<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/23/2002 4:33:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, krs@cs.uncc.edu writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Could perhaps the authors illuminate why the VTK book is out of print?<BR>
I know the book is a few years old, but still a lot of us are using it and some<BR>
of us use it in visualization courses and for projects..<BR>
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Indeed. The publisher confirms that. There probably is some availability on amazon, but my concern is for a class that I have coming up next year. Last year I assigned the User's Guide, but it can only (I think) be purchased online, which is difficult for students that have student aid vouchers at the book store for text book purchases.<BR>
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Do the authors have an answer?<BR>
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What WOULD be good is to have a new addition but with much of the material from the User's Guide included -- at least on CD. To write a book that would explain the complete functionality of VTK AND give the background that the text does would be a daunting task.<BR>
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As an asside... a student I have who is very VTK proficient asked me, does anyone REALLY know the functionality of the various classes? That's a broad question, but it also shows the potential power of these classes. I have a great deal of respect for the work done on these classes.<BR>
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George<BR>
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<B>George C. Harrison Professor of Computer Science<BR>
Norfolk State University</B><BR>
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