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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>vtkGUI is a free, open
source program written in TCL/IncrTCL that was initially inspired by
vtkPipeline and vtkShow. Its purpose is to allow quick assembly of a VTK
pipeline in order to teach/learn/prototype with VTK.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>vtkGUI its not meant to do
any robust work. However, since it can save VTK pipelines in both TCL and, to
some extent, C++ it can be used as the starting point for any bigger
application.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Features:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Easily create any VTK
Object and connect them to form a pipeline</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Inspect / change any parameter
of any created object</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Load / Save as plain TCL
script </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Saved files can be
executed as stand alone scripts</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Loads "most" of
the TCL VTK Examples (see the manual for limitations)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>- Export as C++ source code</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Authors:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Silvano Imboden (Cineca - </span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Italy</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>):
concept, previous version, supervision Stefan Svensson, Katerina Vrotsou (M.Sc.
media technology and engineering students - </span></font><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Sweden</span></font><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>):
current release developers</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Release notes: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The current release is
distributed for Windows only and is provided with an installation program
(40MB). vtkGUI will use it's own embedded versions of TCL, IncrTCL and VTK so
it should run immediately after the installation on any machine. vtkGUI doesn't
use/change any environment variable so it will not disturb your previous
installed TCL and VTK.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>In theory vtkGUI should run
also on Linux using different versions of VTK, but the portability has not yet
been properly tested. Some hints can be found in the readme. Any feedback is
welcome (mailto vtkgui@cineca.it). </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>WebSite:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a
href="http://visit.cineca.it/vtkGUI">http://visit.cineca.it/vtkGUI</a></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Enjoy</span></font></p>
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lang=IT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span lang=IT style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>----------------------------</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Verdana><span lang=IT style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Silvano Imboden<br>
CINECA Computing Center<br>
Via Magnanelli 6/3<br>
40033 Casalecchio di Reno<br>
Bologna, Italy<br>
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