<div dir="ltr"><div>Is the resolution really reduced, or does it just look more faceted because surface normals have been lost or modified? Try connecting a vtkPolyDataNormals filter after the vtkCleanPolyDataFilter if that is the case.</div><div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div>Cory</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:11 PM, SM Rolfe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smrolfe@uw.edu" target="_blank">smrolfe@uw.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi David,<div>Thanks! The vtkCleanPolyData filter solves the connectivity issue. It also looks like it's reducing the resolution of the output mesh significantly. If it's only deleting the repeated points, I don't think this should be occurring?<div>Thanks,<br>Sara</div></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 5:36 AM, David Doria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daviddoria@gmail.com" target="_blank">daviddoria@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:42 PM, SM Rolfe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:smrolfe@uw.edu" target="_blank">smrolfe@uw.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks David, I think you're right. When I try using the vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter or vtkExtractEdges I can get a connected surface, but it changes the original mesh points. Do you have any advice on the best way to correct the connectivity without altering these points? I am guessing I could go through each mesh point, look for repeats and add connectivity, but I'm wondering if there's a more efficient way?<div><br><div>Thanks for your help,</div><div>Sara</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I think <span class="m_-4576772560515222931m_-6599008763423680395gmail-co2">vtkCleanPolyData does that: </span><a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/CleanPolyData" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Ex<wbr>amples/Cxx/PolyData/CleanPolyD<wbr>ata</a> <br><span class="m_-4576772560515222931HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="m_-4576772560515222931HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>David<br></div></font></span></div></div></div>
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