[vtkusers] Problem vtkTriangleFilter not working with vtk-5.3.x

[Dominik Szczerba]

I would inspect the output from vtkGeometryFilter. At least check the 
number of cells, perhaps it is empty.

Dominik

Elvis Dowson wrote:
> Hi,
>        I'm using vtk-5.3.x and I have a problem trying to get 
> vtkTriangleFilter to work.
> 
> vtkGeometryFilter geom
>   geom DebugOn
>   geom SetInputConnection [surface1 GetOutputPort]
> 
> vtkTriangleFilter triangles
>    triangles DebugOn
>    triangles SetInput [geom GetOutput]
>    triangles Update
> 
> Gives the following output:
> 
> Debug: In 
> /Users/elvis/Tool/vtk-5.x/src/VTK/Graphics/vtkTriangleFilter.cxx, line 233
> vtkTriangleFilter (0x6131b70): Converted 0input cells to 0 output cells
> 
> The Geometry filter is doing its job I think, since it doesn't complain 
> in Debug mode and there is data in the pipeline upto the Geometry 
> filter, but the triangle filter is failing completely.
> 
> What could the reason for this be? Why is the triangle filter not working? 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Elvis Dowson
> 
> 
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