Basically, I'd like to do two things. First, I need to be able to perform arithmetic operations on the scalar data within an instance of "vtkStructuredPoints". This could be either done "in place" or using a filter. For example, I read in "vtkStructuredPoints" with scalar values between 0.0 and 1.0 of type "float" and I'd like to multiply all the scalars by 255.0 and add 0.5.
Second, I need to be able to convert the data from one scalar type (e.g. "float") to another (e.g. "unsigned char"). I need this so that if I read in "vtkStructuredPoints" with scalars of one data type and a filter requires a different data type, I can convert the scalar data.
I know I can probably do this by writing my own C++ code that "goes into the guts" of these objects and does what I need (in one case performing the arithmetic I need and in the other creating a new "vtkStructuredPoints" with the needed data type and copying the data element by element). I was hoping that there would already be this type of functionality available within Vtk (thus I could simply write scripts for what I need to do and not include additional C++ code, etc.).
Specifically, if you haven't already guessed :-), I'm currently reading in "vtkStructuredPoints" of type "float" in the range 0.0 to 1.0 and I'd like to do some volume rendering. I'm using a Tcl/Tk script and get the error:
"vtkVolumeRayCastMapper: The scalar data type: 10 is not supported when volume rendering. Please convert the data to unsigned char or unsigned short."Although this is the specific problem I'm struggling with at the moment, I'm sure I'll want to do the more general manipulations I've mentioned above in other circumstances (which is why I asked the more general questions first).
Answers and/or hints to any or all of the above questions would be most welcome. Thanks for your time, interest, and help...
Terry J. (Ligocki, tjligocki@lbl.gov)