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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>In
my application, I read a .<span class=SpellE>stl</span> file and create the
actors. At this point I want to break the <span class=SpellE>vtk</span> pipeline.
<span class=GramE>i.e</span>. once actors are created, I want them to be
independent of the source(.<span class=SpellE>stl</span> file) from which they
were generated. Primary reason for this <span class=GramE>is,</span> the .<span
class=SpellE>stl</span> files get overwritten during the processing. Due to
pipe line execution these changes are reflected in previously created actors. Is
it ok if I follow the following steps to break the <span class=GramE>pipeline</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>//read the <span class=SpellE>stl</span> file<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>vtkSTLReader</span></font></span></span>
reader = new <span class=SpellE>vtkSTLReader</span>();<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>reader.SetFileName</span></font></span></span><span
class=GramE>(</span>“<span class=SpellE>myfile.stl</span>”);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>//get the output of the filter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>vtkPolyData</span></font></span></span>
data = <span class=SpellE>reader.GetOutput</span>();<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>data.Update</span></font></span></span><span
class=GramE>(</span>);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>//create the actor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>//now set the source of the data to null to break the pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>data.SetSource</span></font></span></span><span
class=GramE>(</span>null);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>During the initial testing, I have found this to be working OK. <span
class=GramE>Kindly comment about my approach.</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Shyam<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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