[vtkusers] re: mesh overlap volume calculation

[Glen Lehmann]

Hi Derek and Angela,

You can use vtkImplicitBoolean + vtkExtractGeometryFilter to do this.  Have
a look at the vtkImplicitBoolean examples:

http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkImplicitBoolean.html

Glen

On 24/05/06, Noecker, Angela M. < noeckera at ccf.org> wrote:
>
>  I have the same question as this guy asked a few months ago for which he
> got no responses.  Does anyone have an answer this time around?
>
> Angela
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have two nearly spherical vtkPolyData meshes that I want compare.  I
> have used vtkMassProperties to look at the individual volumes of each
> mesh, but I would like to calculate the volume that they overlap or
> percentage of one contained in the other, etc.  Are there any vtk
> methods to stitch together two meshes to get the overlapping mesh?  Or
> is there a function that can compute the overlapping volume?  Or are
> there any recommendations on what approaches to take to accurately
> calculate this value?
> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Derek
>
>
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