VMTKSURFACEVIEWER(1)

👑 VMTKSURFACEVIEWER — the vmtksurfaceviewer(1) manual, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, buckle up 🫶 this is the User Commands page for vmtksurfaceviewer, a vmtk script. yes it's a manpage. no it does not have to be boring. let's go 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmtksurfaceviewer — the vmtk script literally called vmtksurfaceviewer 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like. automatic piping, vmtksurfaceviewer, parsing options, vmtksurfaceviewer. that's the whole energy of what's happening under the hood 🎀

vmtksurfaceviewer : display a surface ✨ — that's the mission, that's the vibe, that's the whole point.

💖 Input arguments: 💖

the stuff you hand it going in, no cap:

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id. every girl needs an id 💅
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self. self-care, literally 🫶
• -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — disable execution and piping. it's giving "not today" 😭
• -i Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the input surface. the main character 🎀
• -ifile SurfaceInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Surface reader
• -renderer vmtkRenderer (vmtkRenderer,1) — external renderer. bringing your own, iconic 👑
• -display Display (bool,1); default=1 — toggle rendering. on by default, as it should be 💖
• -representation Representation (str,1) in ['surface', 'wireframe', 'edges']; default=surface — change surface representation. three lewks, pick your fave ✨
• -opacity Opacity (float,1) >= 0.0 and <= 1.0; default=1.0 — object opacity in the scene. stay in range bestie, don't be extra 🌸
• -array ArrayName (str,1) — name of the array where the scalars to be displayed are stored
• -scalarrange ScalarRange (float,2); default=[0.0, 0.0] — range of the scalar map
• -colormap ColorMap (str,1) in ['rainbow', 'blackbody', 'cooltowarm', 'grayscale']; default=cooltowarm — choose the color map. rainbow era, blackbody era, cooltowarm era, grayscale era — all valid 🌈
• -numberofcolors NumberOfColors (int,1); default=256 — number of colors in the color map
• -legend Legend (bool,1); default=0 — toggle scalar bar
• -flat FlatInterpolation (bool,1); default=0 — toggle flat or shaded surface display
• -celldata DisplayCellData (bool,1); default=0 — toggle display of point or cell data
• -displaytag DisplayTag (bool,1); default=False — toggle rendering of tag
• -regiontagarray RegionTagArrayName (str,1); default=RegionTagArray — name of the array where the tags to be displayed are stored
• -color Color (float,3); default=[-1.0, -1.0, -1.0] — RGB color of the object in the scene 🎨
• -linewidth LineWidth (int,1) >= 0.0; default=1 — width of line objects in the scene
• -legendtitle LegendTitle (str,1) — title of the scalar bar
• -ofile SurfaceOutputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Surface writer

🧚 Output arguments: 🧚

the stuff it hands back. the receipts 💜:

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — script id (yes, again. it's in both lists. we don't make the rules)
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self (also in both. balanced, as all things should be ⭐)
• -o Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the output surface
• -oactor Actor (vtkActor,1) — the output actor

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lowkey reminder bestie: booleans want 0/1, but <pink>-displaytag</pink> and friends are documented with defaults like False, and we are quoting them exactly as written. no editing the facts, only editing the vibe 💅

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and that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 this was vmtksurfaceviewer 1.5, dated April 2026 — periodt 💖✨🦋