vtkDecimatePolylineFilter Class Reference

#include <vtkDecimatePolylineFilter.h>

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Detailed Description

reduce the number of lines in a polyline

vtkDecimatePolylineFilter is a filter to reduce the number of lines in a polyline. The algorithm functions by evaluating an error metric for each vertex (i.e., the distance of the vertex to a line defined from the two vertices on either side of the vertex). Then, these vertices are placed into a priority queue, and those with larger errors are deleted first. The decimation continues until the target reduction is reached.

Warning:
This algorithm is a very simple implementation that overlooks some potential complexities. First, if a vertex is multiply connected, meaning that it is used by multiple polylines, then the extra topological constraints are ignored. Second, the error is not updated as vertices are deleted (similar to iteratively computing a quadric error metric). Thus, once calculated, the error is used to determine which vertices are removed. This can produce less than optimal results.
See also:
vtkDecimate vtkDecimateProp vtkQuadricClustering vtkQuadricDecimation

Definition at line 45 of file vtkDecimatePolylineFilter.h.

typedef vtkPolyDataAlgorithm Superclass
virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
static int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkDecimatePolylineFilterSafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)

Public Member Functions

virtual void SetTargetReduction (double)
virtual double GetTargetReduction ()

Static Public Member Functions

static vtkDecimatePolylineFilterNew ()

Protected Member Functions

 vtkDecimatePolylineFilter ()
 ~vtkDecimatePolylineFilter ()
int RequestData (vtkInformation *, vtkInformationVector **, vtkInformationVector *)

Protected Attributes

double TargetReduction

Member Typedef Documentation

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Definition at line 50 of file vtkDecimatePolylineFilter.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::vtkDecimatePolylineFilter (  )  [protected]

vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::~vtkDecimatePolylineFilter (  )  [protected]


Member Function Documentation

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

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

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

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

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

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

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

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

void vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent 
) [virtual]

Standard methods for type information and printing.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

static vtkDecimatePolylineFilter* vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::New (  )  [static]

Instantiate this object with a target reduction of 0.90.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

virtual void vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::SetTargetReduction ( double   )  [virtual]

Specify the desired reduction in the total number of polygons (e.g., if TargetReduction is set to 0.9, this filter will try to reduce the data set to 10% of its original size).

virtual double vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::GetTargetReduction (  )  [virtual]

Specify the desired reduction in the total number of polygons (e.g., if TargetReduction is set to 0.9, this filter will try to reduce the data set to 10% of its original size).

int vtkDecimatePolylineFilter::RequestData ( vtkInformation request,
vtkInformationVector **  inputVector,
vtkInformationVector outputVector 
) [protected, virtual]

This is called by the superclass. This is the method you should override.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.


Member Data Documentation

Definition at line 71 of file vtkDecimatePolylineFilter.h.


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