VTK Export for Solid Edge is a Visualization Toolkit (.vtk) file export add-in for Solid Edge®. This add-in gives Solid Edge the ability to export geometric data from Solid Edge to ASCII and Binary VTK files.
VTK Export for Solid Edge tessellates solid bodies in a Solid Edge document into a set of triangular meshes. These meshes are then exported to a VTK file as mesh objects. The VTK file can then be imported into a variety of CAD applications.
VTK Export for Solid Edge is very easy to use. Once installed, it automatically loads itself into Solid Edge and adds a new submenu called "VTK Export for Solid Edge" to the Solid Edge Add Ins menu containing these newly added commands.
The 'VTK Export for Solid Edge' menu consists of the following commands:
# Export - Exports to a VTK file
# Help - Display the VTK Export for Solid Edge help file
# Register - Register your copy of VTK Export for Solid Edge
# About - Display the VTK Export for Solid Edge About box
VTK Export for Solid Edge comes with detailed documentation for each command as well as a tutorial to get you started in the shortest possible time.
The VTK File Format
The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization used by thousands of researchers and developers around the world. VTK consists of a C++ class library, and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python. The Toolkit stores geometric data in a file format known as VTK. Very few CAD applications have the ability to read and write VTK files.