How can I render this and make it look realistic?

[fartfartfarty]

I see some other people saying to use ParaView and others to use your blender addon, blender-sequence loader. I have both of these installed and for ParaView, I cannot make the .vtk file into a volume because of a non-tetrahedralized cell, and the partio plugin returns this error...

Generic Warning: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\Remoting\ServerManagerPython\vtkPVPythonAlgorithmPlugin.cxx, line 184
Failed to load Python plugin:
Failed to call `paraview.detail.pythonalgorithm.load_plugin`.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\paraview\detail\pythonalgorithm.py", line 509, in load_plugin
    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 855, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\paraview-partio-plugin.py", line 2, in <module>
    import partio
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'partio'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\paraview\detail\pythonalgorithm.py", line 513, in load_plugin
    module = imp.load_source(modulename, filepath)
  File "C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\lib\imp.py", line 171, in load_source
    module = _load(spec)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 711, in _load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 855, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\paraview-partio-plugin.py", line 2, in <module>
    import partio
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'partio'
ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\Remoting\Core\vtkPVPluginLoader.cxx, line 532
vtkPVPluginLoader (000001B9B8E70950): C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.10.1-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64\bin\Lib\site-packages\paraview-partio-plugin.py: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I think the main cause is that it doesn't find module partio, so i tried downloading from disney github and the pip install partio command doesnt work anymore and I also tried running python setup.py build_ext and it still returned errors...

For blender I successfully built and imported the addon into blender it works fine and I am able to render as well, but the geometry nodes just add balls to the particle points and it doesn't look realistic at all... just for fun I decided to do a small render to show

bgeocompress.mp4

I think maybe someone could provide geometry node setup to make it look good, but I would prefer to just render it in ParaView if that is possible.

[digitalillusions]

Hi, so first of all to get the Paraview addon to work correctly, you need to follow the steps outlined here https://github.com/InteractiveComputerGraphics/SPlisHSPlasH/tree/master/Scripts/Paraview . If you do this correctly, then you will get rid of the ModuleNotFoundError.

The other thing is, that both addons are simply there for loading the raw data, i.e. the particle data. If what you want is to reconstruct a mesh from the particles, you would have to look for a surface reconstruction tool, or implement one yourself. One tool written by a colleague is available open source at https://github.com/w1th0utnam3/splashsurf . You can use this to reconstruct a mesh from the particle data, load this into Paraview or Blender, and render it to get a more "realistic" visualization of your simulation.

Hope this helps.

[fartfartfarty]

I still get the ModuleNotFoundError after following the paraview readme.md, do I need the partio pip package installed because the command says there is no distribution for it, and on the pypi website it is only for Linux on the .whl files, I am on windows. https://pypi.org/project/partio/#files ... Also pip install pySPlisHSPlasH doesnt work either and returns this error if that is related to it.

Collecting numpy<=1.19.3
  Using cached numpy-1.19.3.zip (7.3 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
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          self.build_sources()
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\build_src.py", line 155, in build_sources
          self.build_library_sources(*libname_info)
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\build_src.py", line 288, in build_library_sources
          sources = self.generate_sources(sources, (lib_name, build_info))
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\build_src.py", line 378, in generate_sources
          source = func(extension, build_dir)
        File "numpy\core\setup.py", line 658, in get_mathlib_info
          st = config_cmd.try_link('int main(void) { return 0;}')
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jwow0zxr\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\config.py", line 243, in try_link
          self._link(body, headers, include_dirs,
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\config.py", line 162, in _link
          return self._wrap_method(old_config._link, lang,
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\config.py", line 96, in _wrap_method
          ret = mth(*((self,)+args))
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jwow0zxr\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\config.py", line 137, in _link
          (src, obj) = self._compile(body, headers, include_dirs, lang)
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\config.py", line 105, in _compile
          src, obj = self._wrap_method(old_config._compile, lang,
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\command\config.py", line 96, in _wrap_method
          ret = mth(*((self,)+args))
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jwow0zxr\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\config.py", line 132, in _compile
          self.compiler.compile([src], include_dirs=include_dirs)
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jwow0zxr\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 401, in compile
          self.spawn(args)
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jwow0zxr\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 505, in spawn
          return super().spawn(cmd, env=env)
        File "C:\Users\gHost\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ihr156zy\numpy_8cc202e9ec6747a2bfa1a988dce05529\numpy\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 90, in <lambda>
          m = lambda self, *args, **kw: func(self, *args, **kw)
      TypeError: CCompiler_spawn() got an unexpected keyword argument 'env'
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

Also thanks for the splashsurf, the reconstruct command is very helpful and I will try to create some renders with it... is it possible to have foam with Splashsurf though?

[janbender]

Can you please checkt that you have the correct Python version? To get the Paraview plugin running you need the same version as Paraview uses.

[fartfartfarty]

How can I check the python version for Paraview? I am currently using 5.10.1.

[janbender]

Start Paraview and take a look in menu "Help" -> "About". Probably it is Python 3.9

[fartfartfarty]

Ok yes this worked to get the addon in, but now I am realizing that I didn't read your previous answers carefully enough and I don't really need that addon at all 😅.

I am able to get the Splashsurf to create a mesh and it is looking great so far, but I have two very different issues using blender and Paraview. I would preferably like to use blender to render but Paraview seems to be a good alternative.

So my problem in Blender is that it is crashing everytime I render a few frames. I checked that my RAM and VRAM didnt run out of space and my machine is capable of rendering something like this and Blender is also up to date. You can download my sequence here if you want to try to render for yourself, no need to add any fancy shaders, just to test because my Blender project will crash no matter the samples, camera setup, material, etc. I am thinking that the main issue is the blender-sequence-loader created by you, I can easily render 1 frame, but after 2-10 it usually just crashes. Can you try it to see if it crashes for you?

As alternative to Blender, I was going to render with paraview, and from what I see i need to set the representation to Volume if I want to add some sort of water material to it. When I try this the mesh just turns invisible? I find some forums that suggest to use Resample To Image or Delaunay3D Filters but it doesn't work. I am using the same mesh as before if you can test out and see if there is something wrong.

Thanks for your consistent help on someone who is not very experienced, very appreciated.

[digitalillusions]

Thanks for the heads up about the blender addon. I've had a look and it turns out that there is in fact something wrong with the latest release, i.e. v0.1.2. Can you try v0.1.1 https://github.com/InteractiveComputerGraphics/blender-sequence-loader/releases/tag/v0.1.1 to see if it fixes the crashes? You might also have to enable Render->Lock Interface, if it is not already enabled.

To render with paraview the representation should definitely be surface and not volume. You can optionally make use of Use Ray Tracing and play around with the parameters there. In my experience the Optix raytracer gives the best results, and is quite performant if you have a more or less recent nvidia gpu.