[vtk-developers] vtkbool: an alternative filter for boolean operations of vtkPolyData

[Sebastien Jourdain]

That's awesome... Thanks for sharing that...



On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Ronald Römer <rroemer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to draw attention to my development of a filter to perform
> boolean operations on meshes of type vtkPolyData. The filter doesn't need
> any libraries other than VTK itself and has, besides the primary and most
> obviously goal, two secondary goals. Firstly the filter should not use
> triangulation to work and secondly should handle concruent polygons in the
> right way. I started developing the filter in a time before VTK gots a
> filter with a functionality like that. After a long break I decided to
> continue my work because the added filter works in a different manner and
> has some weaknesses. Here is the link to the project on GitHub:
>
> https://github.com/zippy84/vtkbool
>
> I tested the filter in-depth, but I am sure that real examples are able to
> afford not known cases. Test it with your applicational data and let me
> know if it is so or not. Report your bugs on the named website (not here)
> and I will look to solve the new issues in a short time. Don't forget to
> attach your examples with coordinates in the position of the operation or
> just the original meshes with the used transformation matrices. Patches are
> also welcome.
>
> All features and limitations are listed on the Readme at GitHub.
>
> Best regards.
>
> PS: The library is also a plugin for Paraview.
>
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