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diff --git a/science-libs/vtk/DETAILS b/science-libs/vtk/DETAILS index b5e3cd7da7..ffe3171959 100755 --- a/science-libs/vtk/DETAILS +++ b/science-libs/vtk/DETAILS @@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ KEYWORDS="science libs" SHORT="library for visualization, image processing, 3D graphics" cat << EOF -The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software system for -3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization. VTK consists of a C++ class library, -and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python. VTK supports a wide -variety of visualization algorithms including scalar, vector, tensor, texture, and volumetric -methods, and advanced modeling techniques such as implicit modelling, polygon reduction, mesh -smoothing, cutting, contouring, and Delaunay triangulation. In addition, dozens of imaging -algorithms have been directly integrated to allow the user to mix 2D imaging / 3D graphics -algorithms and data. The design and implementation of the library has been strongly influenced +The Visualization ToolKit (VTK) is an open source, freely available software +system for +3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization. VTK consists of +a C++ class library, +and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and +Python. VTK supports a wide +variety of visualization algorithms including scalar, vector, tensor, texture, +and volumetric +methods, and advanced modeling techniques such as implicit modelling, +polygon reduction, mesh +smoothing, cutting, contouring, and Delaunay triangulation. In addition, +dozens of imaging +algorithms have been directly integrated to allow the user to mix 2D imaging / +3D graphics +algorithms and data. The design and implementation of the library has been +strongly influenced by object-oriented principles. EOF |