[vtkusers] Close the gap between a mesh and a planar

[Jacky Nguyen]

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the clarification. I have tried your approach, but however the
wall was not covered up the entire boundary. The wall was stopped kinda
half way.
Do you mind taking a look at my code to see what went wrong? I have created
a gist here:
https://gist.github.com/ngunhaSO/f3902fd34172a161b678b2a05a5c91fe
I have also attached a stl file that i wanna manipulate and the screenshot
of what i achieved here: https://github.com/ngunhaSO/misc

Thank you!

Jacky

On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 7:48 PM Patrick Bergeron <pbergeron at spiria.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jacky
>
>
>
> Let me try to be clearer. Let’s say you have a surface floating in space,
> which seems to be your case.
>
>
>
> You can create a wall around your surface, by creating new geometry around
> your surface, which we will say is your wall. On the wall, you need to
> connect boundary edges with the floor (at z=0).
>
>
>
> So set’s say you find a boundary edge with points a and b
>
>
>
>    - Add 2 points to your polydata. (xa, ya, 0),  (xb, yb, 0)
>
>
>
> Then you create a quad that goes like this:
>
>
>
> (xa,ya,za),
>
>  (xb,yb,zb)
>
> (xb,yb,0)
>
> (xa,ya,0)
>
>
>
> Or if you prefer you can create 2 triangles:
>
> (xa,ya,za),
>
>  (xb,yb,zb)
>
> (xb,yb,0)
>
>
>
> (xb,yb,0)
>
> (xa,ya,0)
>
> (xa,ya,za),
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyway, after you create your walls at each boundary edge, you end up with
> walls that go all around your surface, but with no horizontal surface  at
> the bottom. Maybe this is important to you, maybe not.
>
>
>
> If it’s important, you can create a duplicate copy of your top surface,
> but in the copy, set all your point’s  Z to 0.0.
>
>
>
> This will flatten out the copy of your top surface and place it at Z=0,
> connecting to the bottom of your wall that you created all around your
> surface
>
>
>
> You will end up with a volume with the sides and bottom capped off.
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Jacky Nguyen <jackynguyen.km at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:12 AM
> *To: *Patrick Bergeron <pbergeron at spiria.com>
> *Cc: *"vtkusers at public.kitware.com" <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [vtkusers] Close the gap between a mesh and a planar
>
>
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Sorry, I am new to these so I need to take it slowly.
>
>
>
> Let me clarify a few things:
>
> 1) by using your approach, i don't need to create the plane on the bottom
> of the object as a holder?
>
> 2) When you say "For each boundary edge, create 2 triangles (a quad) with
> 1 or 2 points at z=0", does it matter which x and y coordinate to pick?
>
>
>
> I have added the following codes to extract the edges and find the pointID
> and point coordinate for each edge in the STL object. I trace through my
> console log, and there is no point that has z = 0
>
>
>
> reader = vtk.vtkSTLReader()
> reader.SetFileName('path_to_stl')
> reader.Update()
>
> triangleFilter = vtk.vtkTriangleFilter()
> triangleFilter.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
> triangleFilter.Update()
>
> # ++++++++++++++++++ extract edges ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> featureEdges = vtk.vtkFeatureEdges()
> featureEdges.SetInputData(triangleFilter.GetOutput())
> featureEdges.SetBoundaryEdges(1)
> featureEdges.SetFeatureEdges(0)
> featureEdges.SetNonManifoldEdges(0)
> featureEdges.SetManifoldEdges(0)
> featureEdges.Update()
> boundaryMesh = featureEdges.GetOutput()
> numberOfOpenEdges = featureEdges.GetOutput().GetNumberOfLines()
> print('number of lines: ', featureEdges.GetOutput().GetNumberOfLines())
> for i in range(0, boundaryMesh.GetNumberOfLines()):
>     cell = boundaryMesh.GetCell(i)
>     cellPoints = cell.GetPoints()
>     pointIds = cell.GetPointIds()
