[vtkusers] Success rate of VTK on Mac OS X

[Amit Tikekar]

Thank you Drew.

I am looking for an application that is easily portable on Mac/Windows with
minimal changes. So I have a gut feeling that I might loose on some OS
specific API's while coming up with a design for such a software. In the
absence of such OS API's, does VTK provide it own routines to makeup for the
absence ?

To put it other way, what combination of programming languages/tools is best
suitable for the above kind of application. If tools differ on Mac & Windows
what is the %age change required while porting.

Are there any other open source similar to VTK available on the net for 3D
visualization?

With Regards
Amit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew McCormack" <cormack at chem.vu.nl>
To: "Amit Tikekar" <amitt at tataelxsi.co.in>
Cc: <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Success rate of VTK on Mac OS X


> Hi Amit,
>
> > I am developing an application for Mac OS. Does anybody know the
> > compatibility & success rate of VTK on Mac OS ? Is there any feature
> > that I
> > loose out while developing an application for MAC ?
> >
> > Awaiting your reply since they can give me a proper direction.
>
> I think VTK is pretty complete on Mac OS X. You will have to select an
> API, eg, Carbon, Cocoa, X11, Tcl/Tk with Carbon, Python with Carbon.
> Other than that, I don't think there is much missing from the Mac OS X
> port, though others should correct me if I am wrong.
>
> If you are interested in developing a new App for Mac OS X, and don't
> ever intend porting it, you are probably best off with Cocoa as a
> development environment. I wrote a 2 part article for MacDevCenter a
> while back that could help you get started:
>
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1122
>
> Drew
>
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