[Paraview] which VTK

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi Dominik;

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Dominik Szczerba wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I once have asked this question, but didint get an answer. I didnt
> conclude much from the Wiki pages either: what is the reason Paraview
> uses its own VTK version?
>
> 1) Which version is it (CVS?) and what/why modifications are made to it?

The version of VTK distributed with Paraview 2.2.1 is VTK V4.5.0. The
class docs for this version are avaliable from (if no other place):

http://personal.exadios.com/Multibeam/doc/htdocs/Class/VTK/html/

>
> 2) I use both VTK (from C/C++) and Paraview (stand-alone) and I see
> little sense in compiling VTK twice. If the Paraview's versions is
> newer, which one is it / what are the differences to the official
> version? If the official VTK version is OK to use to compile Paraview,
> how can I disable redundant compilation and reuse VTK available on my
> system?

VTK V4.5.0 seems to be closer to V5.0 than it is to VTK V4.4.

>
> thank you and regards,
> Dominik
>
>

Cheers

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