[vtkusers] Cell types

Amy Henderson amy.henderson at kitware.com
Tue Jul 24 09:03:06 EDT 2001


VTK_WEDGE has 6 vertices, not 7.

- Amy

At 01:52 PM 7/24/2001 +0100, Gavin Tabor wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>I'm trying to import data from an unstructured CFD grid into
>a vtkUnstructuredGrid. (Actually, its an update of a previous
>routine which just worked on hex cells). As far as I can make
>out, the following 3d cell types are supported :
>
>hex     = 8 vertices
>wedge   = 7 vertices
>pyramid = 5 vertices
>tet     = 4 vertices
>
>What happened to prisms, ie. a cell with 6 vertices? Is there
>a VTK_PRISM, or a vtkPrism class? I can't find one. If not, is
>there a generic n-vertex cell available? I can't find that
>either.
>
>Gavin
>
>--
>
>Dr. Gavin Tabor
>School of Engineering and Computer Science
>Department of Engineering
>University of Exeter
>
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