VTK Export for Bricscad 1.0

 VTK Export for Bricscad 1.0 provides you with a powerful application which can allow you to export geometric data from Bricscad to ASCII and Binary VTK files. VTK Export for Bricscad extracts facet data from 3D Face, Polygon Mesh and PolyFace Mesh objects in the active Bricscad drawing and exports it to a VTK file.

Installation & Usage

Since VTK Export for Bricscad is a plug-in for Bricscad, it must be loaded into the Bricscad environment before it can be used. Please follow the simple instructions in the VTK Export for Bricscad ReadMe document which is copied into the installation folder. After you have loaded the plug-in file into Bricscad, simply click on the menu items in the "VTKExport" submenu or type "VTKExport" (without quotes) at the Bricscad command prompt and press "Enter". This will bring about the "File Open" dialog box from where you can select the VTK file you wish to export. Truly, software made simple!

The 'VTKExport' menu consists of the following commands:

• VTKExport - Exports a VTK file
• VTKExportHelp - Displays the VTK Export for Bricscad help file
• VTKExportRegister - Registers your copy of VTK Export for Bricscad
• VTKExportAbout - Displays the VTK Export for Bricscad About box

The VTK File Format

• The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization used by thousands of researchers and developers around the world.
• VTK consists of a C++ class library, and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python. The Toolkit stores geometric data in a file format known as VTK.
• Very few CAD applications have the ability to read and write VTK files.

 Major Features:

1. VTK Export for Bricscad  extracts facet data from 3D Face, Polygon Mesh and PolyFace Mesh objects in the active Bricscad drawing and exports it to a VTK file.
2. VTK Export for Bricscad is very easy to use. Once installed, it must be loaded into the Bricscad environment.
3. There are simple instructions for this in the ReadMe file. Once loaded it adds new commands to Bricscad's existing commands and a new submenu called "VTKExport" to the Bricscad menu containing these newly added commands.