Recover OpenGL Informations from pvpython

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The OpenGL informations, visible in Help → About dialog, are not easily recoverable in pvpython yet.

Here is how to do it.

On ParaView 5.6 and earlier versions:

import vtk as VTK
openGLInfo=VTK.vtkPVOpenGLInformation() 
session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession()
session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0)
openGLInfo.GetVendor()
openGLInfo.GetVersion()
openGLInfo.GetRenderer()
openGLInfo.GetCapabilities()

On ParaView 5.7.X :

openGLInfo=servermanager.vtkPVServerImplementationRendering.vtkPVClientServerCoreRendering.vtkPVOpenGLInformation()
session=servermanager.vtkSMProxyManager.GetProxyManager().GetActiveSession()
session.GatherInformation(session.CLIENT, openGLInfo, 0)
openGLInfo.GetVendor()
openGLInfo.GetVersion()
openGLInfo.GetRenderer()
openGLInfo.GetCapabilities()

On ParaView 5.8.0 and newer

openGLInfo = GetOpenGLInformation()
openGLInfo.GetVendor()
openGLInfo.GetVersion()
openGLInfo.GetRenderer()
openGLInfo.GetCapabilities()
2

how about adding a function to simple.py to gather and return the vtkPVOpenGLInformation object?

Also, you can use enums in Python now, so I’d recommend changing the 16 to appropriate enums for clarity.

3

This is indeed a good feature idea.

I’ve updated my post with the enums.

4

https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/3320