[vtkusers] VTK SCALARS HELP!

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Sentil Balaji wrote:
> Hey,
> 
>     I am not a graphics student which might make this
> question  silly enough...What are Scalars[in the
> graphics jargon...]?Why are they
> used?How to define Scalars for the various
> datasets?Where can I find explanations for them?

Sentil,

	Try to visualize your car's engine as a mesh. The 3d points would 
define the geometry of your engine, and you could for example associate 
a temperature to this geometry. This is what is called a scalar field 
associated with your mesh.

HTH
Mathieu