[vtkusers] vtkContourFilter

[Bill Lorensen]

Yes, the contour algorithms are variations on Marching Cubes. They all use 
case tables to generate edge topology. vtkMarchingContourFilter works 
efficiently on image data.

Bill

At 06:01 AM 9/26/2005, Karl Fritscher wrote:
>Hi,
>
>  I am using the vtkContourFilter and my question is, on which algorithm 
> (paper?) this Filter is based on. Is it a variant of the "Marching 
> Cubes"-algorithm?
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Karl Fritscher
>
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