PyQt GUI

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Phil Thompson wrote:

> On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:11:51 +0200, "Diez B. Roggisch"
> <deets at nospam.web.de>
> wrote:
>> Helvin wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi experts!
>>> 
>>> I'm developing a GUI for a software using PyQT, and need 3D
>>> visualization. Should I use PyOpenGL or VTK?
>>> I understand that the PyQt package comes with a opengl module. What
>>> else would I need? I think I need to download opengl. but how? where?
>>> I have VTK and pyVTK installed, but I don't know how to use it in my
>>> code, as when I run it, an error says it can't find the vtk module.
>> 
>> VTK won't mix with Qt. And I don't think you need to download opengl - it
>> either comes with your system (or gfx-drivers), or not. I'm not sure if
> Qt
>> actually wraps the OpenGL api itself, AFAIK it doesn't, so you need
>> PyOpenGL I guess.
> 
> VTK has explicit support for both Qt (ie. via C++) and PyQt.

Oh, I'm sorry for the FUD - they talk about Tk on their homepage.

Diez