vtk: 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization library

Contents

  1. Overview of package
  2. Overview of package
    1. General usage
  3. Availability of package by cluster

Overview of package

General information about package
Package: vtk
Description: 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization library
For more information: https://vtk.org
Categories:
License: OpenSource (BSD 3-clause)

General usage information

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is open source software for manipulating and displaying scientific data. It comes with state-of-the-art tools for 3D rendering, a suite of widgets for 3D interaction, and extensive 2D plotting capability.

The various vtk* commands are now in your PATH.

The paraview and related commands has been added to your PATH.

The following environmental variables have been defined:

  • \$VTK_ROOT has been set to the root of the vtk installation
  • \$VTK_LIBDIR points to the directory containing the libraries
  • \$VTK_INCDIR points to the directory containing the header files

You will probably wish to use these by adding the following flags to your compilation command (e.g. to CFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -I\$VTK_INCDIR
and the following flags to your link command (e.g. LDFLAGS in your Makefile):
  • -L\$VTK_LIBDIR -Wl,-rpath,\$VTK_LIBDIR

Available versions of the package vtk, by cluster

This section lists the available versions of the package vtkon the different clusters.

Available versions of vtk on the Deepthought2 cluster (RHEL8)

Available versions of vtk on the Deepthought2 cluster (RHEL8)
Version Module tags CPU optimized for GPU ready?
8.1.2 vtk/8.1.2 ivybridge Y

Available versions of vtk on the Juggernaut cluster

Available versions of vtk on the Juggernaut cluster
Version Module tags CPU optimized for GPU ready?
8.1.2 vtk/8.1.2 broadwell Y