Controlling Paraview GUI from Python IDLE

Question

I am trying to control Paraview interactively using IDLE. This would involve sending commands from IDLE and seeing the changes occur in Paraview. I would rather not use the

Answer 1

You need to run paraview in multiclient/server mode. In a terminal run pvserver.

./bin/pvserver --multi-clients

In another terminal, run paraview and connect to your server

./bin/paraview
File->Connect
AddServer -> Choose a name -> Configure -> Save
Connect

In a third terminal, run pvpython (or your own configured python)

./bin/pvpython
>> from paraview.simple import *
>> Connect("localhost")
>> Cone()
>> Show()