Opening .vtp files

Guhan Narayanan · Post by **Guhan Narayanan** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:36 am

Hey there!

I've been trying to model motion with a prosthetic leg and study its strain on the remaining muscles of the body. I saw that OpenSim uses .vtp files.

Hence I thought I should model the leg using the same 3D modeler. I found out that you need to use a software
called VTK.

I've been having a really hard time installing VTK with a GUI. If anyone knows how it's done, please let me know!

Regards,
Guhan

Ayman Habib · Post by **Ayman Habib** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:10 am

Hi Guhan,

You can use vtp, stl or obj files. The vtp format was introduced/maintained by kitware and there're multiple open source applications that support it. Use either Meshlab or Paraview to open/manipulate vtp files. Other formats (.stl, .obj) are more widely used in animation and CAD so you may find more tools to handle these.

Keep in mind that mesh files (vtp, or any other) are used just for visualization and have no effect on calculations/modeling.

Best regards,
-Ayman

Guhan Narayanan · Post by **Guhan Narayanan** » Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:42 pm

Thanks!

I'll try out the same and let you know if I run into any issue.

Regards,
Guhan

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