[vtkusers] Cell types

[Amy Henderson]

There is not a 3D cell type with 7 vertices in VTK.  Is it possible to 
divide your 7-vertex cells into 2 cells of another type (using a vtkPyramid 
and a vtkHexahedron, for example)?

- Amy

At 02:30 PM 7/24/2001 +0100, Gavin Tabor wrote:
>Ah ... right, my mistake. Thanks.
>
>The question does still remain. Is there a cell type with 7
>vertices? If not, what should one do if one wants to visualise
>data with 7-vertex cells in it?
>
>Gavin
>
>Amy Henderson wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > >
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> > >Dr. Gavin Tabor
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