[vtkusers] How to "clean" a polydata mesh? (holes, etc)

[Amy Squillacote]

If Tolerance is set to 0 (which it is by default), then only exactly 
duplicate points will be merged.  If the Tolerance is non-zero, then 
points within that distance of one another will be merged 
together.  Point merging could explain the changes in topology you're 
seeing.  If you do not want points to be merged at all, set PointMerging to 0.

- Amy

At 02:05 PM 9/16/2005, Jonathan Bailleul wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Through vtkCleanPolyData, I obtained meshes relevant to my specific needs
>(presenting perfectly equilateral triangles) but presenting several problems
>and inconsistencies:
>
>- some holes appear at the surface of the polydata (missing triangles)
>- several triangles can overlap over 4 vertices
>
>Would you know about a way to keep my vertices positions as they are (as far
>as possible) and to solve the above problems?? To a certain extent, can't we
>just "remesh" the vertices?
>
>
>By advance, thank you for any help.
>
>Best Regards,
>
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