Brian - 

I attempted the command to no avail:

Here is an ls on the directory:

14-L_Hipp_first.bvars  first.e26463.6         first_post.o20367.1
14-L_Hipp_first.vtk    first.e26463.7         first_post.o22072.1
14-L_Late_first.bvars  first.e26463.8         first_post.o24892.1
14-L_Late_first.vtk    first.e26463.9         first_post.o27806.1
14-L_Pall_first.bvars  first.e29362.1         first_post.o28227.1
14-L_Pall_first.vtk    first.e29362.10        first_post.o30580.1
14-L_Puta_first.bvars  first.e29362.11        first_post.o32433.1
14-L_Puta_first.vtk    first.e29362.12        first_post.o3246.1
14-L_Thal_first.bvars  first.e29362.13        first_post.o3826.1
14-L_Thal_first.vtk    first.e29362.14        first_post.o6493.1
14.nii.gz              first.e29362.15        first_post.o6699.1
14-R_Accu_first.bvars  first.e29362.16        first_post.o939.1
14-R_Accu_first.vtk    first.e29362.17        first_post.o9452.1
14-R_Amyg_first.bvars  first.e29362.2         first_post.o9547.1
14-R_Amyg_first.vtk    first.e29362.3         scalar.sh
14-R_Caud_first.bvars  first.e29362.4         scalar.sh~
14-R_Caud_first.vtk    first.e29362.5         slicesdir
patze003@joy:tricam/IDEMS/analysis/miscellaneous/mesh 21% sed -n '1,3p' < 13-L_Accu_first.vtk >
Missing name for redirect.
patze003@joy:tricam/IDEMS/analysis/miscellaneous/mesh 22% sed -n '1,3p' < 14-L_Accu_first.vtk >
Missing name for redirect.
patze003@joy:tricam/IDEMS/analysis/miscellaneous/mesh 23%
patze003@joy:tricam/IDEMS/analysis/miscellaneous/mesh 23% bash
bash-3.00$ sed -n '1,3p' <14-L_Accu_first>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
bash-3.00$ sed -n '1,3p' <14-L_Accu_first.vtk>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
bash-3.00$        


In response to your first question it is just gray, and I believe it is the surface output from the FIRST directory.  Each subject has their own subcortical regions as shown above.

-Edward

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Brian Patenaude <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi,

> 1.  I cannot get my 3d vtk mesh objects to show color in fslview 3d
> viewer.  Even with the options it won't let me.  It won't let me select
> different mesh objects, it always says "none" and when I click "surface
> coloured from cell data" nothing changes.

Does the surface load, but it is just gray (is this the surface output
directory from FIRST? or from the shape analysis?

In addition, what is the output of:

sed -n '1,3p' <vtkfile>

> 2.  Is there a way to show GLM Feat results in a vtk mesh object in the 3d
> viewer.  i.e. we have results in the amygdala and would like to create a
> 3d mesh object from the resulting activation.  Or overlay this activation
> in 3d on top of a vtk mesh object.

I believe there is a function to sample the nearest non-zero voxel onto a
surface (within a neighbourhood). Mark has this been released yet?

Cheers,

Brian