[vtkusers] can vtk visualize 7.2G data set?

[Lisa S. Avila]

Hello Plato,

You can write a program that processes your data 10 slices at a time (a 
very manageable 720MB as long as you have enough RAM). You can then append 
these polygonal data sets together. If they are too big, then you can 
decimate each of them (while preserving the edges) then glue them together 
and decimate the final structure.

Lisa


At 01:59 AM 1/15/2002, platogao wrote:
>I have to visualize a Industrial CT data set under Windows2000: each slice 
>is 6000*6000*2 byte, at list 100 slices. That is: the data quantity is at 
>least 7.2G !!!
>I want to use surface rendering algorithms. It's sure that 
>vtkMarchingCubes or other ordinary filters cannot serve this purpose. All 
>the data cannot be loaded to RAM at one time, for the memory limitation of 
>windows program is 4G.
>
>How can I sovle this problem?
>Is vtk a ideal solution for this goal?
>Should I use OpenGL to program from the very beginning if vtk is not possible?
>
>Please help me.Any of your advise is highly appriciated.
>
>Plato Gao