[vtkusers] ICP Algorythm and parametric surfaces

[David Doria]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Elias Breunig <elias.breunig at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'am relativeley new to vtk and want to use it for a small surface
> analysis tool.
>
> Is there a straight forawrd way to link the ICP Filter to a parametric
> surface as its registration target. As far as I understand the Docs,
> only Point or Cell kind of data can be used, but it would surprise if
> there is no workaround out there to use a surface.
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
> Elias
>
>
What format is your surface currently in? I think you'll need to use
vtkContourFilter (as in this example
http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/ImplicitFunctions/SampleFunction )

to generate a sampled version of your surface before giving it to ICP.

David
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