[vtkusers] vtkContourFilter interpolation settings?

[Amy Squillacote]

Maybe you're looking for vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter.

- Amy

At 01:24 PM 4/13/2006, Khew Sing Yoong wrote:
>hi,
>
>i am trying to draw a (coloured) surface of a chemical molecule 
>using vtkContourFilter.
>the surface is coloured by an explicit scalar array based on its 
>interacting properties, which are then mapped via a lookup table to 
>its appropriate colours.
>
>the problem that i am facing is that vtkContourFilter does some 
>interpolation of the surface, and similarly this interpolation is 
>done to the (colour) scalars as well. in the context of chemistry, 
>the "avarage" of 2 reactions does not mean a third, thus rendering 
>my surface with some really funny colours (especially the in-betweens).
>
>so my question is, is there a way to specify different interpolating 
>functions for scalars in the vtkContourFilter? or are there other 
>filters out there that i may not be aware of?
>
>any help will very much be appreciated. :)
>
>thank you!
>
>noob
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