[vtk-developers] vtk-glTF

Fri Nov 30 10:45:55 EST 2018

Are there any plans for a glTF reader in vtk.js? With a writer in VTK, this
may be an efficient path for VTK/ITK output in WebAssembly rendered in
vtk.js.

- Matt

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:23 AM Ken Martin via vtk-developers <
vtk-developers at public.kitware.com> wrote:

> Has anyone looked into putting assimp into VTK?
>
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:09 AM Alexis Girault via vtk-developers <
> vtk-developers at public.kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> For a list of existing IO toolkits, see "Converters, Importers, and
>> Exporters"  on Khronos page for gltf here: https://www.khronos.org/gltf/
>>
>> In iMSTK, we have been using ASSIMP <http://www.assimp.org/> (mentioned
>> in the list above) for some other formats. I believe people inquired about
>> integrating ASSIMP in VTK in the past.
>>
>> Alexis Girault
>> R&D Engineer in Medical Computing
>> Kitware, Inc.
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:04 AM Aashish Chaudhary via vtk-developers <
>> vtk-developers at public.kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes please do. You could post the updates on the mailing list (dev).
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 10:01 AM Mathieu Westphal <
>>> mathieu.westphal at kitware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HI Aashish, list,
>>>>
>>>> We are currently working on a gltf reader ! But only for next year.
>>>> Let us know if you want to be kept in the loop.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Mathieu Westphal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 3:58 PM Aashish Chaudhary via vtk-developers <
>>>> vtk-developers at public.kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Having a glTF reader/writer would be great to have in VTK specifically
>>>>> for us as geospatial community is producing more data in this format.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Aashish
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 7:57 AM Steve Pieper <pieper at isomics.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi -
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd love to see a glTF 2.0 exporter native in VTK.  I wrote a glTF
>>>>>> 1.0 version in python a while back if you want to look at that for
>>>>>> reference [1].
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On request: please include a WriteToMemory option like in the
>>>>>> vtkImageWriter classes so it can be used easily without the file system
>>>>>> (e.g. like in the web server mode I was doing).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>> https://github.com/pieper/SlicerWeb/blob/master/WebServer/WebServer.py#L37-L457
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:32 PM Ken Martin via vtk-developers <
>>>>>> vtk-developers at public.kitware.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FWIW I'm working on a simple very basic starting point for gltf ala
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://gitlab.kitware.com/ken-martin/vtk/commit/656f7e231e9434431e234f701c7101006e2be40a
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> if you want to work off that. I'll probably try merging it soon .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Ken
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 9:11 PM Sal Choueib <sal.choueib at queensu.ca>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    We are currently in the process of developing an exporter to
>>>>>>>> glTF 2.0. Does anyone have experience working with gltf? Or perhaps knows
>>>>>>>> of any resources that might be useful?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Furthermore, we are utilizing tiny-gltf, a header only glTF
>>>>>>>> library, to serialize data and write the gltf file (
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/syoyo/tinygltf
>>>>>>>> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fsyoyo%2Ftinygltf&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb483f966d3e64e639c5f08d653be573f%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C636788474294213389&sdata=W7iwlPE31LC0XVeJoEos9iVdcZCWmR%2BCwZe%2Bp%2FIP4EE%3D&reserved=0>).
>>>>>>>> We are hoping someone could comment on our choice of library. Is this
>>>>>>>> library good? Any potential risks or cons to using this library? Does
>>>>>>>> anyone have suggestions for a better library to use?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Thank you for your help,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sal
>>>>>>>>
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