vtk supports a number of 3D file formats including VRML, OBJ, and 3DS. There are many free convertes available on the internet (one of which is ObjConverter). You can get any one of these convertes to convert your files and then load them into vtk
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Maynard</b> <<a href="mailto:thorin.hax@gmail.com">thorin.hax@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">After searching the archive for the mailing list, I have not seen any mention of a vtk reader for Dxf files. Does one exist already? if not what is the best way to convert a large amount of dxf's to a format that vtk can accept?
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