Meshing Tcon September 26

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The objective of this call is to outline the requirements for completing a Beta version of Meshing Module by the All Hands Meeting in January.

Outstanding Issues

Status of Meshing Tools by Iowa Team
- IA-FEMesh released in August with Tags for the release branch
  - cvs tagged branch IA-FEMesh-Version-1-1
  - This version was extensively tested under Windows and Linux.
  - Nearly all operations were tested while running valgrind to look for memory errors
- IA-FEMesh development has continued in a maintenance mode.
- Added Doxygen formatting to the classes

Status of Initial integration by Curt Lisle
- MRML scene changes to support unstructured grids
  - Create three new subclass surfaces, building blocks and meshes
  - Unstructured grids are a subclass of models
  - Display nodes have their own subclasses
- Integration of IA-FEMesh KWWidgets interface

Outstanding issues for Meshing Module
- Moving of IA-FEMesh configuration variables from Application Class to MainWindow Class
  - Create a custom page for applications settings within this Class Initialization
- Different view of image orientation
- Are surfaces and images loaded directly into Slicer visible to IA-FEMesh?
  - Not currently - These must all be loaded via the Meshing interface
  - Probe MRML via the Enter method

Critical Path for development and deployment
- What version of IA-FEMesh to use for this integration
  - Use the IA-FEMesh-Version-1-1 branch
- What changes in IA-FEMesh need to be made to ease integration
  - Mostly related to user interface
  - Possible refactoring into helper classes - may want to get feedback from Sebastian
- What work needs to be done in Slicer3 to support the meshing workflow
  - Has not yet tried implementation of partial selection
  - State needs to be updated for serialization - support for scene snapshots

Schedule visit by Curt to Iowa
- End of October - week of October 27
- Beta version checked in by October 13

Modifications to IA-FEMesh tutorial for Slicer3 integration
- Submit tutorial to Slicer Tutorial Contest
- Where should data be hosted for the tutorial
  - Upload to the wiki for this tutorial - Burn a couple of CDs or memory sticks
  - Check Slicer3 support for remote file I/O for meshes, building blocks, etc...
  - Eventually add to the training page