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vtkGenericCellTessellator Class Reference

#include <vtkGenericCellTessellator.h>

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Detailed Description

helper class to perform cell tessellation

vtkGenericCellTessellator is a helper class to perform adaptive tessellation of particular cell topologies. The major purpose for this class is to transform higher-order cell types (e.g., higher-order finite elements) into linear cells that can then be easily visualized by VTK. This class works in conjunction with the vtkGenericDataSet and vtkGenericAdaptorCell classes.

This algorithm is based on edge subdivision. An error metric along each edge is evaluated, and if the error is greater than some tolerance, the edge is subdivided (as well as all connected 2D and 3D cells). The process repeats until the error metric is satisfied.

A significant issue addressed by this algorithm is to insure face compatibility across neigboring cells. That is, diagaonals due to face triangulation must match to insure that the mesh is compatible. The algorithm employs a precomputed table to accelerate the tessellation process. The table was generated with the help of vtkOrderedTriangulator; the basic idea is that the choice of diagonal is made by considering the relative value of the point ids.

Tests:
vtkGenericCellTessellator (Tests)

Definition at line 59 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

Public Types

typedef vtkObject Superclass

Public Member Functions

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
virtual void Initialize (vtkGenericDataSet *ds)=0
void GetMaxErrors (double *errors)
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual void TessellateFace (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkIdType index, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
virtual void Tessellate (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
virtual void Triangulate (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
virtual void SetErrorMetrics (vtkCollection *someErrorMetrics)
virtual vtkCollectionGetErrorMetrics ()
void InitErrorMetrics (vtkGenericDataSet *ds)
int GetMeasurement ()
void SetMeasurement (int flag)

Static Public Member Functions

static int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkGenericCellTessellatorSafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)

Protected Member Functions

 vtkGenericCellTessellator ()
void ResetMaxErrors ()
void SetGenericCell (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell)
 ~vtkGenericCellTessellator ()
int RequiresEdgeSubdivision (double *left, double *mid, double *right, double alpha)
virtual void UpdateMaxError (double *leftPoint, double *midPoint, double *rightPoint, double alpha)

Protected Attributes

vtkCollectionErrorMetrics
vtkGenericDataSetDataSet
int Measurement
double * MaxErrors
int MaxErrorsCapacity


Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkObject vtkGenericCellTessellator::Superclass
 

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

Definition at line 62 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkGenericCellTessellator::vtkGenericCellTessellator  )  [protected]
 

vtkGenericCellTessellator::~vtkGenericCellTessellator  )  [protected]
 


Member Function Documentation

virtual const char* vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetClassName  )  [virtual]
 

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

static int vtkGenericCellTessellator::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 vtkTypeRevisionMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual int vtkGenericCellTessellator::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 vtkTypeRevisionMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

static vtkGenericCellTessellator* vtkGenericCellTessellator::SafeDownCast vtkObject o  )  [static]
 

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::PrintSelf ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent
[virtual]
 

Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::TessellateFace vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkIdType  index,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd
[pure virtual]
 

Tessellate a face of a 3D `cell'. The face is specified by the index value. The result is a set of smaller linear triangles in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition:
cell_exists: cell!=0

valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==3

valid_index_range: (index>=0) && (index<cell->GetNumberOfBoundaries(2))

att_exists: att!=0

points_exists: points!=0

cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0

internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Tessellate vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd
[pure virtual]
 

Tessellate a 3D `cell'. The result is a set of smaller linear tetrahedra in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition:
cell_exists: cell!=0

valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==3

att_exists: att!=0

points_exists: points!=0

cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0

internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Triangulate vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd
[pure virtual]
 

Triangulate a 2D `cell'. The result is a set of smaller linear triangles in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition:
cell_exists: cell!=0

valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==2

att_exists: att!=0

points_exists: points!=0

cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0

internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetErrorMetrics vtkCollection someErrorMetrics  )  [virtual]
 

Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be splitted or not. It is a collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric-s.

virtual vtkCollection* vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetErrorMetrics  )  [virtual]
 

Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be splitted or not. It is a collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric-s.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Initialize vtkGenericDataSet ds  )  [pure virtual]
 

Initialize the tessellator with a data set `ds'.

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::InitErrorMetrics vtkGenericDataSet ds  ) 
 

Init the error metric with the dataset. Should be called in each filter before any tessellation of any cell.

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetMeasurement  ) 
 

If true, measure the quality of the fixed subdivision.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetMeasurement int  flag  ) 
 

Init the error metric with the dataset. Should be called in each filter before any tessellation of any cell.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetMaxErrors double *  errors  ) 
 

Get the maximum error measured after the fixed subdivision.

Precondition:
errors_exists: errors!=0

valid_size: sizeof(errors)==GetErrorMetrics()->GetNumberOfItems()

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::RequiresEdgeSubdivision double *  left,
double *  mid,
double *  right,
double  alpha
[protected]
 

Does the edge need to be subdivided according to at least one error metric? The edge is defined by its `leftPoint' and its `rightPoint'. `leftPoint', `midPoint' and `rightPoint' have to be initialized before calling RequiresEdgeSubdivision(). Their format is global coordinates, parametric coordinates and point centered attributes: xyx rst abc de... `alpha' is the normalized abscissa of the midpoint along the edge. (close to 0 means close to the left point, close to 1 means close to the right point)

Precondition:
leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0

midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0

rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0

clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1

valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint) =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::UpdateMaxError double *  leftPoint,
double *  midPoint,
double *  rightPoint,
double  alpha
[protected, virtual]
 

Update the max error of each error metric according to the error at the mid-point. The type of error depends on the state of the concrete error metric. For instance, it can return an absolute or relative error metric. See RequiresEdgeSubdivision() for a description of the arguments.

Precondition:
leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0

midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0

rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0

clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1

valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint) =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::ResetMaxErrors  )  [protected]
 

Reset the maximal error of each error metric. The purpose of the maximal error is to measure the quality of a fixed subdivision.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetGenericCell vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell  )  [protected]
 

Send the current cell to error metrics. Should be called at the beginning of the implementation of Tessellate(), Triangulate() or TessellateTriangleFace()

Precondition:
cell_exists: cell!=0


Member Data Documentation

vtkCollection* vtkGenericCellTessellator::ErrorMetrics [protected]
 

List of error metrics. Collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric

Definition at line 176 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

vtkGenericDataSet* vtkGenericCellTessellator::DataSet [protected]
 

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

Definition at line 183 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::Measurement [protected]
 

Definition at line 185 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

double* vtkGenericCellTessellator::MaxErrors [protected]
 

Definition at line 186 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::MaxErrorsCapacity [protected]
 

Definition at line 188 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.


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