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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">working with PointData worked finally.
      This was actually what I wanted.<br>
      Thank you very much for your help<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      Am 13.04.2013 20:34, schrieb Bill Lorensen:<br>
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cite="mid:CADZJ4hPWT5+bjFYvSyJrHvneGb6mwRtfJsjBvD2cnWT=TyKTQA@mail.gmail.com"
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      <div dir="ltr">// vtkCellDataToPointData is a filter that
        transforms cell data (i.e., data<br>
        // specified per cell) into point data (i.e., data specified at
        cell<br>
        // points). The method of transformation is based on averaging
        the data<br>
        // values of all cells using a particular point. Optionally, the
        input cell<br>
        // data can be passed through to the output as well<br>
        <br>
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      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Bill
          Lorensen <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div dir="ltr">Marc,
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>I'm pretty sure is works with PointData and not
                CellData.</div>
              <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
                  <div>
                    <br>
                  </div>
                  <div>Bill</div>
                </font></span></div>
            <div class="HOEnZb">
              <div class="h5">
                <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                  <br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 7:08
                    AM, Marc Huber <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:marchuber.hft@gmx.de"
                        target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                    wrote:<br>
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                        <div>This is exactly what I want thanks!<br>
                          <br>
                          It just doesnt take my scalar values to build
                          regions<br>
                          <br>
                          i have scalar values like e.g.<br>
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                          for each value I want to create regions if
                          there is a connection<br>
                          my problem is, that I just get 1 big region,
                          but depending on my values i should get about
                          100 regions<br>
                          <br>
                          My Code:<br>
                          <br>
                          polydata-&gt;GetCellData()-&gt;SetScalars(arr);  
                          //arr contains my scalars for each cell (Type:
                          vtkFloatArray)<br>
                          vtkSmartPointer&lt;vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter&gt;
                          regionFilter =
                          vtkSmartPointer&lt;vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter&gt;::New();<br>
regionFilter-&gt;SetInputConnection(polydata-&gt;GetProducerPort());<br>
                                 
                          regionFilter-&gt;ScalarConnectivityOn();    <br>
                                 
                          regionFilter-&gt;SetFullScalarConnectivity(1);<br>
                                 
                          regionFilter-&gt;SetScalarRange(1,9090);<br>
                                 
                          regionFilter-&gt;SetExtractionModeToAllRegions();   
                          <br>
                                  regionFilter-&gt;SetColorRegions(1);<br>
                                  regionFilter-&gt;Update();<br>
                          vtkSmartPointer&lt;vtkPolyDataMapper&gt;
                          conMapper =
                          vtkSmartPointer&lt;vtkPolyDataMapper&gt;::New();<br>
                                 
                          conMapper-&gt;SetInputConnection(regionFilter-&gt;GetOutputPort());<br>
                                  conMapper-&gt;Update();<br>
                          stlActor-&gt;SetMapper(conMapper);<br>
                          <br>
                          RenderData(stlActor); //my function for
                          rendering<br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          <br>
                          Am 11.04.2013 18:07, schrieb Bill Lorensen:<br>
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                        <div>
                          <div>
                            <blockquote type="cite">
                              <div dir="ltr">There is a "region growing"
                                filter in VTK.
                                <div>
                                  <div>// .NAME
                                    vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter -
                                    extract polygonal data based on
                                    geomet\</div>
                                  <div>ric connectivity                
                                                                       
                                               </div>
                                  <div>// .SECTION Description          
                                                                       
                                              </div>
                                  <div>// vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter
                                    is a filter that extracts cells that
                                              </div>
                                  <div>// share common points and/or
                                    satisfy a scalar threshold          
                                                 </div>
                                  <div>// criterion. (Such a group of
                                    cells is called a region.) The
                                    filter            </div>
                                  <div>// works in one of six ways: 1)
                                    extract the largest (most points)
                                    connected reg\</div>
                                  <div>ion                              
                                                                       
