[vtkusers] vtkPolyData as source of vtkProbeFilter does not work

[Bill Lorensen]

It should work. Are you sure they overlap? Check the bounds for both
the source and inoput.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Boettcher, Dr. Peter
<Boettcher at kleintierklinik.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
> Dear all
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> I would like to probe a vtkPolyData (e.g. a sphere) with a vtkImageData:
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> Source = vtkPolyData
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> Input = vtkImageData
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> Unfortunately vtkProbeFilter always returns -1 when calling
> FindCell(x,NULL,-1,tol2,subId,pcoords,weights) and therefore the image is
> passed through vtkProbeFilter remaining unchanged as no interpolation of
> scalars is performed at any point of the vtkImageData. Both data overlaps
> each other completely. Therefore, probing should give valuable results!
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> I think it has something to do with tol2. Any suggestions?
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> Thanks – Peter.
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> Using vtkGaussianSplatter works well. However no scalars are splatted into
> the vtkImageData.
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