[vtkusers] Render() method acting slowly

[Richard Boardman]

Hi Lisa,

That was precisely the problem; everything performs much more quickly now.
Thanks to all on the list who posted suggestions, and I look forward to
the upcoming release of VTK4.2.

Thanks again,

Richard Boardman                                o o o o o
Computational Engineering and Design Group      o o o o o
School of Engineering Sciences                  o o o o o
University of Southampton                       o o o o o
United Kingdom                                  o o o o o

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Lisa Avila wrote:

> Hello Richard,
>
> How are you moving the spheres? Most likely you are causing the display
> lists to be recomputed which tends to be slow. When you rotate / translate
> / zoom you are using the same display list over an over which is faster.
> Try setting immediate mode rendering on for the mappers - this will render
> without display lists which should be faster for moving your spheres but a
> bit slower for the interaction.
>
> Lisa