A VTK file loader for three.js, thanks Mr. Doob

vtk_loader.js

/**
 * @author mrdoob / http://mrdoob.com/
 */

THREE.VTKLoader = function () {};

THREE.VTKLoader.prototype = {

  constructor: THREE.VTKLoader,

	addEventListener: THREE.EventDispatcher.prototype.addEventListener,
	hasEventListener: THREE.EventDispatcher.prototype.hasEventListener,
	removeEventListener: THREE.EventDispatcher.prototype.removeEventListener,
	dispatchEvent: THREE.EventDispatcher.prototype.dispatchEvent,

	load: function ( url, callback ) {

		var scope = this;
		var request = new XMLHttpRequest();

		request.addEventListener( 'load', function ( event ) {

			var geometry = scope.parse( event.target.responseText );

			scope.dispatchEvent( { type: 'load', content: geometry } );

			if ( callback ) callback( geometry );

		}, false );

		request.addEventListener( 'progress', function ( event ) {

			scope.dispatchEvent( { type: 'progress', loaded: event.loaded, total: event.total } );

		}, false );

		request.addEventListener( 'error', function () {

			scope.dispatchEvent( { type: 'error', message: 'Couldn\'t load URL [' + url + ']' } );

		}, false );

		request.open( 'GET', url, true );
		request.send( null );

	},

	parse: function ( data ) {

		var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();

		function vertex( x, y, z ) {

			geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3( x, y, z ) );

		}

		function face3( a, b, c ) {

			geometry.faces.push( new THREE.Face3( a, b, c ) );

		}

		function face4( a, b, c, d ) {

			geometry.faces.push( new THREE.Face4( a, b, c, d ) );

		}

		var pattern, result;

		// float float float

		pattern = /([\+|\-]?[\d]+[\.][\d|\-|e]+)[ ]+([\+|\-]?[\d]+[\.][\d|\-|e]+)[ ]+([\+|\-]?[\d]+[\.][\d|\-|e]+)/g;

		while ( ( result = pattern.exec( data ) ) != null ) {

			// ["1.0 2.0 3.0", "1.0", "2.0", "3.0"]

			vertex( parseFloat( result[ 1 ] ), parseFloat( result[ 2 ] ), parseFloat( result[ 3 ] ) );

		}

		// 3 int int int

		pattern = /3[ ]+([\d]+)[ ]+([\d]+)[ ]+([\d]+)/g;

		while ( ( result = pattern.exec( data ) ) != null ) {

			// ["3 1 2 3", "1", "2", "3"]

			face3( parseInt( result[ 1 ] ), parseInt( result[ 2 ] ), parseInt( result[ 3 ] ) );

		}

		// 4 int int int int

		pattern = /4[ ]+([\d]+)[ ]+([\d]+)[ ]+([\d]+)[ ]+([\d]+)/g;

		while ( ( result = pattern.exec( data ) ) != null ) {

			// ["4 1 2 3 4", "1", "2", "3", "4"]

			face4( parseInt( result[ 1 ] ), parseInt( result[ 2 ] ), parseInt( result[ 3 ] ), parseInt( result[ 4 ] ) );

		}

		geometry.computeCentroids();
		geometry.computeFaceNormals();
		geometry.computeVertexNormals();
		geometry.computeBoundingSphere();

		return geometry;

	}

};