[vtk-developers] VTK rendering in a QGraphicsview

[Clinton Stimpson]

This is a question about using VTK, so it should be asked on the VTK users 
list, not the developers list.

BTW, you got an answer/response to a similar answer on the vtk users list last 
week.  In that response was also an answer to this question you just asked.  
Feel free to continue that email thread on the vtk users list.

Clint

On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 09:04:19 am Engel Markus wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I have a question regarding the use of VTK rendering embedded into a QT
> application. In our  toolkit, MITK, we have been using the QVTKWidget for
> some time now. However we found it rather troublesome to integrate
> overlays using additional QWidgets and QLabels into the renderwindow.
> 
> We found a blog entry that describes how to embed a vtkRenderWindow into a
> QGraphicsView:
> http://www.vcreatelogic.com/p/blog/using-vtkrenderwindow-with-qgraphicsvie
> w/
> 
> It is very easy to add all kinds of QWidgets to a VTK OpenGL scene and have
> them rendered in the same GL-context.
> 
> As this is no 'official' VTK code I wanted to ask you guys if you have any
> experience with the approach used in this blog entry.
> 
> In general : What would be the best way of embedding VTK rendering in a QT
> application in respect to performance, compatibility and integration.
> 
> Best regards and thanks a lot in advance,
> Markus
> 
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