[SOLVED] Free software for volume mesh renderning?

[Noura]

Hi all,

Any recommendations for a free software to render a tetrahedron mesh (vtk format) clearly with its elements?

I couldn’t manage to set nice rendering in Sofa. Neither in ParaView, nor in MeshLab. In the mean time, I’m giving a trial to tetview.

Thanks,

Noura

[Hugo]

Hi @noura

As you know, we usually use Paraview.
If it doesn’t work in SOFA I like to use the TetrahedronSetGeometryAlgorithms: by hiding the VisualModels, you can then set drawTetrahedra=”1″ and set the scaling to drawScaleTetrahedra=”0.8″ this is not bad.
Finally, for advanced render, I would go for Blender ..

I hope this helps
Cheers,

Hugo

[Noura]

Hi @Hugo,

The setting using the TetrahedronSetGeometryAlgorithms seems not bad at all !

BTW, when you mentioned ParaView, Do you mean by selecting the volume representation from the drop box in the toolbar, or am I missing something? A brief explanation of setting steps would be helpful as well.

Thanks,

Noura

[Hugo]

About Paraview, I just meant that you can visualize 3D volumetric meshes with it.
Paraview can do it, with crop options (like SOFA) and others.

Next time we met, we can have a Paraview tour together but I am no huge expert of the latest versions.

Best

Hugo

[Noura]

Me neither not an expert 😉 I usually use Paraview in the same way you described, but I thought that there might be some magic configurations I don’t know. If I learned something interesting, I’ll share it.

Thanks,

Noura

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