[IDV #MQG-327327]: capturing to pdf & gif

Greetings Brendon,

If this really is a video card driver issue, I'm not sure if we will be able to 
completely
address it. I'll check into it to see if there is a hack we can do to get 
things to work,
but I'm not hopeful given then number of potential variables that are out of 
our 
control (video card drivers, Java3D, OpenGL, etc.).

Sean

> Sean,
> 
> This seems to have worked.  We had changed this option because we were
> seeing spider lines on certain maps (usually the default World
> Coastlines) and were directed to by FAQ 5.3 at
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/Faq.html#spiderweb
> Would love to see the spider map issue resolved in another manner.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brendon
> 
> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Greetings Brendon,
> >
> > Can you try turning on the "Enable geometry by reference" option, found 
> > under the
> > System tab of Edit -> Preferences, and see if that fixes the issue?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >> Yes.
> >>
> >> BH
> >>
> >> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>> Hi Brendon,
> >>>
> >>> I wasn't able to reproduce this on a Mac machine. Yuan has a Windows 7 
> >>> box - let me
> >>> see if he can reproduce the error. Do you get the same issue when you try 
> >>> to save as
> >>> a .png or .jpg?
> >>>
> >>> Sean
> >>>
> >>>> Full Name: Brendon Hoch
> >>>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>>> Organization: Plymouth State University
> >>>> Package Version: 3.1 build date:2012-08-31 20:26 UTC
> >>>> Operating System: Windows 7
> >>>> Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.1\jre version: 1.6.0_31 
> >>>> j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >>>> Description of problem: Capturing pdf file results in crashing.  Also, 
> >>>> having issues when trying to capture gifs with screen going grey.  Using 
> >>>> a Optiplex 780 with 8 GB RAM and ATI Radeon HD4350 video card (with dual 
> >>>> screens)
> >>>>
> >>>> doSaveImage
> >>>> 914067
> >>>>
> >>>> ******************
> >>>> Stack trace:
> >>>> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 914067
> >>>> at 
> >>>> javax.media.j3d.GeometryArrayRetained.getColor(GeometryArrayRetained.java:5440)
> >>>> at javax.media.j3d.GeometryArray.getColor(GeometryArray.java:3726)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1683)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1282)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1046)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyGroup(SceneGraphRenderer.java:1029)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.copyVisadDisplay(SceneGraphRenderer.java:960)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.render(SceneGraphRenderer.java:367)
> >>>> at visad.bom.SceneGraphRenderer.plot(SceneGraphRenderer.java:415)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.VectorGraphicsRenderer.makeImage(VectorGraphicsRenderer.java:299)
> >>>> at 
> >>>> ucar.unidata.idv.VectorGraphicsRenderer.<init>(VectorGraphicsRenderer.java:121)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.doSaveImage(ViewManager.java:5960)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.idv.ViewManager.doSaveImage(ViewManager.java:5804)
> >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >>>> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >>>> at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >>>> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1222)
> >>>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1250)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Ticket Details
> >>> ===================
> >>> Ticket ID: MQG-327327
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Brendon Hoch
> >> Technology Manager
> >> Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute
> >> MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A
> >> Plymouth State University
> >> Plymouth, NH 03264
> >> (603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723
> >> http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: MQG-327327
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> 
> --
> Brendon Hoch
> Technology Manager
> Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute
> MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A
> Plymouth State University
> Plymouth, NH 03264
> (603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723
> http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch
> 
> 

Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: MQG-327327
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open