[vtkusers] New filter class: vtkPolyDataToUnstructuredGridFilter

[David Doria]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I feel surprised about the conversion from PolyData to UnstructuredGrid
> posts: I didn't see them!
>
> I have a quite fast solution, I don't know it is suitable for you:
> just pass your polydata in a vtkThreshold, with thresholds being set
> to actual min and max values of any of your data array. If you don't
> have any array, just add a vtkGenerateIndexArray before the threshold
>
> note: you can easily check this pipeline with paraview:
> Sphere Source -> Generate Point Ids -> Threshold
>
> HTH
> Jerome
>
>
It is always annoying when you have to use a filter for a non-intended use.
Maybe we should wrap this vtkThreshold method of converting polydata to
unstructuredgrid in a filter for this purpose like Oliver suggested?

Thanks,

David
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