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vtkPolyDataSource Class Reference

abstract class whose subclasses generate polygonal data. More...

#include <vtkPolyDataSource.h>

Inheritance diagram for vtkPolyDataSource:

[legend]Collaboration diagram for vtkPolyDataSource:

[legend]List of all members.

Public Methods
virtual const char *	GetClassName ()
virtual int	IsA (const char *type)
vtkPolyData *	GetOutput ()
vtkPolyData *	GetOutput (int idx)
void	SetOutput (vtkPolyData *output)
Static Public Methods
vtkPolyDataSource *	New ()
int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
vtkPolyDataSource *	SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
Protected Methods
	vtkPolyDataSource ()
	~vtkPolyDataSource ()
	vtkPolyDataSource (const vtkPolyDataSource &)
void	operator= (const vtkPolyDataSource &)
void	ComputeInputUpdateExtents (vtkDataObject *output)
Protected Attributes
int	ExecutePiece
int	ExecuteNumberOfPieces
int	ExecuteGhostLevel

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Detailed Description

abstract class whose subclasses generate polygonal data.

Date:

2000/12/10 20:08:15

Revision:

1.2

vtkPolyDataSource is an abstract class whose subclasses generate polygonal data.

See also:

vtkPolyDataReader vtkAxes vtkBYUReader vtkConeSource vtkCubeSource vtkCursor3D vtkCyberReader vtkCylinderSource vtkDiskSource vtkLineSource vtkMCubesReader vtkOutlineSource vtkPlaneSource vtkPointSource vtkSTLReader vtkSphereSource vtkTextSource vtkUGFacetReader vtkVectorText

Definition at line 61 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkPolyDataSource::vtkPolyDataSource (    )  [protected]

vtkPolyDataSource::~vtkPolyDataSource (    )  [inline, protected]

Definition at line 75 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

vtkPolyDataSource::vtkPolyDataSource (  const vtkPolyDataSource &    )  [inline, protected]

Definition at line 76 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

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Member Function Documentation

vtkPolyDataSource* vtkPolyDataSource::New (    )  [static]

Instantiate object with no start, end, or progress methods. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkArcPlotter, vtkChairDisplay, vtkCyberReader, vtkDepthSortPolyData, vtkEarthSource, vtkGetRemoteGhostCells, vtkGLUTesselatorTriangleFilter, vtkImageToPolyDataFilter, vtkOBJReader, vtkOutlineCornerFilter, vtkOutlineCornerSource, vtkPieceScalars, vtkSuperquadricSource, vtkVectorTopology, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkAxes, vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter, vtkBYUReader, vtkCellCenters, vtkCleanPolyData, vtkClipPolyData, vtkConeSource, vtkContourFilter, vtkContourGrid, vtkCubeSource, vtkCursor3D, vtkCutter, vtkCylinderSource, vtkDashedStreamLine, vtkDecimatePro, vtkDelaunay2D, vtkDiskSource, vtkEdgePoints, vtkExtractEdges, vtkExtractPolyDataGeometry, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph2D, vtkGlyph3D, vtkHedgeHog, vtkHull, vtkHyperStreamline, vtkLinearExtrusionFilter, vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter, vtkLineSource, vtkLinkEdgels, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkMaskPoints, vtkMaskPolyData, vtkMCubesReader, vtkOutlineFilter, vtkOutlineSource, vtkPlaneSource, vtkPointSource, vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter, vtkQuadricClustering, vtkQuadricDecimation, vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints, vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter, vtkRecursiveDividingCubes, vtkRemoveGhostCells, vtkReverseSense, vtkRibbonFilter, vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter, vtkRuledSurfaceFilter, vtkSelectPolyData, vtkSelectVisiblePoints, vtkShrinkPolyData, vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter, vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter, vtkSphereSource, vtkSTLReader, vtkStreamer, vtkStreamLine, vtkStreamPoints, vtkStripper, vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter, vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter, vtkSubPixelPositionEdgels, vtkTensorGlyph, vtkTextSource, vtkTexturedSphereSource, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkTransformPolyDataFilter, vtkTriangleFilter, vtkTriangularTCoords, vtkTubeFilter, vtkUGFacetReader, vtkVectorText, vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter, vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter, vtkGlyphSource2D, vtkDecimate, vtkDividingCubes, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkImageMarchingCubes, vtkKitwareContourFilter, vtkMarchingContourFilter, vtkMarchingCubes, vtkMarchingSquares, vtkSynchronizedTemplates2D, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

virtual const char* vtkPolyDataSource::GetClassName (    )  [virtual]

