[vtkusers] clip surface, fill hole

[Goodwin Lawlor]

Hi Bryn,

Have a look at this new filter: 
http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkFillHolesFilter.html

It should be in the upcoming VTK5.2 release

hth

Goodwin

Bryn Lloyd wrote:
> Dear users,
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> I would like to clip a triangle surface, e.g. using a plane. Is there a 
> filter that will fill the resulting hole with triangles? I.e. the 
> resulting surface mesh should remain closed.
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> I could not find one. Does anybody have any hints/suggestions?
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> What about using the vtkCutter, doing Delaunay2D on the output (if there 
> is only one connected curve/line) and merging the patch with the clipped 
>  surface?
> Any better ideas or existing classes?
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> Thanks
> Bryn
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