[vtkusers] VTK + ShearWarp Algorithm (new binding to vtk 4.2.5)

[NamkugKim]

Dear Charl P. Botha.

Thanks for your letter.
I reviewed the original code.
I could see that the basic of the code was from the volpack library made by
Lacourte who developed the shearwarp volume rendering algorithm at Stanford.
So I think that it hardly gets the license.
If there are some license problems, I will replace the shearwarp code with
mine.(I had an experience in implementing the shearwarp code on the
commercial PC-based 3D medical visualization software, V-works of Clinic3D
Inc.)
I think that the original code is incomplete and has some bugs. If I had a
chance, I will update the codes.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards
Namkug Kim. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charl P. Botha [mailto:c.p.botha at ewi.tudelft.nl] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:34 PM
To: John Biddiscombe
Cc: NamkugKim; VTK List
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] VTK + ShearWarp Algorithm (new binding to vtk 4.2.5)

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:07, John Biddiscombe wrote:
> This is great. I've also had a play with the shear warp code posted about
6
> months ago or thereabouts. I've just integrated your changes into the
> current CVS head branch (float->double for some API stuff). The tests are
> working ok. I was unable to contact the original authors last time I tried
> to email them, but assuming they and you consent - should I commit this
> stuff to cvs so that its easier to make fixes and keep things
> synchronized/uptodate ?

Last time I had a look at this code, I couldn't find the license
anywhere.  Let's hope that if the authors respond that the license is
compatible with VTK, because a good Shear Warp implementation would be
most welcome.

I'm also planning to contribute the ShellSplatter interactive
splatting-based volume renderer to VTK soon:
http://visualisation.tudelft.nl/publications/botha2003/

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charl p. botha http://cpbotha.net/ http://visualisation.tudelft.nl/