[vtkusers] vtkPolyDataNormals::ConsistencyOn problems

[Tim Hutton]

Hello vtkusers,

I have had occasional problems with vtkPolyDataNormals when consistency has 
been on and my surface is crumpled in places. I get streaks of reversed 
normals (appearing black) across the surface in places where there is no 
inconsistency, since the consistency is propagated out using a wave 
algorithm, in the order that the polygons are stored. I can get around the 
problem by simply turning ConsistencyOff().

Is there any need for a different normals algorithm that decides whether to 
enforce consistency based on some measure of how parallel the neighbouring 
polygons are? ie. if two neighbouring polys lie in the same plane then 
consistency is enforced more readily than if they make a sharp angle.

Apologies if this email makes no sense.

Thanks,

Tim.
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