[vtkusers] Coloring 2D surface along contourlines

[Deij, Menno]

Dear vtk-users,

First a disclaimer: I’m quite new to VTK and this is my first post to the users list.

I’m trying to do the following: read in a list of 3D-coordinates representing a wavy surface as a vtkStructuredGrid, color it according to the elevation and show it. The structured grid has dimensions i=50, j=100, k=1 (note that k=1, the surface is made up of polygons).
My first attempt was using the following pipeline:

[vtkStructuredGrid with points having scalar data: elevation] --> [vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter] --> [vtkPolyDataNormals] -->  [vtkPolyDataMapper] -> [vtkActor]

But the result is quite blurred and full of ‘kinks’ between the colored sections (see screenshot_1.png).

What I want to achieve is something that has smooth/crisp lines along the contourlines, similar to screenshot_2.png. Here the colors change depending on constant elevation. I achieved this picture by cutting the wavy surface using vtkClipPolyData at 10 different elevations and creating 10 different actors for this (for more clarity see screenshot_3.png).

My question is: is there a more simple way to achieve the smooth/crisp lines along contourlines, or is clipping multiple times the only solution? I’ve been trying to do something with vtkMarchingSquares, but this does not act on vtkPolyData only on vtkImageData.

Thanks and best wishes,


Menno

PS. I hope the pictures are viewable in the list, if not I can make them available on request.

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dr. ir. Menno A. Deij


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