[vtkusers] vtkSelectEnclosedPoints filter inconsistent output of IsInside method

Bill Lorensen bill.lorensen at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 14:27:10 EDT 2014


Can you provide a link to an stl file that is causing problems?


On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:03 AM, santosh <scbiradar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Francois,
>
> The surface is made of triangles. I have tried passing my surface data
> through a triangle filter and a normals filter. Still I get the same
> inconsistent results.
> However, if i use a surface (STL file)  which is created using VTK built in
> shapes like vtkCylinderSource I get consistent output. I am facing problems
> with my STL file which is created using a CAD software. I have ensured that
> the surface is closed with no boundary edges.
> Santosh
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:36 PM, ftouvet [via VTK] <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is your surface made of triangles? I faced some problems with this filter
>> and used the pipeline explained here.
>>
>> It doesn't work everytime, I am currently refining it. But still it could
>> help you?
>> Francois
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