[vtkusers] How to export vtk source objects created in programming way into files to load in ParaView etc

[Bill Lorensen]

You will need to ask the paraview and kiwi viewer folks if they can
save a "scene".


On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Wei Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> This is a good idea. I can use the writer to export each object separately
> and insert into a big xml file format, which is possible. When reading I can
> extract the objects one by one and render them.
>
> However I don't think this approach will apply for software like ParaView
> and, especially, KiwiViewer etc. I was wondering if I can export the complex
> 3d view into one single supported file and load it into KiwiViewer; thus I
> can avoid writing a tablet application on my own, which is costly.
>
> Thanks. I still appreciate more ideas.
>
> Wei
>
>
> On 2 January 2014 15:46, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As far as I know, VTK does not have a way to save multiple objects in
>> a single file. I suggest you create a simple file format that contains
>> one .vtu file name per line. Each .vtu file can be created with
>> vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:34 PM, David Doria <daviddoria at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Wei Wu <salad00 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi David,
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks for your help. It works.
>> >>
>> >> However I still have further questions. I use programming way to load a
>> >> vtu file, which contains simulation results, then create a batch of 3D
>> >> source objects. They are all rendered together to compose a complete
>> >> view.
>> >> As I understand the vtkXMLPolyDataWriter can only export one single
>> >> object
>> >> at each time? What if I want to export all the objects plus the vtu
>> >> results
>> >> together to a single file for afterwards restoring?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for your time in advance.
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Wei
>> >
>> >
>> > Please keep the discussion on the mailing list so that everyone can
>> > participate.
>> >
>> > I don't have a good answer for you - perhaps someone else can help.
>> >
>> > David
>> >
>> >
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