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[IDV #TDH-801441]: Spiky isosurfaces

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  • Subject: [IDV #TDH-801441]: Spiky isosurfaces
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:00:51 -0600
Hi Jess-

> I changed the rendering threads in 2.7 to 1 and the problem does indeed
> disappear.

Well, then I guess I fixed it. ;-)

In general, the VisAD Gridded*Set code is not thread safe and you should use 
the latest visad.jar or the 2.7u1 local-visad.jar in your distribution.  I ran 
into the problem when sharing probe positions, so it's not limited to the spiky 
isosurface issue.

Don

> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Jess-
> >
> >
> >> We noticed a problem with some spiky isosurfaces (see attached image),
> >> and as I've been testing, I noticed this problem in IDV 2.7, but not
> >> 2.7u1.  Can I assume you were aware of this problem?  Could you let me
> >> know what changes were made to fix this?
> >>
> >
> > Try setting the rendering threads to 1 (in the User Preferences under 
> > Formats&Data tab) and see if the problem disappears in 2.7.   If so, let me 
> > know.  It could be that the changes I made to the Gridded*Set classes that 
> > were not thread safe fixed this problem.
> >
> > Don
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: TDH-801441
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: TDH-801441
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open