[vtkusers] Shrinkwrap surface possible?

[Steve Boyd]

Hello,

I was wondering if somebody could suggest an approach to the following
problem.  I have a dataset that represents a solid material
topologically similar to a sponge (i.e., has a generally round shape,
but the surface is perforated with small holes that permeate the entire
object).  The dataset is represented as vtkStructuredPoints (sponge
material has a scalar value of 1, background 0).  

What I would like to do is generate a surface that 'shrink wraps' the
sponge.  The surface would have the basic shape of the sponge, but
stretches across the surface holes.  Does somebody have an idea of how I
could generate such a surface?

Thanks for any suggestions for approaches...

Sincerely,

Steve

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