Mark C. Miller

Alternative might be to use 64 bit integer (`vtkIdType`) array with assigned ranges for different classes of elements (beams, hexes, quads, etc).

@brugger1 when I try to duplicate code in `xrayimage.py` test like this... ``` # old style argument passing Query("XRay Image", 2, ".", 1, 0.0, 2.5, 10.0, 0, 0, 10., 10.,...

@cyrush I think I am getting the cryptic error message you mention here. Does this look like what you mean... ``` >>> params = dict(output_type=2, output_dir=".", divide_emis_by_absorb=1, origin=(0.0, 2.5, 10.0),...

If above investigation is correct, the related code is here... https://github.com/visit-dav/visit/blob/ccfa916ccae40ea12b11dbbde7aa0bca61d90755/src/visitpy/common/visitmodule.C#L12212-L12223 So, what is failing is the `PyDict_To_MapNode()` call and there isn't any more information coming back about why it...

So, to fix this, I would propose the following... 1. Add a return arg to `PyDict_To_MapNode` which is either a string ref or string pointer named `errmsg` and is by...

Well, I guess it would help if I was using correct version of VisIt. It does work on `develop`. It was failing on `3.2.2`. By *it*, I mean the old...

> You're solution sounds reasonable to me. Ok, I will proceed with that.

Ok, with that change, here is what we see for the same error... ``` import numpy foo = numpy.array([0.0, 2.5, 10.0]) OpenDatabase("/Users/miller86/visit/visit/data/silo_hdf5_test_data/curv3d.silo") AddPlot("Pseudocolor","d") DrawPlots() DefineScalarExpression("d1", 'recenter(d, "zonal")') DefineScalarExpression("p1", 'recenter(p, "zonal")')...

@cyrush and @brugger1, surprisingly, it looks like assigning numpy arrays to other VisIt attribute members works fine including even error checking they are the correct length... ``` >>> ca =...

So, related to this are #3775 and #3236. We support coloration in the reader and so I think we should be able to copy roughly the same approach for the...