[vtkusers] mesh hole filling

[Dominik Szczerba]

I would compute distance map to the thing on a separate (easiest)
isometric cartesian grid, evntl. smooth it and run the isocontour
filter. It will close the holes by itself. Stitching broken meshes is in
general not a robustly solvable task.
- Dominik

Daniela Castelluccia wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a vtk file with a PolyData mesh that is a surface acquired with a
> laser scanner.
> However, this surface has little holes that I would fill by appending a
> similar surface to the hole.
> 
> I read in vtkusers Kitware mailing-list that:
> a) vtkFeatureEdges: it only finds the holes
> b) there is a vtkTesselateBoundaryLoops.cxx in a vtkBioeng module
> developed on the web
> c) vtkDelaunay3D: it links closed points
> 
> 
> Are there other solutions for mesh hole filling?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> daniela
> 
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Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich
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