vtkMarchingContourFilter Class Reference

#include <vtkMarchingContourFilter.h>

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Detailed Description

generate isosurfaces/isolines from scalar values

vtkMarchingContourFilter is a filter that takes as input any dataset and generates on output isosurfaces and/or isolines. The exact form of the output depends upon the dimensionality of the input data. Data consisting of 3D cells will generate isosurfaces, data consisting of 2D cells will generate isolines, and data with 1D or 0D cells will generate isopoints. Combinations of output type are possible if the input dimension is mixed.

This filter will identify special dataset types (e.g., structured points) and use the appropriate specialized filter to process the data. For examples, if the input dataset type is a volume, this filter will create an internal vtkMarchingCubes instance and use it. This gives much better performance.

To use this filter you must specify one or more contour values. You can either use the method SetValue() to specify each contour value, or use GenerateValues() to generate a series of evenly spaced contours. It is also possible to accelerate the operation of this filter (at the cost of extra memory) by using a vtkScalarTree. A scalar tree is used to quickly locate cells that contain a contour surface. This is especially effective if multiple contours are being extracted. If you want to use a scalar tree, invoke the method UseScalarTreeOn().

Warning:: For unstructured data or structured grids, normals and gradients are not computed. This calculation will be implemented in the future. In the mean time, use vtkPolyDataNormals to compute the surface normals.

See also:: vtkMarchingCubes vtkSliceCubes vtkDividingCubes vtkMarchingSquares vtkImageMarchingCubes

Tests:: vtkMarchingContourFilter (Tests)

Definition at line 66 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.


Public Types
typedef vtkPolyDataAlgorithm	Superclass
Public Member Functions
virtual const char *	GetClassName ()
virtual int	IsA (const char *type)
void	PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
unsigned long	GetMTime ()
void	CreateDefaultLocator ()

void	SetValue (int i, double value)
double	GetValue (int i)
double *	GetValues ()
void	GetValues (double *contourValues)
void	SetNumberOfContours (int number)
int	GetNumberOfContours ()
void	GenerateValues (int numContours, double range[2])
void	GenerateValues (int numContours, double rangeStart, double rangeEnd)

virtual void	SetComputeNormals (int)
virtual int	GetComputeNormals ()
virtual void	ComputeNormalsOn ()
virtual void	ComputeNormalsOff ()

virtual void	SetComputeGradients (int)
virtual int	GetComputeGradients ()
virtual void	ComputeGradientsOn ()
virtual void	ComputeGradientsOff ()

virtual void	SetComputeScalars (int)
virtual int	GetComputeScalars ()
virtual void	ComputeScalarsOn ()
virtual void	ComputeScalarsOff ()

virtual void	SetUseScalarTree (int)
virtual int	GetUseScalarTree ()
virtual void	UseScalarTreeOn ()
virtual void	UseScalarTreeOff ()

void	SetLocator (vtkIncrementalPointLocator *locator)
virtual vtkIncrementalPointLocator *	GetLocator ()
Static Public Member Functions
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkMarchingContourFilter *	SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
static vtkMarchingContourFilter *	New ()
Protected Member Functions
	vtkMarchingContourFilter ()
	~vtkMarchingContourFilter ()
virtual int	RequestData (vtkInformation , vtkInformationVector , vtkInformationVector )
virtual int	FillInputPortInformation (int port, vtkInformation *info)
void	StructuredPointsContour (int dim, vtkDataSet input, vtkPolyData output)
void	ImageContour (int dim, vtkDataSet input, vtkPolyData output)
void	DataSetContour (vtkDataSet input, vtkPolyData output)
Protected Attributes
vtkContourValues *	ContourValues
int	ComputeNormals
int	ComputeGradients
int	ComputeScalars
vtkIncrementalPointLocator *	Locator
int	UseScalarTree
vtkScalarTree *	ScalarTree

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkPolyDataAlgorithm vtkMarchingContourFilter::Superclass

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Definition at line 69 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkMarchingContourFilter::vtkMarchingContourFilter ( ) [protected]

vtkMarchingContourFilter::~vtkMarchingContourFilter ( ) [protected]

Member Function Documentation

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

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

static int vtkMarchingContourFilter::IsTypeOf ( const char * name ) [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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::IsA ( const char * name ) [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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

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

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

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

Construct object with initial range (0,1) and single contour value of 0.0.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetValue	(	int	i,
		double	value
	)			`[inline]`

Methods to set / get contour values.

