[vtkusers] Crust Algorithm in VTK?

[Bill Lorensen]

I have made the Powercrust algorithm a vtk remote module. See this
example that illustrates the technique and describes how to use it as
a remote module.

NOTE: Powercrust is covered by the GPL license which IS NOT compatible
with VTK's license. Hence, we cannot distribute it with VTK. Also,
commercial users should understand the implications of including this
software in their products.

Enjoy,

Bill


On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 5:29 AM, Paul Korir <pkorir at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for this. I'm looking into this.
>
> Any reason for not including crust?
>
> P
>
>
>
> On 05/09/2017 14:40, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried vtkExtractSurface,
>>
>> Here is an example:
>> https://lorensen.github.io/VTKExamples/site/Cxx/Points/ExtractSurface/
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Paul Korir <pkorir at ebi.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I recently came across the crust algorithm for computing a surface along
>>> a
>>> set of points. It seems to be a relatively powerful algorithm but is not
>>> implemented in VTK. VTK has the VTKRuledSurfaceFilter but this has major
>>> limitations in various topologies. The alternative is to use some plugins
>>> implemented for 3D Slicer but it seems like overkill to have to install
>>> 3D
>>> Slicer plus an additional plugin just to solve this problem. Obviously
>>> the
>>> better option would to implement the plugin functionality directly into
>>> VTK
>>> but obviously I cannot dictate someone's development schedule.
>>>
>>> My question is: is there something wrong with the crust algorithm that
>>> has
>>> prevented its implementation in VTK? Are there any plans for this? Is
>>> there
>>> anything better that can then be included.
>>>
>>> Thanks for shedding light on this most important of problems.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul K. Korir, PhD
>>> Scientific Programmer
>>> EMBL-EBI
>>> 01223494422
>>>
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>
> --
> Paul K. Korir, PhD
> Scientific Programmer
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