[vtkusers] Re: Extrude a 3D object along 3D path ?

[Jean-Marie Normand]

No, i have a 
#include <vtkDataSetToImageFilter.h>
at the top of my source file.
Thanks anyway.

Le vendredi 04 novembre 2005 à 07:59 -0500, David Cole a écrit :
> Your compile error indicates that you probably forgot to include 
> "vtkDataSetToImageFilter.h" in that source file...
> 
> Jean-Marie Normand wrote:
> 
> >Thanks for your answer Goodwin,
> >my problem is this SweptSurface only take a vtkImageData* as an input
> >and my inputs are either vtkImplicitFunctions or vtkPolyData (when i
> >pass my implicit function through a contour filter). I haven't succeeded
> >in transforming those data into vtkImageData*, I tried to use a
> >vtkDataSetToImageFilter but I got a compilation error  when doing
> >
> >vtkDataSetToImageFilter *dataToImFil = vtkDataSetToImageFilter::New();
> >the error being "error: invalid conversion from 'vtkObject*' to
> >'vtkDataSetToImageFilter*'"
> >
> >I also tried the vtkShepardMethod to convert my vtkPolyDatas into
> >vtkImageData but the resulting object hasn't got the same shape at all.
> >
> >So I'm wondering how can I use the vtkSweptSurface with my data, any
> >help would be appreciated.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >Le mercredi 02 novembre 2005 à 20:23 +0000, Goodwin Lawlor a écrit :
> >  
> >
> >>Jean-Marie Normand wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>I'd like to know whether it's possible in VTK to extrude a 3D-object
> >>>(let's say a vtkPolyData) along a given 3D path for example to create a
> >>>volume simulating the displacement of an object in the space.
> >>>
> >>>I haven't found any vtk classes that seems to do the trick but I may be
> >>>wrong.
> >>>Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Jim.
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>Hi Jim,
> >>
> >>There was a patented class in vtk 4.x called vtkSweptSurface to do this. 
> >>  You may be able to use vtkLinearExtrusionFilter (recursively or 
> >>several filter in series) to achieve the same effect - it isn't patented.
> >>
> >>hth
> >>
> >>Goodwin
> >>
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