[vtk-developers] Extension to vtkParallelCoordinatesActor

[Bhanu Chander Reddy ( bhanuchanderreddy@gmail.com )]

Dear Jeff Baumes,
I have submitted the feature request to the bug tracker. The assigned bug
number is 4467.
I will be waiting for your feedback.
Thanks,

Regards,
Bhanu Vanteru.

On 2/12/07, Jeff Baumes <jeff.baumes at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> If you put this in the bug tracker, please let us know the assigned
> bug number.  I am interested in looking at your improvements.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 2/8/07, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:
> > Submit it as a "feature request" to the VTK bug tracker. ( at
> > http://www.vtk.org/Bug ) Then, once you've added an entry there, you can
> > attach your patch to the bug tracker entry.
> >
> > Others can download it from there, try it out, give you feednack and
> even
> > vote for the bug tracker entry if they think it's worthwhile.
> >
> > HTH,
> > David Cole
> > Kitware, Inc.
> >
> >
> >  On 2/8/07, Bhanu Chander Reddy ( bhanuchanderreddy at gmail.com )
> > <bhanuchanderreddy at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear VTK Developers,
> > > Recently i was working on rendering my multi-dimensional data using
> > Parallel Coordinates and i found that vtkParallelCoordinatesActor is
> > designed for this purpose. But i realized that this class doesnot
> support
> > many of the functions (or features) expected by Parallel Coordinates
> like
> > brushing the data ( i.e. selecting only a range of values), reordering
> the
> > axes ( for multiple views of the same dataset ) or even removing the
> some of
> > the selected axes. Even the documentation page for this class states
> > > "The early implementation lacks many features that could be added in
> the
> > future. This includes the ability to "brush" data (choose regions along
> an
> > axis and highlight any points/lines passing through the region);
> efficiency
> > is really bad; more control over the properties of the plot (separate
> > properties for each axes,title,etc.; and using the labels found in the
> field
> > to label each of the axes."
> > > So i have modified the source code of the vtkParallelCoordinatesActor
> to
> > include these missing functionalities. The following are the features
> > currently added to the source code of this class
> > > 1) Brushing the data
> > > 2) Reordering the axes
> > > 3) Deleting selected axes
> > > These functionalities are added by adding special functions into the
> > source code which will allow the user to incorporate these features into
> > their application. I have recompiled the VTK with the newer source code
> of
> > this class and it was successful. Even the new functions in the class
> are
> > tcl/java/python wrapped. All the functions in this new class are
> according
> > to the vtk coding standards as specified in
> > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_Coding_Standards .
> > > I would like to submit this code to the VTK so that it may be included
> in
> > the next release of VTK. I am interested in doing this because i feel
> that
> > the features added are very basic and compulsory for any implementation
> of
> > Parallel Coordinates.
> > > It would be really helpful if somebody would tell me how to submit the
> > code to VTK for further analysis before inclusion into the VTK
> repository.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Bhanu Chander Reddy Vanteru.
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> --
> Jeff Baumes
> R&D Engineer
> Kitware, Inc.
> (518) 371-3971 x132
> jeff.baumes at kitware.com
>



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Regards,
Bhanu Chander Reddy Vanteru.
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