VTK

VTK (for Vizualisation ToolKit in English) is a bookstore of classes C++ opensource for the visualization of data 2D/3D and the image processing. It is interfaced easily with the languages Tcl-Tk, Python and Java. The bookstore includes/understands more than 1100 classes C++. It was developed as from 1993 at the Research center of the General group Electrics and used in first in the medical field. Thereafter its developers (Will Schroeder and Ken Martin) founded the company Kitware Inc. in the United States to ensure the commercial support and to continue the development of this product.

Characteristics

Extensible
Opensource
Librairie independent of the platform
Rests on the standard OpenGL
Support of interpreted languages (Tcl-Tk, Python or Java)
Intégrable with a library of graphical interfaces (Tk, Qt, FLTK, wxWindows, Java, X11, Windows, Mac)
Fourni with many examples
Several formats of import/export 2D/3D and images.
parallel Version and multithreads

note: The algorithm of Marching cubes is subjected to a patent.

Structure

Core made up of classes C++ compiled
Layer interpreted in Tcl-Tk, Python and Java

Fields of application

Mechanical Medical imagery
of the Fluids
Acoustic Finance
Mechanical
Finite elements
Geophysical
Stéréolythographie
Molecular biology
Rebuildings of volumes

References

W.J. Schroeder, L.S. Avila, W. Hoffman, Visualizing with VTK: With tutorial , IEEE Transaction one Computer Graphics and Applications, 2000,20 (5), pp20-27. * Carsten Zerbst, Scientific visualization with VTK and Tcl , Linux Magazine exit 16,2002, pp60-63. * Drew McCormack, Developing Visualization Applications with Cocoa and VTK , part1, part2, 2003

Books

Will Schroeder, Ken Martin, Bill Lorensen, The Visualization Toolkit, Year Object-Oriented Approach To 3D Graphics , 4th edition, Kitware Inc. publishers, ISBN 1-930934-19-X
The Visualization Toolkit User' S Guides , Kitware Inc. publishers, ISBN 1-930934-18-1

External bonds

Official site * Wiki * Paraview * ITK * VTKit * VTKBlog

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