[vtkusers] plot a huge amount of spheres

[Gib Bogle]

You need only multiple actors, all using the same mapper.

On 23/08/2013 2:39 a.m., curator wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am able to draw a vtkSphere with its own vtkSphere, vtkActor and vtkMapper 
> equipped together. Now if I need several spheres, I add multiple instances of 
> this stuff for each sphere and add them all up to the same renderer - so far, 
> so good.
>
> Now I need to draw a really huge amount of spheres, which are all identical 
> except the position. Is there any more efficient way to to that than just 
> creating N vtkActors, N vtkMappers and N vtkSpheres?
>
> regards,
> curator
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