[vtkusers] vtkCell and New function

[Schaap, J.A. (LKEB)]

vtkCell is an abstract class, so it doesn't have a New() method.

use vtkGenericCell cell instead.

see http://public.kitware.com/VTK/doc/release/4.0/html/classvtkGenericCell.html


Jorrit


6-5-2002 15:31:03, Frederic Huguet <fxh39668 at gsk.com> wrote:

>hello,
>
>I've tried to create an isolate vtkCell object with the following code :
>
>vtkCell* Cell = vtkCell :: New();
>
>but I get the following error message :
>
>d:\sources\3dvoxel\cut.cpp(832) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot
>convert from 'class vtkObject *' to 'class vtkCell *'
>        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires
>reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
>
>I thought New was the only mean to create any kind of vtk Object.
>How could I solve this problem without using a static cast ?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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