Triangle Strips

[Will Schroeder]

Hi Nils-

First three points define a triangle (p0,p1,p2), then each additional point p3 defines a triangle by using (p1,p2,p3) and so on.

Will

At 05:00 PM 12/17/99 +0100, Nils Holger Busch wrote:
>Hello,
>
>can anyone enlighten me how the cell and point structure of a
>vtkPolyData triangle strip as output from vtkStripper actually looks
>like? I found the description in the book  a little terse.
>
>Specifically, I need to transform the vtk triangle strips into
>OpenInventor triangle strips (either SoTriangleStripSet or
>SoIndexedTriangleStripSet, depending on the vtk format). Has anyone done
>this and is willing to share his code.
>
>I have tried transforming the vtk triangle strips into a
>SoTriangleStripSet, but the output has the wrong toplogy ( jagged
>triangles connecting separate triangle strips ).
>
>Thanks.
>
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