[vtkusers] Re: is VTKDelete() intended for public use?

[David Gobbi]

--- "Steve M. Robbins" <steven.robbins at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Hello David,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 10:48:17AM -0400, David Gobbi wrote:
>  
> > I think that you are taking the wrong approach.  You don't
> > actually need to delete any VTK objects, you just need to
> > free the memory that they are using to store the image array.
> > 
> > Each data object has a "ReleaseData()" method that will
> > allegedly do the trick.
> 
> Thanks -- that sounds like just the ticket.  I presume something
> similar exists for non-data objects.

Yes, mappers and textures have ReleaseGraphicsResources().  It should
be a safe way of freeing video memory consumed by those classes.

 - DG