[vtkusers] Planet sized objects and distances on the scale of the Solar System

[Mads M. Hansen]

Thanks Dan, will do :)

.. Mads

2017-08-14 17:26 GMT+02:00 Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com>:

> I would look at the the difference between sun diameter and the planets
> (if you show the sun on the screen a planet would be smaller than a pixel).
> Also, the distance between planets might be so big that if you want to show
> that on the screen, planets would be too small to be seen. I have not look
> at the actual distances, but this might be some of what you are seeing.
>
> I would start with smaller ratios between sun vs planets and distances
> between planets versus planet diameters. After everyting works as expected,
> you can move toward the real distances.
>
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Mads M. Hansen <madsmh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I am currently writing what I hope is to be a realistic simulation of the
>> Solar System in C++ and to visualize it in 3D with VTK. However when I try
>> to render the objects (which er spheres) I get either a black screen or
>> when I scale the distances/radii a bit the object shown, until I click with
>> the mouse and then it disappears.  You can see the code attached.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions on how to solve this issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mads.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Powered by www.kitware.com
>>
>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at
>> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>>
>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at:
>> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
>>
>> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=vtkusers
>>
>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/attachments/20170816/99ba6247/attachment.html>