[vtkusers] Shading/Texture Question

[Amer Abufadel]

> Hi Amer,
>
> > Hello,
> >     I have two volume datasets, equal dimensions.  The first has info to
> > create an iso surface and the second has pixel color/texture.  Is there
an
>
> I assume you mean "voxel" color/texture.

Yes, I meant voxels not pixels, sorry.

>
> > easy way to texture the isosurface from the first set with the
information
> > from the 2nd set?
>
> You can use 3D texture mapping (depending on the platform you are running
> this on, it might or might not be available) to create a 3D texture from
> the second volume and apply it to the isosurface from the first. This will
> work even if your isosurface (isovalue) from the first volume changes.

Can you elaborate on this a little more?  I am very new to this.  If you can
give me the names of the functions used to create the texture map, that
would be helpful.  I will be running this on Redhat Linux.


Thank you in advance.

Amer