vtkSplineFilter uses vtkCardinalSpline as a default. Take a look at vtkKochanekSpline as an alternative. That spline has more user controllable parameters for controlling spline tension.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Jean-Hugues Royer <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jhroyer@joher.com" target="_blank">jhroyer@joher.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>

  
    
    
  
  <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
    Yes this was a problem in my C# translation, I confirm that it fixes
    the issue and I get a perfect equally subdivided spline.<br>
    <br>
    Thanks !<div><div class="h5"><br>
    <br>
    On 12/07/2012 16:53, Jerome Velut wrote:
    <blockquote type="cite">
      
      <div>Hi,<br>
        <br>
        Bill, your script solved Jean-Hugues&#39; issue with vtk-5.10 and
        vtk-6.0.<br>
        Jean-Hugues, could it be a mistake in your c# translation?<br>
        <br>
        Jerome<br>
        <br>
        Le 12/07/2012 15:09, Jean-Hugues Royer a écrit :<br>
      </div>
      <blockquote type="cite">
        
        Hi,<br>
        <br>
        I converted it to Activiz/C#, I will let Jerome try exactly your
        code (since I can&#39;t).<br>
        <br>
        Regards.<br>
        <br>
        On 12/07/2012 14:49, Bill Lorensen wrote:
        <blockquote 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 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><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>  pt = points.GetPoint(i)</div>
                        <div>  ptPrec = points.GetPoint(i-1)</div>
                        <div>  meanDist += pt[0] - ptPrec[0]</div>
                        <div>  print &#39;pt[&#39;,i,&#39;] X: &#39;,pt[0],&#39; | Distance
                          with previous point:&#39;,pt[0] - ptPrec[0]</div>
                        <div><br>
                        </div>
                        <div>print &#39;Mean distance: &#39;, meanDist /
                          points.GetNumberOfPoints()</div>
                        <div>print &#39;Expected number of points: &#39;,
                          95./0.18648</div>
                        <div>print &#39;Effective number of points: &#39;,
                          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 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
                                écrit :<br>
                              </div>
                              <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 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&#39;m missing something ?
                                          <div>
                                            <div><br>
                                              <br>
                                              On 10/07/2012 16:21, Bill
                                              Lorensen wrote:
                                              <blockquote type="cite">Look

                                                at vtkSplineFIlter<br>
                                                Here is one use:<br>
                                                <a 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 href="mailto:jhroyer@joher.com" target="_blank">jhroyer@joher.com</a>&gt;</span>
                                                  wrote:<br>
                                                  <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);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&#39;t
                                                    find how to specify
                                                    that these new
                                                    points should be
                                                    equally distributed.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Any idea ?<br>
                                                    <br>
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