When rendering geometries in VTK, we can now achieve great results with the newly introduced PBR shading. We just have to configure properly lights, HDRI … Read More

F3D v1.0, a fast and minimalist 3D viewer has been released ! F3D is a VTK-based 3D viewer following the KISS principle, so it is … Read More

Introduction When selecting points or cells from the render view, ParaView currently executes internally an “Extract Selection” filter to display the primitive under the mouse … Read More

Introduction Last year we introduced the beginning of Physically Based Rendering in VTK. Now the journey to modern rendering in VTK continues with new features … Read More

Assisted by Charles Gueunet and Helene Grandmontagne, Mathieu Westphal and Michael Migliore recently taught two free webinar sessions that explored ParaView 5.8 new features. These … Read More

Introduction Until VTK 8.2, surface shading through the vtkPolyDataMapper is computed using the Phong reflectance model. While it achieves plausible results, it requires the user … Read More

Context Nowadays, it is quite common to have access to a device capable of displaying 360° scenes like VR headsets, planetarium/dome screens or a simple … Read More

The glTF file format glTF is an API-neutral royalty-free specification for the efficient transmission and loading of 3D scenes and models by applications. It is … Read More

CGAL: The Computational Geometry Algorithms Library CGAL is a software project that provides easy access to efficient and reliable geometric algorithms in the form of … Read More

Context There are two common techniques in computer graphics to render surface geometries: Rasterization and Raytracing. By default, ParaView uses the Rasterization technique with OpenGL to … Read More