vtkEncodedGradientShader

Section: Visualization Toolkit Volume Rendering Classes

Usage

vtkEncodedGradientShader computes shading tables for encoded normals that indicates the amount of diffuse and specular illumination that is received from all light sources at a surface location with that normal. For diffuse illumination this is accurate, but for specular illumination it is approximate for perspective projections since the center view direction is always used as the view direction. Since the shading table is dependent on the volume (for the transformation that must be applied to the normals to put them into world coordinates) there is a shading table per volume. This is necessary because multiple volumes can share a volume mapper.

To create an instance of class vtkEncodedGradientShader, simply invoke its constructor as follows 

  obj = vtkEncodedGradientShader

Methods

The class vtkEncodedGradientShader has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkEncodedGradientShader class.