[Paraview] vtkCutter

[Heiland, Randy]

Thanks! Before I start down that path, will this handle multiple, disjoint polylines? E.g., a plane slicing through 2 spheres; I just want to cap the sliced spheres.

> On Oct 26, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com> wrote:
> 
> There isn't a filter exposed in ParaView to do this. You could expose vtkContourTriangulator in an XML plugin [1] and apply that to the polyline created by the planar Slice through your polygonal geometry.
> 
> Cory
> 
> [1] https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#XML_Only <https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin_HowTo#XML_Only>
> 
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Heiland, Randy <heiland at iu.edu <mailto:heiland at iu.edu>> wrote:
> Yes, sorry I wasn’t clear.
> 
>> On Oct 26, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com <mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure what you mean. Are you trying to clip some polygonal geometry with a plane and want to fill in the hole created with a polygon?
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Heiland, Randy <heiland at iu.edu <mailto:heiland at iu.edu>> wrote:
>> Is there a property that lets me cap the results?
>> 
>>> On Oct 26, 2017, at 10:18 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com <mailto:cory.quammen at kitware.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sounds like you want the Slice filter.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Heiland, Randy <heiland at iu.edu <mailto:heiland at iu.edu>> wrote:
>>> I’m not seeing the vtkCutter in the list of filters (well, perhaps the AMR CutPlane). If not, any advice on how to accomplish it for some polydata? https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Python_Programmable_Filter <https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Python_Programmable_Filter> ?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Powered by www.kitware.com <http://www.kitware.com/>
>>> 
>>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html <http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html>
>>> 
>>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView <http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView>
>>> 
>>> Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView <http://markmail.org/search/?q=ParaView>
>>> 
>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
>>> http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview <http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Cory Quammen
>>> Staff R&D Engineer
>>> Kitware, Inc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Cory Quammen
>> Staff R&D Engineer
>> Kitware, Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cory Quammen
> Staff R&D Engineer
> Kitware, Inc.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20171026/34916e8b/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: smime.p7s
Type: application/pkcs7-signature
Size: 4035 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/paraview/attachments/20171026/34916e8b/attachment-0001.bin>