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    Hi,<br>
    <br>
    I converted it to Activiz/C#, I will let Jerome try exactly your
    code (since I can't).<br>
    <br>
    Regards.<br>
    <br>
    On 12/07/2012 14:49, Bill Lorensen wrote:
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CADZJ4hOz1TudnDsuGiECFWNmjOyV35ZCcoC3WgExRFhK27NRLg@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">In the example I sent? I happen to be running VTK6,
      but there should not have been changes.<br>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:35 AM,
        Jean-Hugues Royer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:jhroyer@joher.com" target="_blank">jhroyer@joher.com</a>&gt;</span>
        wrote:<br>
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          <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi,<br>
            <br>
            If I do that, the first ~30 points have a distance of 1 and
            the rest 0.18648.<br>
            <br>
            Regards.
            <div>
              <div class="h5"><br>
                <br>
                On 12/07/2012 14:12, Bill Lorensen wrote:
                <blockquote type="cite">The splines are parameterized by
                  an approximation to the arc length. Also, the boundary
                  conditions of the splines can affect the shape of the
                  spline. Try this version of the script:
                  <div><br>
                  </div>
                  <div>
                    <div>#!/usr/bin/python</div>
                    <div>import vtk</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>lineSource = vtk.vtkLineSource( )</div>
                    <div>lineSource.SetPoint1( 0, 0, 0 )</div>
                    <div>lineSource.SetPoint2( 95, 0 ,0 )</div>
                    <div>lineSource.Update( )</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>mySpline = vtk.vtkCardinalSpline( )</div>
                    <div>mySpline.SetLeftConstraint(2)</div>
                    <div>mySpline.SetLeftValue(0.0)</div>
                    <div>mySpline.SetRightConstraint(2)</div>
                    <div>mySpline.SetRightValue(0.0)</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>spline = vtk.vtkSplineFilter( )</div>
                    <div>spline.SetSpline(mySpline)</div>
                    <div>spline.SetInputConnection(
                      lineSource.GetOutputPort( ))</div>
                    <div>spline.SetSubdivideToLength( )</div>
                    <div>spline.SetLength( 0.18648 )</div>
                    <div>spline.Update( )</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>points = spline.GetOutput().GetPoints()</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>meanDist = 0</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>for i in range( 1, points.GetNumberOfPoints()
                      ):</div>
                    <div>&nbsp; pt = points.GetPoint(i)</div>
                    <div>&nbsp; ptPrec = points.GetPoint(i-1)</div>
                    <div>&nbsp; meanDist += pt[0] - ptPrec[0]</div>
                    <div>&nbsp; print 'pt[',i,'] X: ',pt[0],' | Distance with
                      previous point:',pt[0] - ptPrec[0]</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div>print 'Mean distance: ', meanDist /
                      points.GetNumberOfPoints()</div>
                    <div>print 'Expected number of points: ',
                      95./0.18648</div>
                    <div>print 'Effective number of points: ',
                      points.GetNumberOfPoints()</div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <div><br>
                    </div>
                    <br>
                    <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at
                      3:06 AM, Jerome Velut <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="mailto:jerome.velut@kitware.com"
                          target="_blank">jerome.velut@kitware.com</a>&gt;</span>
                      wrote:<br>
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                          <div>Hi Bill and Jean-Hugues,<br>
                            <br>
                            I was able to reproduce the bug for a
                            straight line with vtk-5.10 python (script
                            attached). I also get the same spline from
                            paraview by exposing the vtkSplineFilter
                            (hopefully!).<br>
                            <br>
                            Jerome<br>
                            <br>
                            Le 10/07/2012 19:09, Bill Lorensen a &eacute;crit&nbsp;:<br>
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                          <div>
                            <div>
                              <blockquote type="cite">It is always
                                possible that there is a bug.<br>
                                <br>
                                Can you provide a small, compilable
                                example that illustrates the problem?<br>
                                <br>
                                <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10,
                                  2012 at 10:50 AM, Jean-Hugues Royer <span
                                    dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      href="mailto:jhroyer@joher.com"
                                      target="_blank">jhroyer@joher.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                  wrote:<br>
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                                    <div bgcolor="#ffffff"
                                      text="#000000"> Hi,<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I also tried vtkSplineFIlter using
                                      SetSubdivideToLength() and
                                      SetLength(distance).<br>
                                      <br>
                                      But the result is that the points
                                      are not equally distributed.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      When you provide a curve the
                                      beginning and ending points are
                                      not equally distributed while the
                                      center points are.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      When you provide a straight line
                                      no points at all are equally
                                      distributed.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I get exact same result when using
                                      vtkSplineFIlter/SetSubdivideToLength/SetLength

                                      and
                                      vtkParametricSpline/SetParametricFunction/SetUResolution.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      May be I'm missing something ?
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                                          <br>
                                          On 10/07/2012 16:21, Bill
                                          Lorensen wrote:
                                          <blockquote type="cite">Look
                                            at vtkSplineFIlter<br>
                                            Here is one use:<br>
                                            <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/FitSplineToCutterOutput"
                                              target="_blank">http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/FitSplineToCutterOutput</a><br>
                                            <br>
                                            <br>
                                            <div class="gmail_quote"> On
                                              Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:59
                                              AM, Jean-Hugues Royer <span
                                                dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jhroyer@joher.com" target="_blank">jhroyer@joher.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                              wrote:<br>
                                              <blockquote
                                                class="gmail_quote"
                                                style="margin: 0pt 0pt
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                                                204); padding-left:
                                                1ex;"> Hi,<br>
                                                <br>
                                                I have a curve which is
                                                a vtkPoints array.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                I would like to generate
                                                another vtkPoints array
                                                where every consecutive
                                                points have the same
                                                distance. (basically
                                                divide the curve to n
                                                equals segments)<br>
                                                <br>
                                                I tried to use
                                                vtkParametricSpline/vtkParametricFunctionSource
                                                but I was only able to
                                                change the number of
                                                points to another value
                                                but I didn't find how to
                                                specify that these new
                                                points should be equally
                                                distributed.<br>
                                                <br>
                                                Any idea ?<br>
                                                <br>
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