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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I have solved it using a vtkClipPolyData (using vtkSphere as clipping function) filter after the triangle stripper filter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES'>De:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:ES'> vtkusers-bounces@vtk.org [mailto:vtkusers-bounces@vtk.org] <b>En nombre de </b>Roberto Garrido<br><b>Enviado el:</b> miércoles, 27 de febrero de 2013 13:42<br><b>Para:</b> vtkusers@vtk.org<br><b>Asunto:</b> [vtkusers] [vtk-users] Extracting a section polyData<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi there!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We have a scene with a non-regular volume. We want to highlight a section of it, using a plane at a given height. The approach we are using is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Create a vtkCutter<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Set a vtkPlane as cut function of the vtkCutter<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Perform the cut filter and connect the results with a triangle stripper filter<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Connect the results with a vtkPolyDataMapper, and the assign the mapper to the actor<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Using this approach, we have managed to display the highlighted section of the volume, but the results are not the ones we desired, and that&#8217;s because the volume is so irregular that the above pseudo-code computes a lot of sections. And we only want one. Actually, we only want to use the geometry that is at a known distance of a given point. We already have the point and the distance, but we don&#8217;t know how to proceed now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Any idea?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Robert.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>