[Paraview] Paraview 1.2.1 metaimage header issue

[Andy Cedilnik]

Hi Gleicon,

There were some issues with Meta Image reader. The new version of
ParaView (1.4) soon to be released should fix all of them.

				Andy

On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 00:00, Gleicon Moraes wrote:
> Hello !
> 
> First post to the list, but have been reading it one way or another for 
> some time.
> I am having some issues regarding metaimage files (.mha or .mhd ).
> I have a raw dataset which loads and render ok into paraview, once I do 
> the proper tuning using the raw loader.
> Following the itk documentation instructions, I've edited a header for 
> it like that:
> 
> NDims = 3
> DimSize = 17 20 19
> ElementType = MET_LONG
> ElementSpacing = 1.0 1.0 1.0
> ElementByteOrderMSB = TRUE
> ElementDataFile = my_data.raw
> 
> (http://www.itk.org/HTML/Data.htm)
> 
> The problem is, dont matter if I put true of false as 
> ElementByteOrderMSB value, it behaves as it's set to false.
> I even tried to write with capital letters, changing the raw dataset, 
> etc and all the way it gives me the same result as setting little endian 
> with the raw loader.
> I am using paraview-1.2.1, the binary package for linux, slackware 9.0 
> with all needed updates, almost current, but I got this error also with 
>   a debian-based machine.
> The other filters I tried are all ok, although I am pretty discovering 
> paraview and vtk yet.
> Thank you in advance for your attention, and forgive me if this is a 
> silly error, I just cant find any reference at the documentation I got.
> 
> Best regards !