[vtkusers] The maximum diameter of an irregular object

[Bill Lorensen]

If you want to compute the bounding sphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounding_sphere then look at this test
code:

Common/DataModel/Testing/Cxx/TestComputeBoundingSphere.cxx


On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 7:09 AM, David Cole via vtkusers
<vtkusers at vtk.org> wrote:
> It is not clear what you mean by "maximum diameter of an irregular
> object".... Can you describe what you're trying to measure more precisely
> than that?
>
> A diameter is an attribute of a circle or a sphere, not an irregular object.
> And the closest thing to a "maximum diameter" of an object other than a
> circle/sphere is typically the diagonal of its bounding box.
>
> But it sounds like you probably mean something different than that, but it's
> unclear exactly what...
>
>
> On Monday, December 28, 2015, Emptystack <wulihouxiaoshuai at 163.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>    I want to compute the the maximum diamter of an irregular object using
>> VTK, but I cannot find a proper way to do it after days of work. Does
>> anyone
>> know how to do this? Have anyone can give me some advice?
>>
>> Many thanks!
>> Best Wishes!
>>
>>
>>
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