[vtkusers] OBBTree animation

[Bill Lorensen]

GetNumberOfPointsPerBucket is defined with a vtk macro in
Filtering/vtkPointLocator.h

vtkGetMacro(NumberOfPointsPerBucket,int);


On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:38 AM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Francois Bertel
> <francois.bertel at kitware.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> 1. Yes, it is possible to include images within doxygen:
>>
>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkSobelGradientMagnitudePass.html
>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkGlobeSource.html
>>
>> For example, vtkSobelGradientMagnitudePass.h has the following lines
>> in the description of the class:
>>
>> // \image html vtkSobelGradientMagnitudePassFigure.png
>> // \image latex vtkSobelGradientMagnitudePassFigure.eps
>>
>>
>> 2. Read the hyperoctree description again:
>>
>> "An hyperoctree is a dataset where each node has either exactly 2^n
>> children **** or no child at all  **** if the node is a leaf."
>>
>> Actually, it is missing that "n" is the dimension of the hyperoctree
>> (n=1,2 or 3) so it is a binary tree (n=1)  a quadtree (n=2) or an
>> octree (n=3)
>>
>> Also, in the doc: "Warning:  It is not a spatial search object! If you
>> looking for this kind of octree see vtkCellLocator instead."
>>
>> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkHyperOctree.html
>
>
> I looked into vtkPointLocator. It seems to produce a single level of
> space subdivision whose bucket sizes are specified by
> SetNumberOfPointsPerBucket. Is this correct?
>
> I also saw
> "Warning: Many other types of spatial locators have been developed
> such as octrees and kd-trees. These are often more efficient for the
> operations described here."
>
> Again, I seem to be missing the vtkOctree. Does it exist under a different name?
>
> Also, I noticed that the documentation for
> vtkPointLocator::GetNumberOfPointsPerBucket is incorrect: "Set the
> number of divisions in x-y-z directions. "
> (http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkPointLocator.html#ac8bb41d8b7f77c4c9d3113cccef62827)
>
> I grepped my whole source tree and did not find
> GetNumberOfPointsPerBucket at all. I checked out a fresh version and
> still couldn't find it. Why does this function seem to not exist??
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
> _______________________________________________
> Powered by www.kitware.com
>
> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html
>
> Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at: http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
>
> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:
> http://www.vtk.org/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers
>