VTK/Charts: Difference between revisions

From KitwarePublic
< VTK
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Added additional package mailed to list by Aashish)
No edit summary
Line 37: Line 37:
* [http://anaphe.web.cern.ch/anaphe/qplotter.html QPlotter]
* [http://anaphe.web.cern.ch/anaphe/qplotter.html QPlotter]
* [http://www.ggobi.org/ ggobi]
* [http://www.ggobi.org/ ggobi]
* [http://www.zedgraph.org/ ZedGraph]


=== Multiple Backends (Publication Quality) ===
=== Multiple Backends (Publication Quality) ===

Revision as of 07:12, 9 October 2009

Goals

  • Render 2D charts using OpenGL/VTK
  • Scalable to large data sets
  • Simple, flexible API
  • Enable server side rendering of charts with VTK compositing

Open Questions

  • Alternate backend to produce publication quality output?
  • Possibility to extend the API to 3D charts in the future?

Chart Types

  • XY plot
  • Scatter
  • Bar chart
  • Histogram
  • Stack chart
  • Pie chart
  • Parallel axes
  • Tree map
  • Bubble chart

Existing Applications/Libraries

Below is a summary of different libraries or applications that produce 2D charts and plots. Those listed either provide both screen and publication quality rendering, or just screen rendering.

Optimized for Screen Rendering

Multiple Backends (Publication Quality)