[vtkusers] Cell types

[Gavin Tabor]

It is _possible_, I guess, to do this, but I was hoping for a direct
conversion. Drat. Is it not possible for VTK to at least provide
a generic, n-vertex cell?

Gavin

Amy Henderson wrote:
> 
> 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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> > > >Department of Engineering
> > > >University of Exeter
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Dr. Gavin Tabor
School of Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Engineering
University of Exeter