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VTK Designer V2
Visualization Made Easy.

VTK Designer 2 is visual editor for creating and editing VTK pipelines. It is built using Qt, VTK and Generic Component Framework (GCF). It is a highly flexible, extensible system; attributed to its use of GCF.
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Simplify. Visualize. Develop.

Highlights

VTK Designer Version 2 - a next generation visualization system development platform. Towards re-defining 3D scientific visualization development, VTK Designer V2 provides a comprehensive environment to design complex visualization networks and to allow deployment of custom visualization applications on it. VTK Designer V2 is built using VTK, Qt and GCF.
VTK Designer 2 Main components of VTK Designer VTK Designer 2 comprises of the following
  • Core Application
    • The main program
  • Visualization components
    • VTK Visualization Node Factory
    • The pipeline canvas
    • The Visualization System Node explorer
    • Template manager
    • Data File Loader, etc...
  • System Interfaces
    • All the interface header files contained in Interfaces directory
  • Common Libraries
    • All the code contained in Common directory
  • GCF - Generic Component Framework
    • The component technology from VCreate Logic, on which VTK Designer is based.
  • Tools
    • ComponentGen - For generating new component code template
    • VNFComponentGen - For generating new visualization node factory component template
    • VisNodeGen - For generating new visualization node template
    • VTKDViewer and others...
 How to use VTK Designer
  1. Start VTK Designer
  2. Drag and drop VTK classes and construct a pipeline
  3. Configure properties of the VTK classes in the pipeline
  4. Click on "VTK Output" and check out the 3D output.
  5. Optionally you can script scenarios and animate the 3D output, or even generate polygonal data.

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VTK Designer 2.

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SVN Access to VTK Designer source code.

  • VTK Designer 2.5 development code is accessible from the SVN repository:
    https://svn2.hosted-projects.com/vcreatelogic/VTKDesigner2
  • Credentials: Username/Password for read-only access is anonymous/anonymous. Checkout a copy of the code from the SVN repository and look for a file called CompileHOWTO.txt to find out how to compile VTK Designer from its sources.

Latest Updates

New Features in VTK Designer 2.7
  • Introduced new classes vtkBezierSurfaceSource and vtkBezierSurfaceWidget
  • Thumbnail preview of canvas is now shown
  • vtkLookupTable now supports color-table presets (code from Prof. Vijay Natarajan, IISc Bangalore)
  • New Tools
    • ComponentGen: Tool to generate code template for a new component
    • VNFComponentGen : Tool to generate code template for new vis-node-factory components. Code generated by this tool can be used to support new nodes for drag and drop into the pipeline
    • VisNodeGen: Tool to generate code template for a new wrapper Introduced a new class called vtkWedgeSource
  • Fixed scriptable methods that help in coordinate transformations for vtkProp3D and subclasses
  • Added support for project templates
  • GCF's Menu Strip drawer feature is used by a few components.

License

Licensing Information License structure for various parts of VTK Designer V2
PartLicenseOpen Source UsageCommercial Usage
Core ApplicationBSDFreeFree
Visualization ComponentsLGPLFreeFree
System InterfacesLGPLFreeFree
Common LibrariesLGPLFreeFree
ToolsBSDFreeFree
GCFGPLFreeNot Free
[Note: The above license change was done just after the release of VTK Designer 2.7.1, so you will not find the changes in the currently released code. But the new license structure has already been applied in the SVN] The licensing model applies differently to different categories of our users. Please see below to find out how our licensing model would apply to you.
Usage PurposeFree / Not-Free
I want to use VTK Designer 2 for learning visualization Free
I want to use VTK Designer 2 for teaching visualization Free
I want to use VTK Designer 2 for writing articles Free
I want to modify VTK Designer 2 code to suit my needs. I will release the modifications under GPL/LGPL. Free
I want to add new components/algorithms to VTK Designer 2 and extend its capabilities. I will release the new components/algorithms under GPL/LGPL. Free
I want to modify VTK Designer 2 to suit my needs but I will not release the modifications under GPL/LGPL. Not Free
I want to add new components/algorithms to VTK Designer 2 but will not release the code under GNU/GPL. Not Free
I want to create a new product based on VTK Designer 2 codebase, but I will not give away the code of the new product. Not Free
I just want to use VTK Designer 2 for some internal (maybe commercial) use; but I am not modifying it or adding new components, algorithms, tools or features to it. Free
I conduct training on VTK and/or visualization. I would like to use VTK Designer 2 in the training sessions and give copies of the software to the participants in exchange for a fee. Free
For all the "Not Free" cases, you can write to us at info@vcreatelogic.com to purchase VTK Designer 2 SDK that lets you go ahead with your development with ease. Once you have your new components and addons ready, you can sell them to other VTK Designer users. If you have any questions about the licensing policy, please write to us at info@vcreatelogic.com.

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