[vtkusers] best way to export a surface and reload it

[Anka Kochanowska]

Hi!
You could get  vtkPolydata as output from vtkContourFilter then use
 vtkPolyDataWriter  to output surface as .vtk file.
Anka


On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 2:10 PM, João Domingos <
joao.sousa.domingos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have a closed surface, basically an elipse, defined by:
>
> cf = vtk.vtkContourFilter
> cf.SetInputConnection(surf.GetOutputPort())
> cf.SetNumberOfContours(0)
> cf.SetValue(0,0)
>
> How can I export this cf surface to a file and how can I read it on
> later and simply use it, just as if I had created it?
>
> I took a look at teh vtkOBJExporter and vtkOBJReader, but this saves a
> vtkrenderwindow... not a surface.
>
> Big thanks in advance,
> Joao
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