Visualization Toolkit
| Visualization Toolkit | |
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| developer | Kitware Inc. |
| Current version | 9.0.1 |
| operating system | Unix derivatives ( Linux , macOS ), Windows |
| programming language | C , C ++ , Python |
| category | Scientific visualization , program library |
| License | BSD-like |
| German speaking | No |
| http://vtk.org | |
The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source - C ++ - graphics library , which is particularly suitable for 3D computer graphics with a focus for scientific visualization .
history
VTK was created in a research department at General Electric . Initially, VTK was used to visualize image data from imaging processes (patent for the Marching Cubes algorithm), but its field of application was soon expanded. Kitware, founded by Will Schroeder, Ken Martin and Bill Lorensen, is now in charge of development at VTK.
VTK consists of over 700 classes. It has grown very large now and contains more than 1,000,000 lines of C ++ code. In addition to C ++, access to VTK is also possible using Tcl / Tk , Java , Python and .NET .
Patents
The US patent for the Marching Cubes algorithm expired on June 5, 2005.
See also
literature
- Schroeder, Will, et al .: The Visualization Toolkit: An Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics Kitware, 2006, ISBN 978-1-930934-19-1 , online
- Avila, Lisa S., et al .: The Visualization Toolkit: User's Guide Kitware, 2010, ISBN 978-1-930934-23-8 , online