Visualization Toolkit 2.0

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VTK files are outputs of the Visualization Toolkit, an open source, "Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics" software that supports image processing, modeling, scientific visualization and 3D computer graphics. The Visualization Software and the corresponding vtk file outputs date from 1994. VTK are serial formats and are considered a legacy format.

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• Visualization ToolkitOpen sourcereads and writes · 3-clause BSD License
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• Insight Segmentation and Registration ToolkitOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
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• SALOMEOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
• binvoxwrites
• Mathematicawrites · proprietary license
• 3D Utilitiesreads

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• PRONOM fmt/2011
• Wikidata Q132818283

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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