[Paraview] which VTK

[Dominik Szczerba]

So the conclusions would be to use Paraview's VTK for more recent if 
somewhat less stable version?

I see the problem in maintaining two versions. And I dont think I am 
going to change CMakeLists.txt to use an older external VTK version. But 
is it at least easilly possible to link paraview dynamically against the 
VTK? I get huge binary output files...

regards,
Dominik

Berk Geveci wrote:
> CVS ParaView uses CVS VTK. When ParaView is branched for a release, VTK is
> also branched. We used to support using an external VTK but we had too many
> complaints  that turned out to be mismatching versions of VTK and ParaView.
> Because of this, we stopped supporting using an external VTK. You have to
> change ParaView CMakeLists.txt files in order to allow for the use of an
> external VTK and I don't think it's straightforward to do. I keep separate
> builds of VTK and ParaView. If you are using VTK only from C++, you can use
> the VTK built by ParaView instead of keeping a separate VTK.
> 
> -Berk
> 
> 
> On 12/13/05, Dominik Szczerba <domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch> wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I once have asked this question, but didint get an answer. I didnt
>>conclude much from the Wiki pages either: what is the reason Paraview
>>uses its own VTK version?
>>
>>1) Which version is it (CVS?) and what/why modifications are made to it?
>>
>>2) I use both VTK (from C/C++) and Paraview (stand-alone) and I see
>>little sense in compiling VTK twice. If the Paraview's versions is
>>newer, which one is it / what are the differences to the official
>>version? If the official VTK version is OK to use to compile Paraview,
>>how can I disable redundant compilation and reuse VTK available on my
>>system?
>>
>>thank you and regards,
>>Dominik
>>
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>>Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
>>http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi
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> 

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Dominik Szczerba, Dr.
Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi