The VTK-m User’s Guide

The VTK-m User’s Guide

Version 2.1.0-227-gcd8afa9f

Kenneth Moreland

with special contributions from Vicente Bolea, Hank Childs, Nickolas Davis, Mark Kim, James Kress, Matthew Letter, Li-Ta Lo, Robert Maynard, Sujin Philip, David Pugmire, Nick Thompson, Allison Vacanti, Abhishek Yenpure, and the VTK‑m community

Moreland, K. (2023). The VTK-m User’s Guide, Tech report ORNL/TM-2023/3182, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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VTK-m User's Guide

• 1. Getting Started
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Building and Installing VTK‑m
  • 1.3. Quick Start
• 2. Using VTK‑m
  • 2.1. Base Types
  • 2.2. VTK-m Version
  • 2.3. Initialization
  • 2.4. Data Sets
  • 2.5. File I/O
  • 2.6. Running Filters
  • 2.7. Provided Filters
  • 2.8. Rendering
  • 2.9. Error Handling
  • 2.10. Managing Devices
  • 2.11. Timers
  • 2.12. Implicit Functions
• 3. Developing Algorithms
  • 3.1. General Approach
  • 3.2. Basic Array Handles
  • 3.3. Simple Worklets
  • 3.4. Basic Filter Implementation
• 4. Advanced Development
  • 4.1. Advanced Types
  • 4.2. Logging
  • 4.3. Worklet Types
  • 4.4. Extended Filter Implementations
  • 4.5. Worklet Error Handling
  • 4.6. Math
  • 4.7. Working with Cells
• 5. Core Development
• 6. Appendix
  • 6.1. Acknowledgements
  • 6.2. License
  • Index