                                              </div>
                                  <div>// in the dataset; 2) extract
                                    specified region numbers; 3) extract
                                    all          </div>
                                  <div>// regions sharing specified
                                    point ids; 4) extract all regions
                                    sharing          </div>
                                  <div>// specified cell ids; 5) extract
                                    the region closest to the specified
                                              </div>
                                  <div>// point; or 6) extract all
                                    regions (used to color regions).    
                                                   </div>
                                  <div>//                        </div>
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                                <div><br>
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                                <div><br>
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                              <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                <br>
                                <div class="gmail_quote"> On Thu, Apr
                                  11, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Marc Huber <span
                                    dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      href="mailto:marchuber.hft@gmx.de"
                                      target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                                  wrote:<br>
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                                      <div>i want to divide objects into
                                        polygons (regions) which point
                                        in a very similiar direction.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        I have computed normal vectors
                                        for the points of the object.<br>
                                        now i want to extend a method of
                                        image processing to 3D.<br>
                                        in an image i'm growing regions
                                        with similar color values
                                        starting from different seed
                                        points.<br>
                                        this i want to apply in a
                                        changed way to the 3D space<br>
                                        my normal vectors are my "color
                                        values" and I want to iterate
                                        through the 3D space to grow
                                        regions.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        if i have no regular spacing
                                        between the points i might get
                                        problems<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        <br>
                                        Am 11.04.2013 16:44, schrieb
                                        Bill Lorensen:<br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <div>
                                          <blockquote type="cite">
                                            <div dir="ltr">You could
                                              create a volume of
                                              distances to the
                                              triangles. The distance
                                              field will have regular
                                              spacing in x,y,z but the
                                              x,y,z value will be
                                              distance to the surface.
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                              <div>Are you trying to
                                                compute something? Maybe
                                                if we know what the
                                                final problem is we can
                                                provide some ideas.</div>
                                              <div><br>
                                              </div>
                                            </div>
                                            <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                                              <br>
                                              <div class="gmail_quote">On
                                                Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at
                                                8:54 AM, Marc Huber <span
                                                  dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:marchuber.hft@gmx.de" target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                                                wrote:<br>
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                                                      <div>unfortunatelly
                                                        not. I need it
                                                        and hoped that
                                                        vtk is able to
                                                        do this.</div>
                                                      <div>I have to
                                                        iterate through
                                                        point clouds
                                                        with a regular
                                                        spacing like
                                                        iterating
                                                        through pixels
                                                        of an image. So
                                                        in fact I don't
                                                        even need te
                                                        visualization,
                                                        just the point
                                                        cloud extracted
                                                        from the
                                                        visualization.</div>
                                                      <div> </div>
                                                      <div>thanks for
                                                        your help<br>
                                                         </div>
                                                      <div>Best regards<br>
                                                        Marc</div>
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                                                          11. April 2013
                                                          um 14:45 Uhr
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          <b>Von:</b> "Bill
                                                          Lorensen" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:bill.lorensen@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          <b>An:</b> "Marc
                                                          Huber" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:marchuber.hft@gmx.de"
                                                          target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          <b>Cc:</b> "VTK
                                                          Users" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org" target="_blank">vtkusers@vtk.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <b>Betreff:</b> Re:
                                                          Re: [vtkusers]
                                                          TIN to regular
                                                          mesh</div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
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                                                          name="quoted-content">
                                                          <div>I don't
                                                          know of a vtk
                                                          filter that
                                                          does this.
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          <div>Do you
                                                          have a
                                                          reference for
                                                          an algorithm
                                                          that does
                                                          this?</div>
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_extra"> 
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On

                                                          Thu, Apr 11,
                                                          2013 at 8:43
                                                          AM, Marc Huber
                                                          <span>&lt;<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://marchuber.hft@gmx.de" target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:
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                                                          <div>Sorry for
                                                          leaving so
                                                          much unclear.</div>
                                                          <div>I have
                                                          closed volumes
                                                          e.g. a CAD
                                                          model of a
                                                          pipe<br>
                                                           </div>
                                                          <div>Best
                                                          regards<br>
                                                          Marc Huber</div>
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                                                          11. April 2013
                                                          um 14:22 Uhr<br>
                                                          <b>Von:</b> "Bill


                                                          Lorensen" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bill.lorensen@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          <b>An:</b> "Marc

                                                          Huber" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://marchuber.hft@gmx.de"
                                                          target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          <b>Cc:</b> "VTK

                                                          Users" &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://vtkusers@vtk.org" target="_blank">vtkusers@vtk.org</a>&gt;<br>
                                                          <b>Betreff:</b> Re:


                                                          [vtkusers] TIN
                                                          to regular
                                                          mesh</div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>What
                                                          source of
                                                          object is
                                                          being modeled?
                                                          Is it a closed
                                                          volume? An
                                                          elevation map?</div>
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_extra"> 
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On


                                                          Thu, Apr 11,
                                                          2013 at 2:09
                                                          AM, Marc Huber
                                                          <span>&lt;<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://marchuber.hft@gmx.de" target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:
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                                                          <div>I need a
                                                          quad mesh
                                                          where the
                                                          point distance
                                                          in x and y
                                                          direction is
                                                          always the
                                                          same.<br>
                                                           
                                                          <div>Best
                                                          regards</div>
                                                          <div>Marc</div>
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div><br>
                                                          Am 10.04.2013
                                                          um 21:52
                                                          schrieb Bill
                                                          Lorensen &lt;<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bill.lorensen@gmail.com"
                                                          target="_blank">bill.lorensen@gmail.com</a>&gt;:<br>
                                                           </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <blockquote>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>What is
                                                          your
                                                          definition of
                                                          "regular
                                                          mesh"? A
                                                          regular
                                                          triangular
                                                          mesh is one
                                                          where each
                                                          element has 3
                                                          edges and the
                                                          valence of
                                                          each interior
                                                          point is 6. A
                                                          regular quad
                                                          mesh is one
                                                          where each
                                                          element has 4
                                                          edges and the
                                                          valens of
                                                          interior
                                                          points is 4.<br>
                                                          <br>
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                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_extra"> 
                                                          <div
                                                          class="gmail_quote">On


                                                          Wed, Apr 10,
                                                          2013 at 11:50
                                                          AM, Marc Huber
                                                          <span>&lt;<a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://marchuber.hft@gmx.de" target="_blank">marchuber.hft@gmx.de</a>&gt;</span>
                                                          wrote:
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                                                          <div>Hi,</div>
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          <div>I have a
                                                          CAD model,
                                                          which is
                                                          triangulated.
                                                          What I'd like
                                                          to do is to
                                                          create a
                                                          regular mesh
                                                          of it.</div>
                                                          <div>I already
                                                          searched in
                                                          the archives
                                                          and found out
                                                          that it might
                                                          help to use
                                                          shepard. I
                                                          awfully don't
                                                          get it managed
                                                          to solve this
                                                          problem. Maybe
                                                          I’m also just
                                                          searching with
                                                          the wrong
                                                          keywords.</div>
                                                          <div>Has maybe
                                                          somebody some
                                                          example code
                                                          for this? (if
                                                          c++, tcl,
                                                          python,...
                                                          doesn't
                                                          matter)</div>
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          <div>I'd be
                                                          very thankful
                                                          if anybody
                                                          could help me.</div>
                                                          <div> </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>Best
                                                          regards<br>
                                                          <span><font
                                                          color="#888888">Marc</font></span></div>
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