[vtkusers] Calculating surface area

Dominik Szczerba domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch
Thu Jan 18 17:43:16 EST 2007


well a point cloud doesnt define a surface in a unique way so you will
need to construct the topology first. Alpha shapes in the Delaunay class
will come handy.
--ds

Colin Patrick McDonald wrote:
> I have a set of point cloud data that I need to obtain a surface area
> from.  Can I go about this without first generating an surface?  If so,
> any suggestions?  Otherwise, what's involved once I've generated a surface?
> 
> Thanks,
> Colin McDonald
> 
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