[vtkusers] vtkTriangleFilter

David Gobbi david.gobbi at gmail.com
Thu May 22 20:48:40 EDT 2014


Hi Stephen,

The vtkTriangleFilter doesn't do the triangulation itself.  Instead,
it delegates the operation to the cell classes.  Each cell type uses a
different triangulation algorithm.  For example, vtkPolygon uses the
ear-cut triangulation algorithm.

  David


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Stephen Russell
<stephenjohnrussell at me.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just wondering if anyone knows weather the vtkTriangleFilter follows any documented algorithm?  I have looked both in the api and the comments of the source but haven't found any clues.  I was kind of hoping for a reference to a paper as is documented with the vtkReebGraph.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Stephen
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