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Michael, there is some code under VTK/Parallel in the source distribution that deals with client/server connectivity and MPI.<div>I haven't used the classes and the VTK books don't describe this part of the library but maybe somebody else on this list can offer more details.<div><br></div><div>Rob</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Michael Knopke wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">I’d like to know if there is a way to have some kind of server rendering application helping (thin) clients to do e.g. software rendering.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Could this be done using MPI?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">The idea is to have a strong server waiting for clients to connect and do all the processor workload. In this scenario it is not one application but every client has its own app running doing different stuff (e.g. filtering artifacts, volume rendering…)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial">Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This is the private VTK discussion list.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at: <a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers">http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>