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The VTK documentation is now generated using Doxygen, thanks to the work of some VTK users. The whole process is described in the Doxygen documentation project page. | The VTK documentation is now generated using Doxygen, thanks to the work of some VTK users. The whole process is described in the Doxygen documentation project page. | ||
== | == Books == | ||
[http://public.kitware.com/VTK/buy-books.php The Visualization Toolkit, An Object-Oriented Approach To 3D Graphics] | |||
(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen) | ''(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen)'' | ||
646 pages, 40 color pages, CD-ROM with software/data, ISBN 0-13-954694-4, Prentice Hall (amazon.com). Book figure images, Color Plate images. | 646 pages, 40 color pages, CD-ROM with software/data, ISBN 0-13-954694-4, Prentice Hall (amazon.com). Book figure images, Color Plate images. | ||
[http://www.kitware.com/products/vtkguide.html The VTK User's Guide] (+ [http://www.kitware.com/products/ugtoc.pdf its PDF toc]) | |||
"Everything you need to install, use, and extend vtk. Detailed examples, installation procedures, developers guide, file format descriptions, how to write imaging and graphics filters, plus data object API details for vtk version 2.2. [...]. The vtk Users's Guide is a companion text to The Visualization Toolkit text. While The Visualization Toolkit stresses algorithmic and data structure details, the vtk User's Guide stresses how to use the software." | "Everything you need to install, use, and extend vtk. Detailed examples, installation procedures, developers guide, file format descriptions, how to write imaging and graphics filters, plus data object API details for vtk version 2.2. [...]. The vtk Users's Guide is a companion text to The Visualization Toolkit text. While The Visualization Toolkit stresses algorithmic and data structure details, the vtk User's Guide stresses how to use the software." | ||
BookStore (various pointers and suggested material at Kitware) | [http://public.kitware.com/VTK/buy-books.php BookStore] (various pointers and suggested material at Kitware) | ||
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The Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Toolkit for 3D Graphics and Visualization ( PDF) | [http://public.kitware.com/VTK/pdf/dioot.pdf The Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Toolkit for 3D Graphics and Visualization] ( PDF) | ||
(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen) | ''(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen)'' | ||
IEEE Visualization '96, San Francisco, California, USA. | IEEE Visualization '96, San Francisco, California, USA. | ||
Visualizing with VTK: A Tutorial ( PDF), IEEE Computer Graphics And Applications (sept/oct 2000) | [http://www.computer.org/cga/cg2000/pdf/g5020.pdf Visualizing with VTK: A Tutorial] ( PDF), [http://www.computer.org/cga/ IEEE Computer Graphics And Applications] (sept/oct 2000) | ||
(W. Schroeder, L. Avila, W. Hoffman) | ''(W. Schroeder, L. Avila, W. Hoffman)'' | ||
A Parallel Approach for Efficiently Visualizing Extremely Large, Time-Varying Datasets ( PDF) | [http://public.kitware.com/VTK/pdf/pvtk.pdf A Parallel Approach for Efficiently Visualizing Extremely Large, Time-Varying Datasets] ( PDF) | ||
(J. Ahrens, C. Law, W. Schroeder, K. Martin, M. Papka) | ''(J. Ahrens, C. Law, W. Schroeder, K. Martin, M. Papka)'' | ||
Los Alamos National Laboratory – Technical Report #LAUR-00-1620 | Los Alamos National Laboratory – Technical Report #LAUR-00-1620 | ||
VTK File Formats ( PDF file, taken from the VTK User's Guide) | == Specs == | ||
[http://public.kitware.com/VTK/pdf/file-formats.pdf VTK File Formats] ( PDF file, taken from the VTK User's Guide) | |||
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[http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/janetandadam/aburry/vtk_project/doc/vtk_improvements.html Possible Steps to Improve the VTK Library] | [http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/janetandadam/aburry/vtk_project/doc/vtk_improvements.html Possible Steps to Improve the VTK Library] | ||
(A. D. Burry) | ''(A. D. Burry) | ||
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Revision as of 03:00, 26 July 2004
This page was originally taken from http://www.barre.nom.fr/vtk/links-doc.html
Don't forget to check the official VTK web site(and Kitware : VTK), What is VTK ? and the VTK overview.
Man pages
* VTK 4.x: nightly Man Pages (CHM and tar archives available here) * VTK 4.2: nightly Man Pages * VTK 4.0: nightly Man Pages * VTK 3.2: nightly Man Pages (archived in vtkMan.tar.gz, available in the nightly FTP ; use ftpuser as username and public as password) * VTK 3: nightly Man Pages (archived in vtkMan.tar.gz, available in the nightly FTP ; use ftpuser as username and public as password)
The VTK documentation is now generated using Doxygen, thanks to the work of some VTK users. The whole process is described in the Doxygen documentation project page.
Books
The Visualization Toolkit, An Object-Oriented Approach To 3D Graphics
(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen) 646 pages, 40 color pages, CD-ROM with software/data, ISBN 0-13-954694-4, Prentice Hall (amazon.com). Book figure images, Color Plate images.
The VTK User's Guide (+ its PDF toc)
"Everything you need to install, use, and extend vtk. Detailed examples, installation procedures, developers guide, file format descriptions, how to write imaging and graphics filters, plus data object API details for vtk version 2.2. [...]. The vtk Users's Guide is a companion text to The Visualization Toolkit text. While The Visualization Toolkit stresses algorithmic and data structure details, the vtk User's Guide stresses how to use the software."
BookStore (various pointers and suggested material at Kitware)
Papers
The Design and Implementation of an Object-Oriented Toolkit for 3D Graphics and Visualization ( PDF)
(W. Schroeder, K. Martin, Bl Lorensen) IEEE Visualization '96, San Francisco, California, USA.
Visualizing with VTK: A Tutorial ( PDF), IEEE Computer Graphics And Applications (sept/oct 2000)
(W. Schroeder, L. Avila, W. Hoffman)
A Parallel Approach for Efficiently Visualizing Extremely Large, Time-Varying Datasets ( PDF)
(J. Ahrens, C. Law, W. Schroeder, K. Martin, M. Papka) Los Alamos National Laboratory – Technical Report #LAUR-00-1620
Specs
VTK File Formats ( PDF file, taken from the VTK User's Guide)
Misc.
Possible Steps to Improve the VTK Library
(A. D. Burry)
