[vtkusers] Display structured Grids

[Bill Lorensen]

What would you expect to see? The interior would not be visible unless
wireframe was specified.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:41 AM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Sebastian Gatzka
> <sebastian.gatzka at stud.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote:
>> Hello World.
>>
>> I have made a rather basic vtkStructuredGrid from some vtkPoints.
>> I even found a way of rendering it through the
>> vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter or the vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter.
>>
>> But instead of wanting to view the points or the outline I want to see the
>> actual cells of the grid.
>> Can you tell me how this is possible?
>>
>> By the way: Does the grid actually contain cells? I'm asking because
>> vtkPoints are the only input to the grid.
>>
>> Have a nice day.
>> Sebastian
>
> The cells are indeed created, and I believe they are as you expect.
>
> You can "see" them in the data:
> cout << "There are " << structuredGrid->GetNumberOfCells() << " cells." << endl;
>
> But I'm not sure if there is a filter that will actually produce them.
> I agree that this would often be very nice to see - does anyone know
> if this already exists? Or should we write one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
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