VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/Stripper

Stripper.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkStripper.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  sphereSource->Update();
  
  std::cout << "Number of cells before stripping: " << sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkStripper> stripper = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkStripper>::New();
  stripper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  stripper->Update();
  
  std::cout << "Number of cells after stripping: " << stripper->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
  
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(Stripper)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(Stripper MACOSX_BUNDLE Stripper.cxx)

if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
  target_link_libraries(Stripper ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  target_link_libraries(Stripper vtkHybrid vtkWidgets)
endif()

Download and Build Stripper

Click here to download Stripper. and its CMakeLists.txt file.

Once the tarball Stripper.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd Stripper/build 

• If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

• If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./Stripper

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.

Wireframe before and after.