[vtkusers] question to ImageProcessing/Python/ImageSlicing.py

[Dominik Szczerba]

David Gobbi wrote:
> This example is specifically meant to display the results in 2D.
> Modifying it to show the results in 3D would not be easy (even for me,
> and I wrote the example).  You should consider using the
> vtkImagePlaneWidget instead, since it is meant to display the slices
> in 3D.

Thanks for a hint, will give it a try. I am just trying to mimick 
ParaView's slice representation.

> 
> Plug them in by foot, huh?  You must have very dexterous feet.

Haha... I meant going there step by step (compute translations, 
rotations,...) - which indeed would have to be quite dexterous ;)

Thanks
Dominik

> 
>    David
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Dominik Szczerba <dominik at itis.ethz.ch> wrote:
>> I want to modify this example to get the slices in 3D, correctly positioned
>> against the outline actor for the original 3D volume. However I am unable to
>> find a quick solution to this seemingly trivial task: neither the extracted
>> slice origin nor orientation are compatible with the original 3D volume. I
>> am rather overwhelmed with the abundance of the transform options there -
>> can someone please hint me how to achieve this (basic?) goal? Or do I really
>> have to compute the transforms myself and plug them in by foot...?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dominik
>