[vtkusers] Close Surface

[Mathieu Malaterre]

The trick is to use vtkStripper:

http://www.vtk.org/pipermail/vtkusers/2006-March/084236.html

HTH

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Will Boyer <boyer_will at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've generated a mesh from input points using
> vtkPowerCrustSurfaceReconstruction. I then do some filtering in order to
> remove degenerate data, get the triangles, reduce the number of triangles,
> and finally smooth the surface. I am trying to get the volume inside of the
> triangle mesh, however the vtkMassProperties-GetVolume function is not
> giving me the right volume. I assumed that the problem was because my mesh
> is not completely closed (i.e. there are holes in the mesh), so I tried
> using vtkTesselateBoundaryLoops to close any holes. Although this method
> covers most holes, there are still holes in the mesh. Any thoughts as to how
> I can close the mesh completely? Here's my pipeline
>
> vtkPowerCrustSurfaceReconstruction
> vtkCleanPolyData //Remove degenerate polys and unused/duplicate points
> vtkTriangleFilter
> vtkDecimatePro
> vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter
> vtkTesselateBoundaryLoops
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Will
>
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Mathieu