[vtkusers] Re: Flattening a surface

[Goodwin Lawlor]

Hi Iryna,

VTK can be used as a frontend to visualize ITK data. In fact, data can 
be passed back and forth between VTK and ITK filters. There is an 
example in ITK on how to do this. If you only need ITK for the one 
filter, it may be easier to write a new VTK filter though.

hth

Goodwin

Iryna Pavlyshak wrote:
>> Hey Goodwin,
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>  I don't have any idea about itk, but the filter which you wrote about will be very useful for me.
> A question:
> Is itk compatible with vtk? Can i output data form ITK filter sent as input to VTK filters or Mapper for example?
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> thanks,
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> iryna
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>  Hi Fernando,
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>> VTK doesn't have a surface flattening filter but its sister project ITK 
>> does- /Insight/Code/Review/itkConformalFlatteningMeshFilter.txx
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>> The filter is an angle preserving map.
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>> I wouldn't be too difficult to re-implement the filter in VTK, if someone
>> had time...
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Goodwin
>>
>> Fernando Amat wrote:
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>>> Hi all, I am pretty much new in VTK. I have surface encoded as
>>> triangulated. Is there any class in VTK that implements flattening
>>> algorithms? If the answer is yes, do they preserve distances, or angles?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Fernando
>>>       
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