[vtk-developers] WG: Problems cutting polygons, bug?

[Lodron, Gerald]

Also the 3D rendering of a normal polygon seems to be strange, is there an error in the triangulation (compare surface mode (button s) and wireframe mode (button w)), here my example polygons

Without spikes:

# vtk DataFile Version 3.0
vtk output
ASCII
DATASET POLYDATA
POINTS 7 float
0 0 0 100 0 0 100 50 0
150 50 0 90 60 0 100 100 0
0 100 0
POLYGONS 1 8
7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

CELL_DATA 1
SCALARS scalars double 3
LOOKUP_TABLE default
1 0 0


With spikes:

# vtk DataFile Version 3.0
vtk output
ASCII
DATASET POLYDATA
POINTS 7 float
0 0 0 100 0 0 100 50 0
150 50 0 90 50 0 100 100 0
0 100 0
POLYGONS 1 8
7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

CELL_DATA 1
SCALARS scalars double 3
LOOKUP_TABLE default
1 0 0


Take

oPlane->SetOrigin(50, 50, 0);

oPlane->SetNormal(1,0,0);



as cutting plane for my example program



best regards



 Ok

 i figured out in which case the cutter does not work, and i think it is a bug:

Working Polygon:

(0 0 0)
(10 0 0)
(10 10 0)
(0 10 0)

This Polygon is cut correct. And this is not cut correct:

(0 0 0)
(10 0 0)
(10 5 0)
(15 5 0)
(10 5 0)
(10 10 0)
(0 10 0)

You can see that in my second case the boundary has an infinite small spike. This results in an empty cutting result. In my opinion this is a valid polygon so the cutting should be calculated...

Can anyone make a bug report? I do not know why i cannot go the bug report system today (or is it offline?)


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Von: vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org] Im Auftrag von Lodron, Gerald
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. November 2010 09:30
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and here the single polygon extracted which cannot be cutted
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Von: vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtk-developers-bounces at vtk.org] Im Auftrag von Lodron, Gerald
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. November 2010 08:32
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ok, there is the vtk polydata file, i hope that i come through the filter otherwise noone will read thsi :-)



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Von: vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] Im Auftrag von Lodron, Gerald
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. November 2010 08:23
An: 'vtkusers at vtk.org'
Betreff: [vtkusers] Problems cutting polygons, bug?


Hi

I wrote an application where a user can paint 2d polygons in 3D space. Then the user can define a cutting plane and i display the resulting lines.
The problem is that SOMETIMES the cutting does not work, so if anyone replys i will send him the Test1.vtk file which contains 4 Polygons whereby only three are cutted. (Yes the cutting plane defenetly cuts all polygons and there are 4 Polygons in the input file, see first visualization).

here my code:


vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataReader> oReader = vtkPolyDataReader::New();

oReader->SetFileName("C:\\Test1.vtk");

oReader->Update();

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> oPolyData = oReader->GetOutput();

//Display input data, not important

{

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> oMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();

oMapper->SetInputConnection(oReader->GetOutputPort());

vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> oActor = vtkActor::New();

oActor->SetMapper( oMapper );

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> oRenderer = vtkRenderer::New();

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> oRenderWindow = vtkRenderWindow::New();

oRenderWindow->AddRenderer(oRenderer);

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> oIRen = vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();

oIRen->SetRenderWindow(oRenderWindow);

oRenderer->AddActor(oActor);

// Render and interact

oRenderWindow->Render();

oIRen->Initialize();

oIRen->Start();

}

oPolyData->Print(std::cout); //containing 4 polygons

//Cut 2D polygons in 3D space with a plane

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlane> oPlane = vtkPlane::New();

vtkSmartPointer<vtkCutter> oCutter = vtkCutter::New();

oCutter->SetCutFunction(oPlane);

oCutter->GenerateValues(1,0,1); //i am not sure why i do that

oPlane->SetOrigin(8.5, -72, -1177.0);

oPlane->SetNormal(1,0,0);

oCutter->SetInput(oPolyData);

oCutter->Update();

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> oCuttedPolyData = oCutter->GetOutput();

//Display cutting data, not important

{

vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> oMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper::New();

oMapper->SetInputConnection(oCutter->GetOutputPort());

vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> oActor = vtkActor::New();

oActor->SetMapper( oMapper );

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> oRenderer = vtkRenderer::New();

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> oRenderWindow = vtkRenderWindow::New();

oRenderWindow->AddRenderer(oRenderer);

vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> oIRen = vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();

oIRen->SetRenderWindow(oRenderWindow);

oRenderer->AddActor(oActor);

// Render and interact

oRenderWindow->Render();

oIRen->Initialize();

oIRen->Start();

}
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