[vtkusers] vtkVolumeRayCastMapper under vtk 4.2

[Kenneth Gage]

Juan -

I've had this problem a few times myself - take a look at the
following link in the VTK FAQ and see if this clears up the problem.

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ#Forward_declaration_in_VTK_4.x

HTH -
Ken

> When trying to compile it yields the following error message:  "no matching
> function for call to
> `vtkVolumeRayCastMapper::SetInput(vtkStructuredPoints*)'
> /usr/local/include/vtk/vtkVolumeMapper.h:59: candidates are: virtual void
>   vtkVolumeMapper::SetInput(vtkImageData*)"
> 
> I've double checked my code, and it's almost a carbon copy of the original
> written in tcl, so I suppose that in vtk 4.2.2 the function
> SetInput(vtkStructuredPoints*) in vtkVolumeRayCastMapper was dropped for
> SetInput(vtkImageData*).
> 
> Is this correct?
> How can it be solved?
> 
> I need to apply ray casting to a structured grid, so I used a structured
> grid reader, but now  I don't know how to use vtkVolumeRayCasting mapper on
> it.
> 
> What shall I do?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Juan
> 
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Kenneth Gage
MD-PhD Student
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
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