Documentation : How does one create a dataset from VTK or WRL file

[an99990]

Hi, I am trying to create .particles files. What format is that file? is it x,y,z? I found this page that explains how to create Dataset but thers no details on how you format that XML or if theres an API that could ease the conversion.

I tried exporting a .particles from a VTK file, but the output file is empty ... I downloaded from the latest release

How are the xml and the .particles files related ?

Thank you

[akenmorris]

Particles files are just ASCII files of x y z, however it's not intended that user create them directly. They are the output of the ShapeWorks optimization.

For first time use. I would recommend using the ShapeWorks Studio GUI application. Simple import the mesh files, run the groom operation with default parameters, then run the optimize operation with default parameters. This will generate the .particles files and also allow you do visualize resulting statistics about the model in the analyze tab. See documentation here:

http://sciinstitute.github.io/ShapeWorks/latest/index.html