Return the class name as a string. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkArcPlotter, vtkChairDisplay, vtkCyberReader, vtkDepthSortPolyData, vtkEarthSource, vtkGetRemoteGhostCells, vtkGLUTesselatorTriangleFilter, vtkImageToPolyDataFilter, vtkOBJReader, vtkOutlineCornerFilter, vtkOutlineCornerSource, vtkPieceScalars, vtkSuperquadricSource, vtkVectorTopology, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkApproximatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkAxes, vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter, vtkBYUReader, vtkCellCenters, vtkCleanPolyData, vtkClipPolyData, vtkConeSource, vtkContourFilter, vtkContourGrid, vtkCubeSource, vtkCursor3D, vtkCutter, vtkCylinderSource, vtkDashedStreamLine, vtkDataSetToPolyDataFilter, vtkDecimatePro, vtkDelaunay2D, vtkDiskSource, vtkEdgePoints, vtkExtractEdges, vtkExtractPolyDataGeometry, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph2D, vtkGlyph3D, vtkHedgeHog, vtkHull, vtkHyperStreamline, vtkInterpolatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkLinearExtrusionFilter, vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter, vtkLineSource, vtkLinkEdgels, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkMaskPoints, vtkMaskPolyData, vtkMCubesReader, vtkOutlineFilter, vtkOutlineSource, vtkPlaneSource, vtkPointSource, vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter, vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter, vtkQuadricClustering, vtkQuadricDecimation, vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints, vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter, vtkRectilinearGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkRecursiveDividingCubes, vtkRemoveGhostCells, vtkReverseSense, vtkRibbonFilter, vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter, vtkRuledSurfaceFilter, vtkSelectPolyData, vtkSelectVisiblePoints, vtkShrinkPolyData, vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter, vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter, vtkSphereSource, vtkSTLReader, vtkStreamer, vtkStreamLine, vtkStreamPoints, vtkStripper, vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter, vtkStructuredGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredPointsToPolyDataFilter, vtkSubPixelPositionEdgels, vtkTensorGlyph, vtkTextSource, vtkTexturedSphereSource, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkTransformPolyDataFilter, vtkTriangleFilter, vtkTriangularTCoords, vtkTubeFilter, vtkUGFacetReader, vtkVectorText, vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter, vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter, vtkGlyphSource2D, vtkDecimate, vtkDividingCubes, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkImageMarchingCubes, vtkKitwareContourFilter, vtkMarchingContourFilter, vtkMarchingCubes, vtkMarchingSquares, vtkSynchronizedTemplates2D, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

int vtkPolyDataSource::IsTypeOf (  const char *    type )  [static]

Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkArcPlotter, vtkChairDisplay, vtkCyberReader, vtkDepthSortPolyData, vtkEarthSource, vtkGetRemoteGhostCells, vtkGLUTesselatorTriangleFilter, vtkImageToPolyDataFilter, vtkOBJReader, vtkOutlineCornerFilter, vtkOutlineCornerSource, vtkPieceScalars, vtkSuperquadricSource, vtkVectorTopology, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkApproximatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkAxes, vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter, vtkBYUReader, vtkCellCenters, vtkClipPolyData, vtkConeSource, vtkContourFilter, vtkContourGrid, vtkCubeSource, vtkCursor3D, vtkCutter, vtkCylinderSource, vtkDashedStreamLine, vtkDataSetToPolyDataFilter, vtkDecimatePro, vtkDelaunay2D, vtkDiskSource, vtkEdgePoints, vtkExtractEdges, vtkExtractPolyDataGeometry, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph2D, vtkGlyph3D, vtkHedgeHog, vtkHull, vtkHyperStreamline, vtkInterpolatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkLinearExtrusionFilter, vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter, vtkLineSource, vtkLinkEdgels, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkMaskPoints, vtkMaskPolyData, vtkMCubesReader, vtkOutlineFilter, vtkOutlineSource, vtkPlaneSource, vtkPointSource, vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter, vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter, vtkQuadricClustering, vtkQuadricDecimation, vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter, vtkRectilinearGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkRecursiveDividingCubes, vtkRemoveGhostCells, vtkReverseSense, vtkRibbonFilter, vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter, vtkRuledSurfaceFilter, vtkSelectPolyData, vtkSelectVisiblePoints, vtkShrinkPolyData, vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter, vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter, vtkSphereSource, vtkSTLReader, vtkStreamer, vtkStreamLine, vtkStreamPoints, vtkStripper, vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter, vtkStructuredGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredPointsToPolyDataFilter, vtkSubPixelPositionEdgels, vtkTensorGlyph, vtkTextSource, vtkTexturedSphereSource, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkTransformPolyDataFilter, vtkTriangleFilter, vtkTriangularTCoords, vtkTubeFilter, vtkUGFacetReader, vtkVectorText, vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter, vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter, vtkGlyphSource2D, vtkDecimate, vtkDividingCubes, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkImageMarchingCubes, vtkKitwareContourFilter, vtkMarchingContourFilter, vtkMarchingCubes, vtkMarchingSquares, vtkSynchronizedTemplates2D, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

virtual int vtkPolyDataSource::IsA (  const char *    type )  [virtual]

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkArcPlotter, vtkChairDisplay, vtkCyberReader, vtkDepthSortPolyData, vtkEarthSource, vtkGetRemoteGhostCells, vtkGLUTesselatorTriangleFilter, vtkImageToPolyDataFilter, vtkOBJReader, vtkOutlineCornerFilter, vtkOutlineCornerSource, vtkPieceScalars, vtkSuperquadricSource, vtkVectorTopology, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkApproximatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkAxes, vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter, vtkBYUReader, vtkCellCenters, vtkClipPolyData, vtkConeSource, vtkContourFilter, vtkContourGrid, vtkCubeSource, vtkCursor3D, vtkCutter, vtkCylinderSource, vtkDashedStreamLine, vtkDataSetToPolyDataFilter, vtkDecimatePro, vtkDelaunay2D, vtkDiskSource, vtkEdgePoints, vtkExtractEdges, vtkExtractPolyDataGeometry, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph2D, vtkGlyph3D, vtkHedgeHog, vtkHull, vtkHyperStreamline, vtkInterpolatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkLinearExtrusionFilter, vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter, vtkLineSource, vtkLinkEdgels, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkMaskPoints, vtkMaskPolyData, vtkMCubesReader, vtkOutlineFilter, vtkOutlineSource, vtkPlaneSource, vtkPointSource, vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter, vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter, vtkQuadricClustering, vtkQuadricDecimation, vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter, vtkRectilinearGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkRecursiveDividingCubes, vtkRemoveGhostCells, vtkReverseSense, vtkRibbonFilter, vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter, vtkRuledSurfaceFilter, vtkSelectPolyData, vtkSelectVisiblePoints, vtkShrinkPolyData, vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter, vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter, vtkSphereSource, vtkSTLReader, vtkStreamer, vtkStreamLine, vtkStreamPoints, vtkStripper, vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter, vtkStructuredGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredPointsToPolyDataFilter, vtkSubPixelPositionEdgels, vtkTensorGlyph, vtkTextSource, vtkTexturedSphereSource, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkTransformPolyDataFilter, vtkTriangleFilter, vtkTriangularTCoords, vtkTubeFilter, vtkUGFacetReader, vtkVectorText, vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter, vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter, vtkGlyphSource2D, vtkDecimate, vtkDividingCubes, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkImageMarchingCubes, vtkKitwareContourFilter, vtkMarchingContourFilter, vtkMarchingCubes, vtkMarchingSquares, vtkSynchronizedTemplates2D, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

vtkPolyDataSource* vtkPolyDataSource::SafeDownCast (  vtkObject *    o )  [static]

