What is your OS ?

Rem · December 2, 2019, 3:00pm

Sorry: I use both Windows 10 Pro and Ubuntu 18.04

Kenneth_Moreland · December 2, 2019, 3:06pm

@mwestphal, I also tried and nor do I get the errant behavior (Windows 10 with an old Quadro K4200). Sounds like a graphics driver issue. Weird that you would same the same behavior on two different OS’s though.

@Rem, What happens if in the properties for the line chart view you set Left Axis Use Custom Range? It might also be helpful to update the graphics driver.

Rem · December 2, 2019, 3:09pm

@Kenneth_Moreland in fact it was on 3 different computers. One had RX 480 + Intel i5 the other GeForce GTX 150 Ti + Intel i7 (both Windows 10)
The problem is still here when setting Custom Range :

Rem · December 19, 2019, 10:52am

Hi all,
After a while a went back to this issue, updated all my drivers on all my machines using paraview, and I am still exeperiencing this issue.

wascott · December 19, 2019, 7:10pm

This is a total wild, bad guess, but try getting rid of your configuration files.
Edit/ Reset to Default Settings. Yes. Restart Paraview. Now try.

Rem · December 20, 2019, 8:57am

Nope didn’t do the trick.
It seems that the window is zooming in and immediately zooming out at each time step which makes this clipping effect (see attached video).2019-12-20 09-55-34.rar (1.3 MB)

Rem · January 9, 2020, 2:03pm

hi all, don’t know if this bug (if it is indeed one) has been further investigated or not… I updated all my drviers and all but still no improvement. I forgot to mention that while playing the animation, I can encounter this kind of issue (see picture). The window goes back to normal if the cursor to it. Does that give any hint ?