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* If <tt>RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent polygonal geometry only, override <tt>HasTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()</tt> and <tt>RenderTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()</tt>.
* If <tt>RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent polygonal geometry only, override <tt>HasTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()</tt> and <tt>RenderTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()</tt>.
* If <tt>RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent volumetric geometry only, override <tt>RenderVolumetricGeometry()</tt>.
* If <tt>RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent volumetric geometry only, override <tt>RenderVolumetricGeometry()</tt>.
<tt>* If RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent polygonal geometry and translucent volumetric geometry, override all 3 methods.
* If <tt>RenderTranslucentGeometry()</tt> was used to render translucent polygonal geometry and translucent volumetric geometry, override all 3 methods.

Revision as of 21:42, 28 January 2008

Planned Schedule

  • Announcement email: January 28, 2008
  • Create VTK-5-2 branch: end of February, 2008
  • Fix bugs in priority order: through the end of March, 2008
  • Stabilize the dashboards and release the first release candidate for VTK 5.2: early April, 2008

What's New in VTK 5.2?

New features in VTK since the 5.0 release include:

  • Infovis kit
  • Views kit
  • New Widgets architecture and more than a dozen new widgets
  • New Utilities: freerange, verdict, libxml2, metaio, sqlite
  • Updated Utilities: freetype, zlib
  • More than 300 new C++ classes.
  • More than 100 new C++ tests running on most dashboards
  • Many bug fixes, including much improved Java wrapping support and Mac OSX support

API Changes

vtkProp::RenderTranslucentGeometry() has been broken down into 3 methods:

  • HasTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()
  • RenderTranslucentPolygonalGeometry()
  • RenderVolumetricGeometry()

Here is what to change in a vtkProp subclass:

  • If RenderTranslucentGeometry() was used to render translucent polygonal geometry only, override HasTranslucentPolygonalGeometry() and RenderTranslucentPolygonalGeometry().
  • If RenderTranslucentGeometry() was used to render translucent volumetric geometry only, override RenderVolumetricGeometry().
  • If RenderTranslucentGeometry() was used to render translucent polygonal geometry and translucent volumetric geometry, override all 3 methods.