[vtkusers] Using "Boolean Operations on Surfaces" on arbitrary mesh (stl) files

[Bill Lorensen]

You probably need to run vtkCleanPolyData on the output of the reader. I
think the STL reader creates triangles that each have their own sets of
points.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:13 AM, louis10th <doyoungchang at gmail.com> wrote:

> The program compiles with no error :)
> But when I execute the exe it crashes.
>
> I did try the following and the file looks reasonable.
> I will also try Paraview.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --------------------
>
>        vtkSTLReader *volumeReader = vtkSTLReader::New();
>                volumeReader->SetFileName("test.stl");
>
>         vtkPolyDataMapper *stlMapper=vtkPolyDataMapper::New();
>        stlMapper->SetInputConnection (volumeReader->GetOutputPort());
>
>        vtkLODActor *stlActor=vtkLODActor::New();
>        stlActor->SetMapper(stlMapper);
>
>        renderer->AddActor( stlActor );
>
>        volumeReader-> Delete(); stlMapper->Delete(); stlActor->Delete();
>
>        renWin->Render();
>        renWinInteractor->Start();
>
>
>
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