Main Page Class Hierarchy Alphabetical List Compound List File List Compound Members File Members Related Pages

# vtkCleanPolyData Class Reference

`#include <vtkCleanPolyData.h>`

Inheritance diagram for vtkCleanPolyData:

[legend]
Collaboration diagram for vtkCleanPolyData:

[legend]
List of all members.

## Detailed Description

merge duplicate points, and/or remove unused points and/or remove degenerate cells

Date:
  2002/09/03 12:52:22

Revision:
  1.52

vtkCleanPolyData is a filter that takes polygonal data as input and generates polygonal data as output. vtkCleanPolyData can merge duplicate points (within specified tolerance and if enabled), eliminate points that are not used, and if enabled, transform degenerate cells into appropriate forms (for example, a triangle is converted into a line if two points of triangle are merged).

Conversion of degenerate cells is controlled by the flags ConvertLinesToPoints, ConvertPolysToLines, ConvertStripsToPolys which act cumulatively such that a degenerate strip may become a poly. The full set is Line with 1 points -> Vert (if ConvertLinesToPoints) Poly with 2 points -> Line (if ConvertPolysToLines) Poly with 1 points -> Vert (if ConvertPolysToLines && ConvertLinesToPoints) Strp with 3 points -> Poly (if ConvertStripsToPolys) Strp with 2 points -> Line (if ConvertStripsToPolys && ConvertPolysToLines) Strp with 1 points -> Vert (if ConvertStripsToPolys && ConvertPolysToLines && ConvertLinesToPoints)

If tolerance is specified precisely=0.0, then vtkCleanPolyData will use the vtkMergePoints object to merge points (which is faster). Otherwise the slower vtkPointLocator is used. Before inserting points into the point locator, this class calls a function OperateOnPoint which can be used (in subclasses) to further refine the cleaning process. See vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

Note that merging of points can be disabled. In this case, a point locator will not be used, and points that are not used by any cells will be eliminated, but never merged.

Warning:
  Merging points can alter topology, including introducing non-manifold forms. The tolerance should be chosen carefully to avoid these problems. Subclasses should handle OperateOnBounds as well as OperateOnPoint to ensure that the locator is correctly initialized (i.e. all modified points must lie inside modified bounds).

See also:
  vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints

Created by:
  - Schroeder, Will

CVS contributions (if > 5%):
  - Schroeder, Will (55%)
  - Biddiscombe, John (25%)
  - Law, Charles (6%)

CVS logs (CVSweb):
  - .`h` (`/Graphics/vtkCleanPolyData.h)`
  - .`cxx` (`/Graphics/vtkCleanPolyData.cxx)`

Tests:
  vtkCleanPolyData (Tests)

Definition at line 85 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

## Public Types

typedef vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter | Superclass

## Public Methods

void | PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual const char * | GetClassName ()
virtual int | IsA (const char *type)
void | CreateDefaultLocator (void)
void | ReleaseLocator (void)
unsigned long int | GetMTime ()
virtual void | OperateOnPoint (float in[3], float out[3])
virtual void | OperateOnBounds (float in[6], float out[6])
virtual void | SetPieceInvariant (int)
virtual int | GetPieceInvariant ()
virtual void | PieceInvariantOn ()
virtual void | PieceInvariantOff ()
virtual void | SetToleranceIsAbsolute (int)
virtual void | ToleranceIsAbsoluteOn ()
virtual void | ToleranceIsAbsoluteOff ()
virtual int | GetToleranceIsAbsolute ()
virtual void | SetTolerance (float)
virtual float | GetTolerance ()
virtual void | SetAbsoluteTolerance (float)
virtual float | GetAbsoluteTolerance ()
virtual void | SetConvertLinesToPoints (int)
virtual void | ConvertLinesToPointsOn ()
virtual void | ConvertLinesToPointsOff ()
virtual int | GetConvertLinesToPoints ()
virtual void | SetConvertPolysToLines (int)
virtual void | ConvertPolysToLinesOn ()
virtual void | ConvertPolysToLinesOff ()
virtual int | GetConvertPolysToLines ()
virtual void | SetConvertStripsToPolys (int)
virtual void | ConvertStripsToPolysOn ()
virtual void | ConvertStripsToPolysOff ()
virtual int | GetConvertStripsToPolys ()
virtual void | SetPointMerging (int)
virtual int | GetPointMerging ()
virtual void | PointMergingOn ()
virtual void | PointMergingOff ()
void | SetLocator (vtkPointLocator *locator)
virtual vtkPointLocator * | GetLocator ()

## Static Public Methods

vtkCleanPolyData * | New ()
int | IsTypeOf (const char *type)
vtkCleanPolyData * | SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)

## Protected Methods

| vtkCleanPolyData ()
| ~vtkCleanPolyData ()
void | Execute ()
void | ExecuteInformation ()
virtual void | ComputeInputUpdateExtents (vtkDataObject *output)

## Protected Attributes

int | PointMerging
float | Tolerance
float | AbsoluteTolerance
int | ConvertLinesToPoints
int | ConvertPolysToLines
int | ConvertStripsToPolys
int | ToleranceIsAbsolute
vtkPointLocator * | Locator
int | PieceInvariant

## Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter vtkCleanPolyData::Superclass

| Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints. Definition at line 90 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkCleanPolyData::vtkCleanPolyData | ( |  | ) | `[protected]`

vtkCleanPolyData::~vtkCleanPolyData | ( |  | ) | `[protected]`

## Member Function Documentation

vtkCleanPolyData* vtkCleanPolyData::New | ( |  | ) | `[static]`

| Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on. Reimplemented from vtkObject. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

void vtkCleanPolyData::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 vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

virtual const char* vtkCleanPolyData::GetClassName | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

int vtkCleanPolyData::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 vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::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 vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

vtkCleanPolyData* vtkCleanPolyData::SafeDownCast | ( | vtkObject * | o | ) | `[static]`

| Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter. Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetToleranceIsAbsolute | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| By default ToleranceIsAbsolute is false and Tolerance is a fraction of Bounding box diagonal, if true, AbsoluteTolerance is used when adding points to locator (merging)

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ToleranceIsAbsoluteOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| By default ToleranceIsAbsolute is false and Tolerance is a fraction of Bounding box diagonal, if true, AbsoluteTolerance is used when adding points to locator (merging)

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ToleranceIsAbsoluteOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| By default ToleranceIsAbsolute is false and Tolerance is a fraction of Bounding box diagonal, if true, AbsoluteTolerance is used when adding points to locator (merging)

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetToleranceIsAbsolute | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| By default ToleranceIsAbsolute is false and Tolerance is a fraction of Bounding box diagonal, if true, AbsoluteTolerance is used when adding points to locator (merging)

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetTolerance | ( | float |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Specify tolerance in terms of fraction of bounding box length.

virtual float vtkCleanPolyData::GetTolerance | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Specify tolerance in terms of fraction of bounding box length.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetAbsoluteTolerance | ( | float |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Specify tolerance in absolute terms

virtual float vtkCleanPolyData::GetAbsoluteTolerance | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Specify tolerance in absolute terms

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetConvertLinesToPoints | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate lines to points

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertLinesToPointsOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate lines to points

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertLinesToPointsOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate lines to points

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetConvertLinesToPoints | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate lines to points

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetConvertPolysToLines | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate polys to lines

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertPolysToLinesOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate polys to lines

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertPolysToLinesOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate polys to lines

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetConvertPolysToLines | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate polys to lines

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetConvertStripsToPolys | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate strips to polys

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertStripsToPolysOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate strips to polys

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertStripsToPolysOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate strips to polys

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetConvertStripsToPolys | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Turn on/off conversion of degenerate strips to polys

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetPointMerging | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Set/Get a boolean value that controls whether point merging is performed. If on, a locator will be used, and points laying within the appropriate tolerance may be merged. If off, points are never merged. By default, merging is on.

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetPointMerging | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Set/Get a boolean value that controls whether point merging is performed. If on, a locator will be used, and points laying within the appropriate tolerance may be merged. If off, points are never merged. By default, merging is on.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::PointMergingOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Set/Get a boolean value that controls whether point merging is performed. If on, a locator will be used, and points laying within the appropriate tolerance may be merged. If off, points are never merged. By default, merging is on.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::PointMergingOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Set/Get a boolean value that controls whether point merging is performed. If on, a locator will be used, and points laying within the appropriate tolerance may be merged. If off, points are never merged. By default, merging is on.

void vtkCleanPolyData::SetLocator | ( | vtkPointLocator * | locator | ) |

| Set/Get a spatial locator for speeding the search process. By default an instance of vtkMergePoints is used.

virtual vtkPointLocator* vtkCleanPolyData::GetLocator | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Set/Get a spatial locator for speeding the search process. By default an instance of vtkMergePoints is used.

void vtkCleanPolyData::CreateDefaultLocator | ( | void |  | ) |

| Create default locator. Used to create one when none is specified.

void vtkCleanPolyData::ReleaseLocator | ( | void |  | ) |

| Release locator

unsigned long int vtkCleanPolyData::GetMTime | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

| Get the MTime of this object also considering the locator. Reimplemented from vtkObject.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::OperateOnPoint | ( | float | in[3],
|  | float | out[3]
| ) | `[virtual]`

| Perform operation on a point Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::OperateOnBounds | ( | float | in[6],
|  | float | out[6]
| ) | `[virtual]`

| Perform operation on bounds Reimplemented in vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::SetPieceInvariant | ( | int |  | ) | `[virtual]`

virtual int vtkCleanPolyData::GetPieceInvariant | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::PieceInvariantOn | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::PieceInvariantOff | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

void vtkCleanPolyData::Execute | ( |  | ) | `[protected, virtual]`

| This method is the old style execute method Reimplemented from vtkSource.

void vtkCleanPolyData::ExecuteInformation | ( |  | ) | `[protected, virtual]`

| Reimplemented from vtkSource.

virtual void vtkCleanPolyData::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 vtkPolyDataSource.

## Member Data Documentation

int vtkCleanPolyData::PointMerging`[protected]`

| Definition at line 184 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

float vtkCleanPolyData::Tolerance`[protected]`

| Definition at line 185 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

float vtkCleanPolyData::AbsoluteTolerance`[protected]`

| Definition at line 186 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

int vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertLinesToPoints`[protected]`

| Definition at line 187 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

int vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertPolysToLines`[protected]`

| Definition at line 188 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

int vtkCleanPolyData::ConvertStripsToPolys`[protected]`

| Definition at line 189 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

int vtkCleanPolyData::ToleranceIsAbsolute`[protected]`

| Definition at line 190 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

vtkPointLocator* vtkCleanPolyData::Locator`[protected]`

| Definition at line 191 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

int vtkCleanPolyData::PieceInvariant`[protected]`

| Definition at line 193 of file vtkCleanPolyData.h.

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

- Graphics/vtkCleanPolyData.h