[vtkusers] Filter to remove internal structure of a poly data?

[David E DeMarle]

Try vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter. It produces the external skin of any dataset
in the form of a polydata.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
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Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Kilgus, Thomas <t.kilgus at dkfz-heidelberg.de
> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I am not sure how to call this, but I was wondering if there is any filter
> (or combination) to remove internal structures of a PolyData? By internal I
> mean stuff that is not visible to the camera, unless you make the surface
> translucent. I know that there is a vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter which
> works for some uses cases, but my data is connected at some parts. I am not
> even sure if this is possible, but the virtual camera could rotate around
> the object and every cell which is not seen (hit by a ray) could be
> deleted. Is there anything like this in VTK?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> Thomas Kilgus
>
> German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
>
> Div. Medical and Biological Informatics
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