[vtkusers] VTK and memory issues.

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Sebastien,
	You might have a look at:

How to handle large data sets in VTK:
http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/vtkfaq?req=show&file=faq03.007.htp

HTH
mathieu
Ps: a filter never change the input so each time you use a filter you 
have *one* input and *one* output.

Sebastien Auclair wrote:
> Greetings !
> 
> Are VTK filters member of a pipeline holding DataSets instances between each
> of them ?
> If i have a pipeline starting from a vtkPolyData instance, a
> vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkPolyDataMapper and vtkLODActor ...
>     .. Does such a pipeline involves 4 or 5 instances of the initial dataset
> ? (i.e. One between each filter. )
>     ... If yes, isn't there a way to clean a pileline ?
> 
> We're having troubles with the memory vtk seems to be using.
> Instead of taking around 200 Mo for displaying a huge 3D model, our
> application actually takes 1.2Go !!!
> 
> Thanks for any help !
> ________________________
> Seb
> 
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