[vtkusers] How to compute volume of cell

[Alexandre Boucher]

So the idea is to use one of the static function of vtkMeshQuality such as
vtkMeshQuality::HexVolume(vtlCell*) for hexahedra cell.  Very neat.

For more complex cell types I should first decomposed the cell into cell
types to be passed to the static function of vtkMeshQuality.

Many thanks,
Alex


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM, David Thompson <david.thompson at kitware.com
> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> > Does vtk provides an easy way of computing the volume of a vtkCell3D.  I
> have a vtkStructuredGrid (made of hexahedron) and I would like to retrieve
> the volume of any cell within that grid.  How would I proceed?
>
> The vtkMeshQuality filter computes the volume of hexahedra and tetrahedra
> using the Verdict library (which is packaged with the VTK source code). The
> Verdict library contains methods for computing the volumes of other cell
> types.
>
>         David
>
>
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