using vtkGeometryFilter to convert to polygonal data

[Gala'Vi and Liss @ Mainframe Country]

Use a probe filter and an implicit plane function.

There is an example code in the file cut.tcl which is in
         graphics/examplesTcl 
directory of vtk. That one should give you an idea of how it works.
Don't pay attention to that Plot3D reader, that one just produces a
vtkDataSet from some data files.

Hope this helps.
Gala'Vi
NCSA, UIUC

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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Ben Held wrote:

> The documentation for vtkGeometryFilter says it can be used "to convert
> data to polygonal type".  I need to convert vtkDataSet to vtkPolyData.  If
> I use vtkGeometry filter, I just get the free faces out.  I need to get all
> of the data out (including inside faces), because I then pass the
> vtkPolyData into a vtkCutter to display a cut plane.  Right now, the cut
> plane image is just an outline of the surface I wish to see.
> 
> Help!
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ben
> 
> John
> Ben L. Held
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