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Viewers

Salome provides a selection of viewers for data representation. Some of them are used in several modules, others are used only in one module or in some particular cases.

  • OCC (Open CasCade) 3D viewer has been developed on the basis of Open CASCADE Technology. This is the default viewer for Geometry Module, providing good representation of construction and transformation of geometrical objects. Only this viewer allows to work with groups and sub-shapes. This viewer can also work in Mesh module, however, it doesn't allow to visualize meshes.
  • VTK 3D viewer has been developed basing on Visualization ToolKit library by Kitware, Inc. This is the default viewer for Mesh Module, allowing to visualize meshes. It is also used in Post-Pro module for all 3D presentations.
  • Plot 2D viewer has been developed basing on open-source Qwt library. It is destined for the representation of 2d plots and graphs in Post-Pro module.
  • GL 2D viewer - general purpose OpenGL-based viewer, which can be used for visualization of 2D scenes.
  • QxScene 2D viewer - has been developed on the basis of QGraphicsView scene by Trolltech. This viewer is used in YACS module for visualization of computation schemes.