[vtkusers] profiling vtk code

[Goodwin Lawlor]

Hi Steve,

You could try using vtkTimerLog in your software (VTK uses it internally 
to time the rendering process).

Timing unit tests is handy with a scripting language like Tcl or 
Python... if you build the wrappers.

hth

Goodwin

Steve Chall wrote:
> I have some software built around vtk that’s working very well, except 
> that a central method is running forever…literally 4-7 hours.  I’d like 
> to find out what’s eating up the time and I’m pretty sure it’s inside 
> vtk code.  Is there a version of the vtk libraries that have been 
> compiled so I can profile the code that’s been built with them?  I 
> really quail at the thought of rebuilding the vtk libraries with the –p 
> option on.  I’m using g++ on Ubuntu Linux.  Thanks all.
> 
>  
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> -Steve Chall
> 
>  Senior Research Software Developer
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>  Renaissance Computing Institute
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>  Phone: 919-515-0051
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>  Email: stevec at renci.org
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