[vtkusers] selecting points

[David Doria]

2011/12/19 Boehm, Lukas <Lukas.Boehm at cellent.de>:
> Hello,
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> I am plotting some points via vtkPoints class. Now I want to select some
> points by defining a polygon. Every point which is inside the polygon,
> should be selected.
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> My first step was to draw with every single click one point and connect the
> point with the last point. But now I found the area picker and it sounds
> like this is a built-in solution.
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> Before I am investing more time in one of the solutions, my question is: Is
> the area picker the solution for this problem?
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> Thank you very much!
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> Lukas

According to the documentation AreaPicker uses a rectangular picking
region. Do you need a more general polygon?

David