Awesome, thanks for the follow up, Bill. On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Bill Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions! I downloaded the drivers directly from ATI > instead of letting Windows do the update and that appears to have > fixed the problem I was seeing in Paraview 5.2. > > Thanks again for the help! > > Bill > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Ken Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> That card should be fine. I have seen this type of bug before and updating >> the driver has fixed it. Specifically updating the driver to the latest from >> ATI (sometimes computer vendors stop updating their copies). Another way to >> check what the problem is, is to stick a polydata normals filter in the >> pipeline and then see if it works. >> >> Thanks >> Ken >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Cory Quammen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Bill, >>> >>> Let's keep the discussion on the mailing list so others can benefit >>> from and contribute to the conversation. >>> >>> Ken, >>> >>> Is the ATI Radeon HD 4200 too old for the OpenGL2 backend? It's circa >>> 2010, I believe. It looks like it can support OpenGL 3.2 with Shader >>> 4.1. I'm wondering if there is maybe a subtle shader compilation issue >>> on the ATI hardware? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Cory >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Bill Greene <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! >>> > >>> > The graphics device is an ATI Radeon HD 4200. >>> > >>> > Nothing is written to the Paraview "Output Messages" window. >>> > Is there someplace else I should look? >>> > >>> > Bill >>> > >>> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Cory Quammen >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Hi Bill, >>> >> >>> >> It sounds like the rendering backend isn't fully supported on your >>> >> graphics card/driver combo. What kind of card is it? Are you getting >>> >> any error messages? >>> >> >>> >> Thanks, >>> >> Cory >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Greene <[email protected]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> I have been using Paraview 4 on my windows 7 computer for quite a >>> >>> while >>> >>> now but wanted to upgrade to Paraview 5. >>> >>> >>> >>> Installation appeared to work fine but when I display a model I am >>> >>> seeing >>> >>> a rendering problem that I don't see in Paraview 4. If >>> >>> Representation=Surface >>> >>> and Coloring=Solid Color, the object is black regardless of how the >>> >>> color is defined. If Rep=Surface with Edges, the edges do appear over >>> >>> the >>> >>> black object. If I select one of the results vectors under Coloring, >>> >>> the >>> >>> color bar is displayed and looks correct; but the object remains >>> >>> black. >>> >>> >>> >>> I know that the graphics card in the computer is somewhat old ( the >>> >>> drivers >>> >>> are the latest for the device) but have no idea if that is related to >>> >>> the problem >>> >>> I'm seeing. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm wondering if others have encountered this problem or if there is >>> >>> some setting I >>> >>> can change to avoid it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> >>> Bill Greene >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Powered by www.kitware.com >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >>> >>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >>> >>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >>> >>> >>> >>> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >>> >>> >>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >>> >>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Cory Quammen >>> >> Staff R&D Engineer >>> >> Kitware, Inc. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cory Quammen >>> Staff R&D Engineer >>> Kitware, Inc. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Martin PhD >> Chairman & CFO >> Kitware Inc. >> 28 Corporate Drive >> Clifton Park NY 12065 >> 518 371 3971 >> >> This communication, including all attachments, contains confidential and >> legally privileged information, and it is intended only for the use of the >> addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are >> not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any >> action taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you >> received this communication in error please notify us immediately and >> destroy the original message. Thank you.
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