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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m looking at a project</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">modelling</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> a large dataset in 3d.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> looked at vpython</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">briefly</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> since</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">familiar</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> with python but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> found it far too slow for my purposes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> a model composed of just 50,000 spheres ran like a dog on a mid range quadro card</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, and my models might go up to a million data points.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">So</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ve resigned myself to needing to use something like vtk in c++</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, however while</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> wait for it to compile in visual studio,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> thought</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> might ask if even vtk can handle such a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">requirement</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> need to be able to rotate and zoom around the models with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">reasonable</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> ease</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> as well as turn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">various</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> components of the model on and off.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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