[vtkusers] how to create a progressive mesh with vtkDecimatePro

[matthias specht]

hello,
I want to construct a progressive mesh out of my triangle mesh.
In the description if vtkDecimatePro the words "...it is set up generate 
progressive meshes, that is a stream of operations that can be easily 
transmitted and incrementally updated..." confuses me a lot. It seems 
that vtkDecimatePro temprarily constructs a progressive mesh to reduce 
the mesh to the desired reduction level.
But what I want is each (incremental) step of the reduction process 
(i.e. all edge collapses), not just one intermediate reduced mesh!

if somebody could tell me how to use vtkDecimatePro to construct a 
progressive mesh or has a piece of source which does that it would be 
highly appreciated. Or if I missunderstood things completely please tell 
me...  :) 

thanks

matthias

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