vtkSliceCubes Class Reference

#include <vtkSliceCubes.h>

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Detailed Description

generate isosurface(s) from volume four slices at a time

vtkSliceCubes is a special version of the marching cubes filter. Instead of ingesting an entire volume at once it processes only four slices at a time. This way, it can generate isosurfaces from huge volumes. Also, the output of this object is written to a marching cubes triangle file. That way, output triangles do not need to be held in memory.

To use vtkSliceCubes you must specify an instance of vtkVolumeReader to read the data. Set this object up with the proper file prefix, image range, data origin, data dimensions, header size, data mask, and swap bytes flag. The vtkSliceCubes object will then take over and read slices as necessary. You also will need to specify the name of an output marching cubes triangle file.

Warning:
This process object is both a source and mapper (i.e., it reads and writes data to a file). This is different than the other marching cubes objects (and most process objects in the system). It's specialized to handle very large data.

This object only extracts a single isosurface. This compares with the other contouring objects in vtk that generate multiple surfaces.

To read the output file use vtkMCubesReader.

See also:
vtkMarchingCubes vtkContourFilter vtkMCubesReader vtkDividingCubes vtkVolumeReader
Tests:
vtkSliceCubes (Tests)

Definition at line 58 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.


Public Types

typedef vtkObject Superclass

Public Member Functions

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
void Write ()
void Update ()
virtual void SetReader (vtkVolumeReader *)
virtual vtkVolumeReaderGetReader ()
virtual void SetFileName (const char *)
virtual char * GetFileName ()
virtual void SetValue (double)
virtual double GetValue ()
virtual void SetLimitsFileName (const char *)
virtual char * GetLimitsFileName ()

Static Public Member Functions

static vtkSliceCubesNew ()
static int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkSliceCubesSafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)

Protected Member Functions

 vtkSliceCubes ()
 ~vtkSliceCubes ()
void Execute ()

Protected Attributes

vtkVolumeReaderReader
char * FileName
double Value
char * LimitsFileName

Member Typedef Documentation

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

Definition at line 62 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkSliceCubes::vtkSliceCubes (  )  [protected]

vtkSliceCubes::~vtkSliceCubes (  )  [protected]


Member Function Documentation

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

Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

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

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

static int vtkSliceCubes::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 vtkObject.

virtual int vtkSliceCubes::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 vtkObject.

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

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

void vtkSliceCubes::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.

void vtkSliceCubes::Write (  )  [inline]

Definition at line 66 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.

void vtkSliceCubes::Update (  ) 

virtual void vtkSliceCubes::SetReader ( vtkVolumeReader  )  [virtual]

Set/get object to read slices.

virtual vtkVolumeReader* vtkSliceCubes::GetReader (  )  [virtual]

Set/get object to read slices.

virtual void vtkSliceCubes::SetFileName ( const char *   )  [virtual]

Specify file name of marching cubes output file.

virtual char* vtkSliceCubes::GetFileName (  )  [virtual]

Specify file name of marching cubes output file.

virtual void vtkSliceCubes::SetValue ( double   )  [virtual]

Set/get isosurface contour value.

virtual double vtkSliceCubes::GetValue (  )  [virtual]

Set/get isosurface contour value.

virtual void vtkSliceCubes::SetLimitsFileName ( const char *   )  [virtual]

Specify file name of marching cubes limits file. The limits file speeds up subsequent reading of output triangle file.

virtual char* vtkSliceCubes::GetLimitsFileName (  )  [virtual]

Specify file name of marching cubes limits file. The limits file speeds up subsequent reading of output triangle file.

void vtkSliceCubes::Execute (  )  [protected]


Member Data Documentation

Definition at line 100 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.

char* vtkSliceCubes::FileName [protected]

Definition at line 101 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.

double vtkSliceCubes::Value [protected]

Definition at line 102 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.

char* vtkSliceCubes::LimitsFileName [protected]

Definition at line 103 of file vtkSliceCubes.h.


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