QVTKRenderWindowInteractor bug (PyQt)
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VTK crashes if you use the QVTKRenderWindowInteractor class to embed VTK in a QWidget. The error message / problem was described by Stou. S : http://www.siafoo.net/snippet/315 a long time ago.
The bug seems to be there since 2009 (VTK 5.2 had it). I do get the error on Red Hat 6.4, PyQT 4.10, Python 2.7, VTK 5.10.1, but not on OS X with the same packages. I didn't test it on Windows.
Some packages (like CompuCell3D) have corrected the bug by using their own QVTKRenderWindowInteractor : https://github.iu.edu/Biocomplexity/CompuCell3D/blob/master/lab/3.7.0/player/Utilities/QVTKRenderWindowInteractor.py
The solution is easy, just change QtGui.QWidget to QtOpenGL.QGLWidget . (and add the QtOpenGL import statement).
So I am wondering if it would be possible to patch QVTKRenderWindowInteractor to be able to embed VTK in a PyQT app (and not to use it as a stand-alone PyQT window) ? Or perhaps there is a reason why a QGLWidget can't be used ?
Thanks