[vtkusers] New vtkVolumeTextureMapper3D class

[Praveen Bhaniramka]

Hello vtkusers,

The latest release of OpenGL Volumizer (version 2.2) includes
implementation of a vtkVolumeTextureMapper3D class which provides an
integration of Volumizer with VTK. This class can be used to do volume
rendering using 3D texture mapping in an existing VTK application.

Volumizer 2.2 can be downloaded freely from
http://www.sgi.com/software/volumizer/. The source code for the class is
installed in /usr/share/Volumizer2/src/apps/VTK/. The code includes the
VTK mapper class, a sample viewer example which demonstrates the use of
the class and README files providing usage information.

Thanks and enjoy,

Praveen

P.S. The announcement for Volumizer 2.2 release is appended. 

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SGI is very pleased to announce the release of OpenGL Volumizer 2.2!

OpenGL Volumizer 2.2 introduces many new features to the toolkit, with
special attention to visualization of very large volumetric data. This
release introduces support for 3D Clip-Textures along with other utilities
and sample code. For the details and downloads, please visit:

     http://www.sgi.com/software/volumizer/

Here's some of what's new in 2.2.  Check it out:

 o  New Large Data API for 3D Clip Textures, to interactively visualize
    volume data of enormous size by using multiresolution volume
    rendering, roaming and disk paging. This includes a new parameter
    class, vzParameterClipTexture and a new render action,
    vzClipRenderAction.

 o  New geometry class, to render 3D texture mapped arbitrary polygonal
    geometry. This includes a new geometry class vzPolyGeometry, derived
    from vzGeometry.

 o  Integration with the Visualization Toolkit (VTK), to allow 3D texture
    based volume rendering in existing VTK applications. See src/apps/VTK/
    for more details.

 o  Utility application, dicomToIFL, to convert DICOM datasets to IFL
    format. For more details see src/util/dicom.

 o  Utility application, ClipGen3d, to generate 3D clip textures. See
    src/util/clipGen3d/ for more details.

 o  Sample code for rendering 3D clip textures in src/apps/clipTex3d and
    src/apps/clipRenderer/

 o  Sample code for generating volume data files using volume writers. See
    src/writers/ for more details. 

 o  New sample volume data loaders for loading raw binary and bricked
    volume data files.

Further details about each of these features can be found from the OpenGL
Volumizer programming guide installed as part of InSight Online
Documentation. The programming guide and reference manuals can also be
downloaded from http://www.sgi.com/software/volumizer/documents.html

Engineering questions about Volumizer can be posted on info-volumizer. See 
http://www.sgi.com/software/volumizer/tech_info.html.

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Praveen Bhaniramka               Member of Technical Staff (MTS)
praveenb at sgi.com                 Advanced Graphics Division
(650)933-1785                    Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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