Will cast the supplied object to vtkObject* is this is a safe operation (i.e., a safe downcast); otherwise NULL is returned. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkArcPlotter, vtkChairDisplay, vtkCyberReader, vtkDepthSortPolyData, vtkEarthSource, vtkGetRemoteGhostCells, vtkGLUTesselatorTriangleFilter, vtkImageToPolyDataFilter, vtkOBJReader, vtkOutlineCornerFilter, vtkOutlineCornerSource, vtkPieceScalars, vtkSuperquadricSource, vtkVectorTopology, vtkAppendPolyData, vtkApproximatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkAxes, vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter, vtkBYUReader, vtkCellCenters, vtkClipPolyData, vtkConeSource, vtkContourFilter, vtkContourGrid, vtkCubeSource, vtkCursor3D, vtkCutter, vtkCylinderSource, vtkDashedStreamLine, vtkDataSetToPolyDataFilter, vtkDecimatePro, vtkDelaunay2D, vtkDiskSource, vtkEdgePoints, vtkExtractEdges, vtkExtractPolyDataGeometry, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph2D, vtkGlyph3D, vtkHedgeHog, vtkHull, vtkHyperStreamline, vtkInterpolatingSubdivisionFilter, vtkLinearExtrusionFilter, vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter, vtkLineSource, vtkLinkEdgels, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkMaskPoints, vtkMaskPolyData, vtkMCubesReader, vtkOutlineFilter, vtkOutlineSource, vtkPlaneSource, vtkPointSource, vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter, vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter, vtkQuadricClustering, vtkQuadricDecimation, vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter, vtkRectilinearGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkRecursiveDividingCubes, vtkRemoveGhostCells, vtkReverseSense, vtkRibbonFilter, vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter, vtkRuledSurfaceFilter, vtkSelectPolyData, vtkSelectVisiblePoints, vtkShrinkPolyData, vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter, vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter, vtkSphereSource, vtkSTLReader, vtkStreamer, vtkStreamLine, vtkStreamPoints, vtkStripper, vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter, vtkStructuredGridToPolyDataFilter, vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter, vtkStructuredPointsToPolyDataFilter, vtkSubPixelPositionEdgels, vtkTensorGlyph, vtkTextSource, vtkTexturedSphereSource, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkTransformPolyDataFilter, vtkTriangleFilter, vtkTriangularTCoords, vtkTubeFilter, vtkUGFacetReader, vtkVectorText, vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter, vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter, vtkGlyphSource2D, vtkDecimate, vtkDividingCubes, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkImageMarchingCubes, vtkKitwareContourFilter, vtkMarchingContourFilter, vtkMarchingCubes, vtkMarchingSquares, vtkSynchronizedTemplates2D, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

vtkPolyData* vtkPolyDataSource::GetOutput (    )

Get the output of this source. Reimplemented in vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter. Referenced by vtkQuadricDecimation::GetTestOutput().

vtkPolyData* vtkPolyDataSource::GetOutput (  int    level )  [inline]

Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkSpatialRepresentationFilter. Definition at line 69 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

void vtkPolyDataSource::SetOutput (  vtkPolyData *    output )

void vtkPolyDataSource::operator= (  const vtkPolyDataSource &    )  [inline, protected]

Definition at line 77 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

void vtkPolyDataSource::ComputeInputUpdateExtents (  vtkDataObject *    output )  [protected, virtual]

What is the input update extent that is required to produce the desired output? By default, the whole input is always required but this is overridden in many subclasses. Reimplemented from vtkSource. Reimplemented in vtkAppendPolyData, vtkExtractPolyDataPiece, vtkFeatureEdges, vtkGeometryFilter, vtkGlyph3D, vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter, vtkPolyDataNormals, vtkPolyDataStreamer, vtkGridSynchronizedTemplates3D, vtkKitwareContourFilter, and vtkSynchronizedTemplates3D.

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Member Data Documentation

int vtkPolyDataSource::ExecutePiece [protected]

Definition at line 86 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

int vtkPolyDataSource::ExecuteNumberOfPieces [protected]

Definition at line 87 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

int vtkPolyDataSource::ExecuteGhostLevel [protected]

Definition at line 89 of file vtkPolyDataSource.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• common/vtkPolyDataSource.h

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