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==Basic Concepts==
[[Image:VTK_TextbookCover.jpg|right|thumb|link=http://www.kitware.com/products/books/vtkguide.html|100px|VTK User's Guide]]I advise that a new user begin by playing with the Vistrails module that renders a simple cylinder.  It can be found under the VisTrails ''examples'' folder as:  <font face="courier" color="maroon">&#8230;/examples/vtk_examples/Rendering/Cylinder.vt</font>.  Note that the suffix (or file type) ".vt" indicates that the file is a VisTrails (vt) python module; VisTrails modules, in turn, heavily refer to routines that are available through the open source Visualization Toolkit (vtk) library.  This is a good example to begin with because it is highlighted in Chapter 4 of the [http://www.kitware.com/products/books/vtkguide.html ''VTK User's Guide,'' authored and published by Kitware, Inc.]
 
 
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Figure 1: A Simple Cylinder
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'''Caption:'''  To be written.
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==Web References==
Here are some potentially relevant web pages:
Here are some potentially relevant web pages:
* [http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/centre-for-information-technology/research/hpcv/visualisation/vtk/polydata/man.html Examples (1)]
* [http://www.rug.nl/science-and-society/centre-for-information-technology/research/hpcv/visualisation/vtk/polydata/man.html Examples (1)]
* [http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~slombey/asci/vtk/vtk_formats.simple.html VTK File Formats]

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Understanding vtk Tools Inside VisTrails

Basic Concepts

VTK User's Guide

I advise that a new user begin by playing with the Vistrails module that renders a simple cylinder. It can be found under the VisTrails examples folder as: …/examples/vtk_examples/Rendering/Cylinder.vt. Note that the suffix (or file type) ".vt" indicates that the file is a VisTrails (vt) python module; VisTrails modules, in turn, heavily refer to routines that are available through the open source Visualization Toolkit (vtk) library. This is a good example to begin with because it is highlighted in Chapter 4 of the VTK User's Guide, authored and published by Kitware, Inc.


Figure 1: A Simple Cylinder

VTK Fig4.1.jpg
CylinderWorkflow01.jpg

Caption: To be written.

Web References

Here are some potentially relevant web pages: