[vtkusers] Loading VRML file into a vtkActor

[Shriram Iyer]

Thanks Vidyadhar. Does the vtkPolydata we get by doing this retain the
coloring and shading information present in the original 3DS model?

Shriram

On 9/6/07, Vidyadhar <vidyadhar at lucidindia.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
> Both importers have GetRenderer methods which give access to renderer.
> From that you can retrieve vtkActorCollection. Traverse the collection to
> retrieve each actor. From actor you can retrieve its mapper (some polydata
> mapper) and from mapper get its input which will be the polydata mesh. I
> have not use this with vtkVRMLImporter but with vtk3DSImporter.
> Vidyadhar
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Shriram Iyer <shriram.uc at gmail.com>
> *To:* vtkusers at vtk.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:45 AM
> *Subject:* [vtkusers] Loading VRML file into a vtkActor
>
> Hi All,
>
> I tried out the vtkVRMLImporter test. I want to be able to load a VRML
> file, change its visibility, and move it around. Is there a way to get the
> output of the importer into a polydatamapper and then into an actor? I tried
> doing this with 3DS files too using vtk3DSImporter but was unsuccessful.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Shriram
>
>
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