[vtk-developers] Making vtkImageActor a vtkProp3D

[Ken Martin]

Hi David,

What is the functionality change? Does this enable any new features? E.g.
what is the motivation for this? I have nothing against the idea, I am just
curious if there is an up side.

Thanks
Ken

> I want to promote vtkImageActor from a vtkProp to a vtkProp3D,
> but before I do, does everyone think this is a good idea?  (Or
> more to the point, does anyone think this is a bad idea?)
> 
> The change is straightforward except for some messy code that will
> have to be added to vtkPicker so that vtkImageActor picking will
> continue to work.