[vtkusers] Accuracy of vtkMassProperties

Sylvain Jaume sylvain.jaume at kitware.com
Mon Nov 7 11:18:01 EST 2005


Hi Ziad,

vtkMassProperties measures the surface and volume of your object.
It doesn't make an approximation.
If your vtkPolyData accurately represents your object, you'll get an 
accurate measurement.

Cheers,
Sylvain

Ziad Rahhal wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>I am computing the volume and surface area of both the
>skin and bone isosurfaces using GetVolume and
>GetSurfaceArea from vtkMassProperties. I would like to
>know what it the accuracy of those 2 methods? Anyway
>to measure it?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ziad
>
>
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