vtk-rs
Rust bindings for the Visualization Toolkit (VTK).
Testing
| stable | beta | nightly | Build | |
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ubuntu-24.04 |
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cargo build --features vtk9-1 |
ubuntu-22.04 |
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cargo build --features vtk9-1 |
macos-13 |
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cargo build --features vtk9-4 |
macos-14 |
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cargo build --features vtk9-4 |
Dependencies
This package relies on a system install of vtk.
In some scenarios, it might be necessary to install additional dependencies.
Otherwise, compilation of the cmake part might fail linker errors.
| Distro | Packages |
|---|---|
| Archlinux | pacman -S clang cmake vtk openmpi fast_float nlohmann-json gl2ps utf8cpp |
| Ubuntu 22 & 24 | sudo apt install libvtk9.1 libvtk9-dev |
Building
vtk-rs will try to determine the path for vtk automatically.
It is also possible to specify said path directly with the VTK_DIR environment variable.
Internals
This crate builds on cmake and cxx
in order to generate the necessary code and bindings.
The bindings for vtk modules are written manually in C++.
From there, we generate appropriate bindings with cxx::bridge using the CLI tool
cxxbridge.
However, we do not use cxx to compile the code but rather let cmake handle this task.
To implement the desired class methods, we use Rust
macros.
Roadmap
- Stabilize Build system
- Automate system library detection and generate linker flags
- Gradually implement functionality for examples. Start with 3D geometry.