Set a particular contour value at contour number i. The index i ranges between 0<=i<NumberOfContours.

Definition at line 166 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

double vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetValue ( int i ) [inline]

Get the ith contour value.

Definition at line 172 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

double * vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetValues ( ) [inline]

Get a pointer to an array of contour values. There will be GetNumberOfContours() values in the list.

Definition at line 179 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetValues ( double * contourValues ) [inline]

Fill a supplied list with contour values. There will be GetNumberOfContours() values in the list. Make sure you allocate enough memory to hold the list.

Definition at line 187 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetNumberOfContours ( int number ) [inline]

Set the number of contours to place into the list. You only really need to use this method to reduce list size. The method SetValue() will automatically increase list size as needed.

Definition at line 195 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

int vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetNumberOfContours ( ) [inline]

Get the number of contours in the list of contour values.

Definition at line 201 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::GenerateValues	(	int	numContours,
		double	range[2]
	)			`[inline]`

Generate numContours equally spaced contour values between specified range. Contour values will include min/max range values.

Definition at line 209 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::GenerateValues	(	int	numContours,
		double	rangeStart,
		double	rangeEnd
	)			`[inline]`

Generate numContours equally spaced contour values between specified range. Contour values will include min/max range values.

Definition at line 219 of file vtkMarchingContourFilter.h.

unsigned long vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetMTime ( ) [virtual]

Modified GetMTime Because we delegate to vtkContourValues

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetComputeNormals ( int ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of normals. Normal computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetComputeNormals ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of normals. Normal computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeNormalsOn ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of normals. Normal computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeNormalsOff ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of normals. Normal computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetComputeGradients ( int ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of gradients. Gradient computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. Note that if ComputeNormals is on, gradients will have to be calculated, but will not be stored in the output dataset. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetComputeGradients ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of gradients. Gradient computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. Note that if ComputeNormals is on, gradients will have to be calculated, but will not be stored in the output dataset. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeGradientsOn ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of gradients. Gradient computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. Note that if ComputeNormals is on, gradients will have to be calculated, but will not be stored in the output dataset. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeGradientsOff ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of gradients. Gradient computation is fairly expensive in both time and storage. Note that if ComputeNormals is on, gradients will have to be calculated, but will not be stored in the output dataset. If the output data will be processed by filters that modify topology or geometry, it may be wise to turn Normals and Gradients off.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetComputeScalars ( int ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of scalars.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetComputeScalars ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of scalars.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeScalarsOn ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of scalars.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::ComputeScalarsOff ( ) [virtual]

Set/Get the computation of scalars.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetUseScalarTree ( int ) [virtual]

Enable the use of a scalar tree to accelerate contour extraction.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetUseScalarTree ( ) [virtual]

Enable the use of a scalar tree to accelerate contour extraction.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::UseScalarTreeOn ( ) [virtual]

Enable the use of a scalar tree to accelerate contour extraction.

virtual void vtkMarchingContourFilter::UseScalarTreeOff ( ) [virtual]

Enable the use of a scalar tree to accelerate contour extraction.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::SetLocator ( vtkIncrementalPointLocator * locator )

Set / get a spatial locator for merging points. By default, an instance of vtkMergePoints is used.

virtual vtkIncrementalPointLocator* vtkMarchingContourFilter::GetLocator ( ) [virtual]

Set / get a spatial locator for merging points. By default, an instance of vtkMergePoints is used.

void vtkMarchingContourFilter::CreateDefaultLocator ( )

Create default locator. Used to create one when none is specified. The locator is used to merge coincident points.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::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.

virtual int vtkMarchingContourFilter::FillInputPortInformation	(	int	port,
		vtkInformation *	info
	)			`[protected, virtual]`

Fill the input port information objects for this algorithm. This is invoked by the first call to GetInputPortInformation for each port so subclasses can specify what they can handle.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.