[vtkusers] speed

[David Doria]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Tim Smith (25121) <tksmith at minara.com.au>wrote:

>  Hi, I’m looking at a project modelling a large dataset in 3d. I looked at
> vpython briefly since I’m familiar with python but I found it far too slow
> for my purposes – a model composed of just 50,000 spheres ran like a dog
> on a mid range quadro card, and my models might go up to a million data
> points.
>
> So I’ve resigned myself to needing to use something like vtk in c++,
> however while I wait for it to compile in visual studio, I thought I might
> ask if even vtk can handle such a requirement? I need to be able to rotate
> and zoom around the models with reasonable ease as well as turn various
> components of the model on and off.
>
>
>
>
If all you need to do is rotate, zoom and turn on/off models, check out
Paraview. You will not need to use any programming at all. It is built for
parallel visualization, so if you have access to more hardware you can
surely achieve what you're looking to do.

Thanks,

David
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