Not that I know of. We are more likely to make the conversion to image based volume rendering automatic, faster and more precise.
David E DeMarle Kitware, Inc. Principal Engineer 21 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-881-4909 On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Weiguang Guan <gu...@rhpcs.mcmaster.ca> wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for confirming it. Does Kitware have a plan to implement volume > rendering for rectilinear volume? You see the spectrum from vtkImageData, > to vtkRectilinearGrid, vtkStructuredGrid --- volume rendering is > implemented on both ends but not for the middle one, which is a bit odd to > the user. > > Best, > Weiguang > > > > On 4/27/2018 12:06 PM, David E DeMarle wrote: > > You are correct it will not directly volume render vtkRectilinearGrids. > > Use threshold filter (all values) to map to a vtkUnstructuredGrid for > direct rendering but at a cost of memory explosion. > Apply the resample to image filter to map to vtkImageData for fast volume > rendering, but at a cost of trading off precision for memory size. > > > David E DeMarle > Kitware, Inc. > Principal Engineer > 21 Corporate Drive > <https://maps.google.com/?q=21+Corporate+Drive+%0D%0A++++++++++++++++++++Clifton+Park,+NY+12065&entry=gmail&source=g> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 > Phone: 518-881-4909 > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Weiguang Guan <gu...@rhpcs.mcmaster.ca> > wrote: > >> I didn't a test and I'm surprised that Paraview cannot do volume >> rendering on rectilinear data. Can someone confirm it or I made a mistake? >> >> Cheers, >> Weiguang >> >> -- >> -- >> Weiguang Guan >> Research Scientist >> RHPCS, McMaster University >> Phone: 905-525-9140 x22540 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> https://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview >> > > > > -- > -- > Weiguang Guan > Research Scientist > RHPCS, McMaster University > Phone: 905-525-9140 x22540 > >
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