[vtkusers] Possible bug in vtkRenderWindowInteractor

Prabhu Ramachandran prabhu at aero.iitm.ernet.in
Fri Apr 26 02:27:45 EDT 2002


>>>>> "GLG" == Gary L Graf <glgraf at asu.edu> writes:

    GLG> Hi, I have been trying to generate a simple backdrop to a
    GLG> visualization.  What I would like is the corner of a room
    GLG> (three orthogonal planes) which are textured to sit behind my
    GLG> data visualization.  So far it seems incredibly hard to do
    GLG> so.  I attempted to place a vtkPlaneSource with a texture
    GLG> alone in a render window.  It displayed, but the render
    GLG> window interactor could never rotate the plane perpendicular
    GLG> to the viewer, it always tended to wobble with the viewer
    GLG> looking down the edge of the plane.  My question is: Is this
    GLG> a bug or am I all messed up?  How can I simply provide the
    GLG> backdrop I am looking for?  Thanks - Gary

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want but if you want the
backdrop to 'follow' your camera as you rotate the view you should
take a look at the vtkFollower and use it instead of a vtkActor.

prabhu




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