VMTKNETWORKWRITER(1)

💖 VMTKNETWORKWRITER — the vmtk script vmtknetworkwriter 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the vmtknetworkwriter page, manual section 1 (User Commands, iykyk). she's a vmtk script, her whole job is writing networks to disk, and honestly? she ate. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vmtknetworkwriter — it's the vmtk script vmtknetworkwriter, that's the whole name, no notes 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Automatic piping vmtknetworkwriter Parsing options vmtknetworkwriter

(yeah that's literally what it says, we don't question the ancestors 🫶)

so like — vmtknetworkwriter : write network to disk. that's the mission. that's the vibe. ✨

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🦋 Input arguments 🦋

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id, it's giving identity, it's giving ✨self-knowledge✨
• -handle Self (self,1) — a handle to self. yes, the script has a handle to itself. main character energy fr fr 💅
• -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — turn this on and you disable execution and piping. like, she's off duty, do not perceive her 🙈
• -i Network (vtkPolyData,1) — THE input network, the whole point, the girl of the hour 👑
• -ifile NetworkInputFileName (str,1) — the filename for the default Network reader 📖
• -f Format (str,1) in ['vtkxml', 'vtk', 'arch'] — the file format, pick your fighter ⭐
• -u InputUnits (str,1) in ['mm', 'cm', 'm']; default=mm — the units your input network is living in, tiny millimeter girlie by default 🍓
• -guessformat GuessFormat (bool,1); default=1 — guess the file format from the extension. she's perceptive, she's reading the vibes of your filename ✨
• -radiusarray RadiusArrayName (str,1); default=Radius — the name of the point data array where radius is stored (arch format, only arch bestie) 🌈
• -labelsarray LabelsArrayName (str,1); default=Labels — the name of the cell data array where labels are stored (again, arch format only) 🏷️
• -ofile OutputFileName (str,1) — output file name. this is the one. this is how you tell her where to write. use this one, bestie 🫶
• -o OutputFileName (str,1) — output file name (deprecated: use -ofile). she's iconic but she's retired, ngl, please use -ofile instead 💀

🧚 Output arguments 🧚

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — script id, back again, still slaying, still 0
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self, round two, she contains multitudes 💜

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🌟 reminder for my gorgeous reader: -o is deprecated, the note literally says deprecated: use -ofile. don't be that person. be the -ofile person. 💅

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and that's the whole page!! vmtknetworkwriter version 1.5, from April 2026, living under the big VMTKNETWORKWRITER(1) header. mwah, no cap, see you in the next manpage, bestie 💖✨🎀