[vtkusers] Remeshing or: how to get a "better" surface mesh from a vtkCylinderSource

[Cory Quammen]

Norman,

VTK itself doesn't really have anything in terms of the remeshing you
are looking for.

Best,
Cory

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 8:40 PM, normanius <juch at zhaw.ch> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> My question is whether it is possible to remesh an existing surface such
> that the original geometry is preserved, but the triangulation has "nice"
> properties.
>
> Let me exemplify my problem with vtkCylinderSource. If you try to extract
> the triangulated surface mesh, you will notice that the triangles of the
> cylinder jacket are very sharp and spread the full height. Have a look at
> the screenshot.
>
> Some filters require a more homogenous triangulation of such a surface. How
> could this be done in VTK?
>
> Thanks!
> Norman
>
> By the way, this is how I extract the triangles of a cylinder source:
>
>
> Screenshot 1: Wireframe of a vtkCylinderSource
> Screenshot 2: Result after remeshing of the cylinder in an external tool
>
> <http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/file/n5738187/vtkCylinderSource-mesh.png>
> <http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/file/n5738187/cylinderRemeshedStarCCM%2B.png>
>
>
>
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Cory Quammen
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