ITK  4.8.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/DataRepresentation/Mesh/AutomaticMesh.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The \doxygen{Mesh} class is extremely general and flexible, but
// there is some cost to convenience. If convenience is exactly what
// you need, then it is possible to get it, in exchange for some of
// that flexibility, by means of the
// \doxygen{AutomaticTopologyMeshSource} class. This class
// automatically generates an explicit K-Complex, based on the cells
// you add. It explicitly includes all boundary information, so that
// the resulting mesh can be easily traversed. It merges all shared
// edges, vertices, and faces, so no geometric feature appears more
// than once.
//
// This section shows how you can use the AutomaticTopologyMeshSource to
// instantiate a mesh representing a K-Complex. We will first generate the
// same tetrahedron from Section~\ref{sec:MeshKComplex}, after which we will
// add a hollow one to illustrate some additional features of the mesh
// source.
//
// \index{itk::Mesh!K-Complex}
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The header files of all the cell types involved should be loaded along with
// the header file of the mesh class.
//
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource!header}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
int
main(int, char *[])
{
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We then define the necessary types and instantiate the mesh
// source. Two new types are \code{IdentifierType} and
// \code{IdentifierArrayType}. Every cell in a mesh has an
// identifier, whose type is determined by the mesh traits.
// AutomaticTopologyMeshSource requires that the identifier
// type of all vertices and cells be \code{unsigned long}, which is
// already the default. However, if you created a new mesh traits
// class to use string tags as identifiers, the resulting mesh
// would not be compatible with \doxygen{AutomaticTopologyMeshSource}.
// An \code{IdentifierArrayType} is simply an \doxygen{Array}
// of \code{IdentifierType} objects.
//
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource!IdentifierType}
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource!IdentifierArrayType}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef float PixelType;
typedef itk::Mesh< PixelType, 3 > MeshType;
typedef MeshType::PointType PointType;
typedef MeshSourceType::IdentifierArrayType IdentifierArrayType;
MeshSourceType::Pointer meshSource;
meshSource = MeshSourceType::New();
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//
// Now let us generate the tetrahedron. The following line of code
// generates all the vertices, edges, and faces, along with the
// tetrahedral solid, and adds them to the mesh along with the
// connectivity information.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
meshSource->AddTetrahedron(
meshSource->AddPoint( -1, -1, -1 ),
meshSource->AddPoint( 1, 1, -1 ),
meshSource->AddPoint( 1, -1, 1 ),
meshSource->AddPoint( -1, 1, 1 )
);
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The function
// \code{AutomaticTopologyMeshSource::AddTetrahedron()}
// takes point identifiers as parameters; the identifiers must
// correspond to points that have already been added.
// \code{AutomaticTopologyMeshSource::AddPoint()} returns
// the appropriate identifier type for the point being added. It
// first checks to see if the point is already in the mesh. If so,
// it returns the ID of the point in the mesh, and if not, it
// generates a new unique ID, adds the point with that ID, and
// returns the ID.
//
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource!AddPoint()}
// \index{itk::AutomaticTopologyMeshSource!AddTetrahedron()}
//
// Actually, \code{AddTetrahedron()} behaves in the same way. If
// the tetrahedron has already been added, it leaves the mesh
// unchanged and returns the ID that the tetrahedron already has.
// If not, it adds the tetrahedron (and all its faces, edges, and
// vertices), and generates a new ID, which it returns.
//
// It is also possible to add all the points first, and then add a
// number of cells using the point IDs directly. This approach
// corresponds with the way the data is stored in many file formats
// for 3D polygonal models.
//
// First we add the points (in this case the vertices of a larger
// tetrahedron). This example also illustrates that
// \code{AddPoint()} can take a single \code{PointType} as a
// parameter if desired, rather than a sequence of floats. Another
// possibility (not illustrated) is to pass in a C-style array.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
PointType p;
IdentifierArrayType idArray( 4 );
p[ 0 ] = -2;
p[ 1 ] = -2;
p[ 2 ] = -2;
idArray[ 0 ] = meshSource->AddPoint( p );
p[ 0 ] = 2;
p[ 1 ] = 2;
p[ 2 ] = -2;
idArray[ 1 ] = meshSource->AddPoint( p );
p[ 0 ] = 2;
p[ 1 ] = -2;
p[ 2 ] = 2;
idArray[ 2 ] = meshSource->AddPoint( p );
p[ 0 ] = -2;
p[ 1 ] = 2;
p[ 2 ] = 2;
idArray[ 3 ] = meshSource->AddPoint( p );
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//
// Now we add the cells. This time we are just going to create the
// boundary of a tetrahedron, so we must add each face separately.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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meshSource->AddTriangle( idArray[0], idArray[1], idArray[2] );
meshSource->AddTriangle( idArray[1], idArray[2], idArray[3] );
meshSource->AddTriangle( idArray[2], idArray[3], idArray[0] );
meshSource->AddTriangle( idArray[3], idArray[0], idArray[1] );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Actually, we could have called, e.g., \code{AddTriangle( 4, 5, 6
// )}, since IDs are assigned sequentially starting at zero, and
// \code{idArray[0]} contains the ID for the fifth point added.
// But you should only do this if you are confident that you know
// what the IDs are. If you add the same point twice and don't
// realize it, your count will differ from that of the mesh source.
//
// You may be wondering what happens if you call, say,
// \code{AddEdge(0, 1)} followed by \code{AddEdge(1, 0)}. The
// answer is that they do count as the same edge, and so only one
// edge is added. The order of the vertices determines an
// orientation, and the first orientation specified is the one that
// is kept.
//
// Once you have built the mesh you want, you can access it by
// calling \code{GetOutput()}. Here we send it to \code{cout},
// which prints some summary data for the mesh.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
MeshType::Pointer mesh = meshSource->GetOutput();
std::cout << mesh << std::endl;
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// In contrast to the case with typical filters, \code{GetOutput()} does
// not trigger an update process. The mesh is always maintained in a
// valid state as cells are added, and can be accessed at any time. It
// would, however, be a mistake to modify the mesh by some other means
// until AutomaticTopologyMeshSource is done with it, since the mesh
// source would then have an inaccurate record of which points and cells
// are currently in the mesh.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}