[vtkusers] Reader plugin API in VolView?

[Elvis Stansvik]

2016-04-12 16:25 GMT+02:00 Ken Martin <ken.martin at kitware.com>:

> I do not recall a reader plugin API, filtering was the main focus for
> plugins. The readers are VTK readers so if you want to add your own reader
> you would follow the model of any vtk reader that produces vtkImageData,
> most of them are subclasses of vtkImageReader2 or vtkMedicalImasgeReader2,
> etc  and then add that to VolView by modifying the code that handles file
> IO in VolView
>

Alright, thanks for confirming Ken! Too bad there's no plugin API, as
rebuilding VolView is quite a chore.

Elvis


>
> - Hope that helps
> - Ken
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 3:59 AM, Elvis Stansvik <
> elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com> wrote:
>
>> 2016-03-03 13:51 GMT+01:00 Elvis Stansvik <elvis.stansvik at orexplore.com>:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Sorry if this is off-topic, and I know VolView is probably not really
>>> actively developed nowadays, but does anyone know if VolView has a plugin
>>> API for file format readers, like ParaView has? I know there's a plugin API
>>> for filters, but I couldn't find any info on writing custom readers.
>>>
>>
>> Noone knows? Sorry for bumping my own thread like this, won't happen
>> again!
>>
>> Elvis
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Is there anywhere I can browse the VolVIew code without having to
>>> download the tarball?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Elvis
>>>
>>
>>
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