[vtkusers] ANN: VTK Book Examples

[natorenvliet at gmail.com]

This will put me at least thirty or forty minutes ahead :)

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> On Oct 5, 2017, at 9:05 PM, Andrew Maclean <andrew.amaclean at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Here they are. I have left out all the data files to save space.
> Please note:
> 1) They were probably done in Python 2.6.
> 2) It was for VTK 6.0
> 
> As Bill noted it would be a good idea to use vtkNamedColors instead of colors.py in the Python folder. These conversions were done long before vtkNamedColors existed.
> 
> Conversion Progress.txt should give you a good idea as to what was done.
> 
> Regards
>    Andrew
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Nick Torenvliet <natorenvliet at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Andrew, I would be very interested in getting a copy of your port.  Please zip and send! 
>> 
>> Thanks in advance, I'm working through the book as we speak... those examples will come in handy. 
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Andrew Maclean <andrew.amaclean at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A long while ago, I converted most of the VTK Book examples from TCL to Python, (Sept 2014 to be precise). I still have the converted examples and notes as to where conversions failed.
>>> 
>>> No one was interested at the time. 
>>> 
>>> If you want I can zip up the code and send it to you.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>>    Andrew
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
>>>> To: VTK Users <vtkusers at vtk.org>, VTK Developers <vtk-developers at vtk.org>
>>>> Cc: 
>>>> Bcc: 
>>>> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:52:55 -0700
>>>> Subject: [vtkusers] ANN: VTK Book Examples
>>>> Folks,
>>>> 
>>>> We've started an effort to convert all of the examples mentioned in
>>>> the VTK Book. This is a works in progress.
>>>> 
>>>> Since some of the API's have changed, the new implementations may
>>>> differ from those in the book. Also, since Tcl used less frequently,
>>>> the examples have been converted to C++. The examples are also
>>>> enhanced by newer VTK features, like vtkNamedColors and
>>>> VtkSmartPointer.
>>>> 
>>>> Each Figure example
>>>> 
>>>> 1) links to the source code of the new implementation,
>>>> 2) links to the doxygen documentation for classes demonstrated,
>>>> 3) shows the original figure caption and,
>>>> 4) if the example produces an image, links to the full resolution image.
>>>> 5) If the caption includes a source file reference, e.g. bluntStr.cxx
>>>> or rotations.tcl, that reference links to the original source code.
>>>> 
>>>> Go to: https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/VTKBookFigures/
>>>> 
>>>> Figures that have been converted will show an image on the right:
>>>> 
>>>> For example see:
>>>> https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/Cxx/VisualizationAlgorithms/LOx/
>>>> 
>>>> Please enjoy this new effort to revive the VTK Figure examples.
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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