VTK 5.6 Release Planning

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Planned Schedule

What's New in VTK 5.6?

New features in VTK since the 5.4 release include:

  • Improved chart support
  • Classes moved from vtkEdge (vtkGPUVolumeRayCastMapper & associated classes. What else?)
  • 211 new C++ classes.
  • 91 new C++ tests running on most dashboards
  • 17 new C++ examples that demonstrate how to use VTK effectively.
  • More robust EnSight reader.
  • Addition of Tecplot reader.
  • Accurate anti-jagginess streamline integrator
  • Incremental / dynamic octree-based point locator for fast point location and insertion of non-uniformly distributed points (3 times faster than the previous version).
  • Integration of robust cell location to vector evaluation on complex grids.
  • High-performance table-based clipper for various kinds of grids (one to two orders of magnitude faster than the previous version).
  • Addition of GPU-based real time Line Integral Convolution (LIC) with enhanced image contrast and LIC+geometry compositing for dense vector field / flow visualization.

API Changes

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OpenGL requirements

Same as VTK 5.2 (?): See this section in the Frequently asked questions (FAQ)