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* Clearly explain all function parameters
* Clearly explain all function parameters


===vtkMath===
 
* Perpendiculars(double, double, double, double) says "useful constants". This is incorrect. x,y,z, and theta must be explained.
* Outer2D says "useful constants". This is incorrect.
* Determinant2x2(double, double) says "Useful constants". This is incorrect.
* LUFactor3x3(double, int) says "useful constants". This is incorrect.
* LUSolve3x3(double, int,double) says "useful constants". This is incorrect.
* LinearSolve3x3(double,double,double) says "useful constants". This is incorrect.


===vtkKdTree===
===vtkKdTree===

Revision as of 02:32, 14 January 2010

Documentation Improvement

(If you agree with the following, vote for the improvements!!)

In my experience, the single most important factor that influences a users attitude about a software package is its ease of use. VTK provides a phenomenal collection of tools for scientific data processing and visualization. However, if a user has difficulty accessing these tools, their experience with, and therefore opinion of, the software will be less than satisfactory. Documentation is the key element which controls this difficulty level. I propose some improvements to the documentation system here.

General

  • Add required libraries list to each class
  • Clearly indicate default values
  • Clearly explain all function parameters


vtkKdTree

  • TimingOff() says "turn ON timing"
  • SetTiming(int) says "turn on timing". It should say "turn on timing and set the interval (of what?) to the input X (the input variable is not named - also a problem).
  • GetTiming says "turn on timing". This is incorrect.
  • SetNumberOfRegionsOrLess has no documentation.
  • SetNumberOfRegionsOrMore has no documentation.
  • SetFudgeFactor has no documentation.
  • All CreateCellLists functions have no documentation.

vtkLandmarkTransform

  • SetTargetLandmarks/SetSourceLandmarks - both of these have the same description. One should talk about the target only and the other should talk about the source only.
  • GetSource/TargetLandmarks - same description as the Set* methods. This is incorrect.
  • SetModeToRigidBody has the same desciption as SetSourceLandmarks. This is incorrect.
  • SetModeTo* has the same description as SetSourceLandmarks. This is incorrect.
  • GetMTime - says "Get the MTime". What is MTime? Modification time? Maybe "Get the time at which the object was last modified."

vtkDecimatePro

Add this:

The SetTargetReduction function specifies how many triangles should reduced by specifying the percentage ([0,1]) of triangles to be removed. For example, if the mesh contains 100 triangles and SetTargetReduction(.90) is called, after the decimation there will be approximately 10 triangles - a 90% reduction.

Documentation To-do List

These are things that we should add to the documentation to make it clear to new users what is going on.

  • vtkCutter - Need to add an image of a mesh and what happens when a vtkCutter is used to cut the mesh.
  • vtkProbeFilter - What is an example of what this can actually be used to do? Provide an image?