>     for j in range(0, pointIds.GetNumberOfIds()):
>         print('>>> point id: ', pointIds.GetId(j))
>         print('>>> coordinate: ', boundaryMesh.GetPoint(pointIds.GetId(j)))
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 10:10 PM Patrick Bergeron <pbergeron at spiria.com>
> wrote:
>
> I would take a different approach.
>
>
>
> I would look at all the edges that have only 1 cell attached, and these
> are your boundary edges.
>
>
>
> For each boundary edge, create 2 triangles (a quad) with 1 or 2 points at
> z=0. (Create 2 new points at z=0 for this purpose). If you already have a
> point at that z=0, then reuse it don’t create it.
>
>
>
> That approach will create quads all around your geometry connecting to the
> bottom but will leave the bottom hole open.
>
>
>
> Next create a cell connecting all your z=0 points together. Make sure they
> are ordered in sequential order to create your contour loop.
>
>
>
> Done
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jul 13, 2018, at 05:10, Jacky Nguyen <jackynguyen.km at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have converted an .obj mesh file to .stl. I also created a planar
> geometry as a holder for the mesh object then merge them. However, it
> contains a gap. Any suggestion how to close the gap vertically so that it
> becomes a solid object, I have already tried vtkFillHolesFilter, but it
> won't fill the gap?
>
>
>
> The code to create the planar:
>
>
>
> implicitPolyDataDistance = vtk.vtkImplicitPolyDataDistance()
>
> implicitPolyDataDistance.SetInput(stl_poly_data)
>
>
>
> #create a grid
>
> xCoords = vtk.vtkFloatArray()
>
> for x, i in enumerate(np.linspace(xmin, xmax,50)):
>
>     xCoords.InsertNextValue(i)
>
>
>
> yCoords = vtk.vtkFloatArray()
>
> for y, i in enumerate(np.linspace(ymin, ymax, 50)):
>
>     yCoords.InsertNextValue(i)
>
>
>
> zCoords = vtk.vtkFloatArray()
>
> for z, i in enumerate(np.linspace(zmin, zmin + 1, 50)):
>
>     zCoords.InsertNextValue(i)
>
>
>
> rgrid = vtk.vtkRectilinearGrid()
>
> rgrid.SetDimensions(x + 1, y + 1 , z + 1)
>
> rgrid.SetXCoordinates(xCoords)
>
> rgrid.SetYCoordinates(yCoords)
>
> rgrid.SetZCoordinates(zCoords)
>
> signedDistances = vtk.vtkFloatArray()
>
> signedDistances.SetNumberOfComponents(1)
>
> signedDistances.SetName("SignedDistances")
>
>
>
> # Evaluate the signed distance function at all of the grid points
>
> for pointId in range(rgrid.GetNumberOfPoints()):
>
>     p = rgrid.GetPoint(pointId)
>
>     signedDistance = implicitPolyDataDistance.EvaluateFunction(p)
>
>     signedDistances.InsertNextValue(signedDistance)
>
>
>
> # add the SignedDistances to the grid
>
> rgrid.GetPointData().SetScalars(signedDistances)
>
>
>
> # geometry filter to view the background grid
>
> geometryFilter = vtk.vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter()
>
> geometryFilter.SetInputData(rgrid)
>
> geometryFilter.SetExtent(0, x + 1, 0, y + 1, (z + 1) // 2, (z + 1) // 2)
>
> geometryFilter.Update()
>
> # ================ END creating a plane =======================
>
>
>
> The code that merge the stl poly data and the plane:
>
> meshAppend = vtk.vtkAppendPolyData()
>
> meshAppend.AddInputData(stl_poly_data)
>
> meshAppend.AddInputData(geometryFilter.GetOutput())
>
> meshAppend.Update()
>
> boundaryClean = vtk.vtkCleanPolyData()
>
> boundaryClean.SetInputData(meshAppend.GetOutput())
>
> boundaryClean.Update()
>
> out = vtk.vtkPolyData()
>
> out.DeepCopy(boundaryClean.GetOutput())
>
>
>
> triangleTrans = vtk.vtkTriangleFilter()
>
> triangleTrans.SetInputData(out)
>
> triangleTrans.Update()
>
>
>
> fill = vtk.vtkFillHolesFilter()
>
> fill.SetInputData(out)
>
> fill.SetHoleSize(1000000.0)
>
> fill.Update()
>
>
>
>
>
> A screenshot of what my current mesh is (note: the red line is where i
> want to close the gap vertically along the z axis:
> https://i.stack.imgur.com/F9w3c.png
>
>
>
> Any suggestion to solve this problem?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
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