[vtkusers] 3ds importer

Prabhu Ramachandran prabhu at aero.iitm.ernet.in
Mon Oct 29 13:28:46 EST 2001


>>>>> "GG" == Gowri Gopalakrishnan <Gopalakrishnan> writes:

    GG> Hello

    GG> I am having problems with rendering 3ds files. I can view my
    GG> file cyl.3ds in every other viewer and it looks fine.  but
    GG> when i render it in vtk it comes out in black colour. I see a
    GG> black cylinder.  Has anyone any experience . Is there anything
    GG> special I have to do.  I have included my file, just in case
    GG> someone can help me. <<cyl.3ds>>

Hmm, I see it black too.  However the standard vtk data examples seem
to work well for me:

A colourful harley: vtkdata/harley-d.3ds

A colourful flamingo: vtkdata/Viewpoint/iflamigm.3ds

Both these render well.  I am not sure why yours shows up completely
black.

prabhu




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