[vtk-developers] how to create a progressive mesh with vtkDecimatePro

[Will Schroeder]

Matthias-

The DecimatePro class has been hamstrung to some extent because there is a 
strong suspicion that the progressive portion of the algorithm has been 
patented by Microsoft. In the past I personally asked the inventor (Hugues 
Hoppe) if this is true, but he was not in a position to reply one way or 
the other. It's something that needs checking into, which I have not had 
the time to do lately.

Will


At 11:26 AM 9/29/2004, matthias specht wrote:
>hello,
>I want to construct a progressive mesh out of my triangle mesh.
>In the description if vtkDecimatePro the words "...it is set up generate 
>progressive meshes, that is a stream of operations that can be easily 
>transmitted and incrementally updated..." confuses me a lot. It seems that 
>vtkDecimatePro temprarily constructs a progressive mesh to reduce the mesh 
>to the desired reduction level.
>But what I want is each (incremental) step of the reduction process (i.e. 
>all edge collapses), not just one intermediate reduced mesh!
>
>if somebody could tell me how to use vtkDecimatePro to construct a 
>progressive mesh or has a piece of source which does that it would be 
>highly appreciated. Or if I missunderstood things completely please tell 
>me... :)
>
>thanks
>
>matthias
>
>
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