[vtkusers] Attaching meta data to vtkPolyline/vtkPolydata

[David Doria]

On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Luke Bloy <luke.bloy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> In my application I generate a large number of polylines, which I then
> collect into a polydata object to store. What I would like to do is to
> attach some meta data to each polyline. I have thought about using the
> SetPointdata or SetCelldata of the polydata object but since this
> information is related directly to the lines themselves that seems like a
> less than ideal solution. SetCellData seems like it might be a possibility
> but I’m not entirely sure what it’s intended usage was.
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> So I’m here for ideas on best to handle this.
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> Thanks for the help.
>
> Best,
>
> Luke

It sounds like you're looking for FieldData:

http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Tutorials/DataStorage

David