[Insight-developers] Compare text (vtk) files

[Dan Mueller]

Hi Bill, that's a good idea! Thanks.

On 11 July 2010 17:14, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> You read the files and compare the # of polys, points, etc. to a
> baseline. At least that will tell you if something major changed. You
> might even be able to check the topology (face connectivity).
>
> Bill
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Dan Mueller <dan.muel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for your prompt responses! I made all the screenshots for the
>> article using paraview :P
>>
>> I was looking for something a little more automated to validate the
>> output. I mean, if I make a change to the code, the only way I can
>> verify the change is to open the 20+ vtk output files one by one in
>> paraview. That will have to do for now I guess.
>>
>> Regards, Dan
>>
>> On 11 July 2010 16:57, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You should at least see if it loads into paraview...
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Dan Mueller <dan.muel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Fair enough.
>>>>
>>>> I see Testing/Review/itkVTKPolyDataWriterTest01 just writes a vtk file
>>>> without validating the output either. I guess this is better than
>>>> nothing, though the test could be writing complete garbage and still
>>>> pass...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Dan.
>>>>
>>>> On 11 July 2010 16:40, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Not that I know of. Sounds difficult to me because of file formats
>>>>> differences and floating point precision differences on different
>>>>> platforms.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Dan Mueller <dan.muel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Insight Developers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am preparing a submission for the Insight Journal. My new filter
>>>>>> itk::CuberilleImageToMeshFilter outputs mesh (vtk) files. I want to
>>>>>> write some tests which compare the resultant text (vtk) files to
>>>>>> baseline files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know of the ImageCompare tool which can be used to compare output
>>>>>> images to a baseline image. Is there a similar tool or CMake command
>>>>>> to compare output text (vtk) files to a baseline text file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards, Dan
>>
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