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vtkGenericCellTessellator Class Referenceabstract

helper class to perform cell tessellation More...

#include <vtkGenericCellTessellator.h>

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Public Types

typedef vtkObject Superclass
 

Public Member Functions

virtual vtkTypeBool IsA (const char *type)
 Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. More...
 
vtkGenericCellTessellatorNewInstance () const
 
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent) override
 Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. More...
 
virtual void TessellateFace (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkIdType index, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
 Tessellate a face of a 3D `cell'. More...
 
virtual void Tessellate (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
 Tessellate a 3D `cell'. More...
 
virtual void Triangulate (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell, vtkGenericAttributeCollection *att, vtkDoubleArray *points, vtkCellArray *cellArray, vtkPointData *internalPd)=0
 Triangulate a 2D `cell'. More...
 
virtual void Initialize (vtkGenericDataSet *ds)=0
 Initialize the tessellator with a data set `ds'. More...
 
void InitErrorMetrics (vtkGenericDataSet *ds)
 Init the error metric with the dataset. More...
 
void GetMaxErrors (double *errors)
 Get the maximum error measured after the fixed subdivision. More...
 
virtual void SetErrorMetrics (vtkCollection *someErrorMetrics)
 Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be split or not. More...
 
virtual vtkCollectionGetErrorMetrics ()
 Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be split or not. More...
 
virtual int GetMeasurement ()
 If true, measure the quality of the fixed subdivision. More...
 
virtual void SetMeasurement (int)
 If true, measure the quality of the fixed subdivision. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
 vtkBaseTypeMacro (vtkObject, vtkObjectBase)
 
virtual void DebugOn ()
 Turn debugging output on. More...
 
virtual void DebugOff ()
 Turn debugging output off. More...
 
bool GetDebug ()
 Get the value of the debug flag. More...
 
void SetDebug (bool debugFlag)
 Set the value of the debug flag. More...
 
virtual void Modified ()
 Update the modification time for this object. More...
 
virtual vtkMTimeType GetMTime ()
 Return this object's modified time. More...
 
void RemoveObserver (unsigned long tag)
 
void RemoveObservers (unsigned long event)
 
void RemoveObservers (const char *event)
 
void RemoveAllObservers ()
 
vtkTypeBool HasObserver (unsigned long event)
 
vtkTypeBool HasObserver (const char *event)
 
int InvokeEvent (unsigned long event)
 
int InvokeEvent (const char *event)
 
unsigned long AddObserver (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *, float priority=0.0f)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
unsigned long AddObserver (const char *event, vtkCommand *, float priority=0.0f)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
vtkCommandGetCommand (unsigned long tag)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
void RemoveObserver (vtkCommand *)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
void RemoveObservers (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
void RemoveObservers (const char *event, vtkCommand *)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
vtkTypeBool HasObserver (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
vtkTypeBool HasObserver (const char *event, vtkCommand *)
 Allow people to add/remove/invoke observers (callbacks) to any VTK object. More...
 
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, void(T::*callback)(), float priority=0.0f)
 Overloads to AddObserver that allow developers to add class member functions as callbacks for events. More...
 
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, void(T::*callback)(vtkObject *, unsigned long, void *), float priority=0.0f)
 Overloads to AddObserver that allow developers to add class member functions as callbacks for events. More...
 
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, bool(T::*callback)(vtkObject *, unsigned long, void *), float priority=0.0f)
 Allow user to set the AbortFlagOn() with the return value of the callback method. More...
 
int InvokeEvent (unsigned long event, void *callData)
 This method invokes an event and return whether the event was aborted or not. More...
 
int InvokeEvent (const char *event, void *callData)
 This method invokes an event and return whether the event was aborted or not. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
const char * GetClassName () const
 Return the class name as a string. More...
 
virtual void Delete ()
 Delete a VTK object. More...
 
virtual void FastDelete ()
 Delete a reference to this object. More...
 
void InitializeObjectBase ()
 
void Print (ostream &os)
 Print an object to an ostream. More...
 
virtual void Register (vtkObjectBase *o)
 Increase the reference count (mark as used by another object). More...
 
virtual void UnRegister (vtkObjectBase *o)
 Decrease the reference count (release by another object). More...
 
int GetReferenceCount ()
 Return the current reference count of this object. More...
 
void SetReferenceCount (int)
 Sets the reference count. More...
 
void PrintRevisions (ostream &)
 Legacy. More...
 
virtual void PrintHeader (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
 Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. More...
 
virtual void PrintTrailer (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
 Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static vtkTypeBool IsTypeOf (const char *type)
 
static vtkGenericCellTessellatorSafeDownCast (vtkObjectBase *o)
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
static vtkObjectNew ()
 Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on. More...
 
static void BreakOnError ()
 This method is called when vtkErrorMacro executes. More...
 
static void SetGlobalWarningDisplay (int val)
 This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed. More...
 
static void GlobalWarningDisplayOn ()
 This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed. More...
 
static void GlobalWarningDisplayOff ()
 This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed. More...
 
static int GetGlobalWarningDisplay ()
 This is a global flag that controls whether any debug, warning or error messages are displayed. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
static vtkTypeBool IsTypeOf (const char *name)
 Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. More...
 
static vtkObjectBaseNew ()
 Create an object with Debug turned off, modified time initialized to zero, and reference counting on. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual vtkObjectBaseNewInstanceInternal () const
 
 vtkGenericCellTessellator ()
 
 ~vtkGenericCellTessellator () override
 
int RequiresEdgeSubdivision (double *left, double *mid, double *right, double alpha)
 Does the edge need to be subdivided according to at least one error metric? The edge is defined by its `leftPoint' and its `rightPoint'. More...
 
virtual void UpdateMaxError (double *leftPoint, double *midPoint, double *rightPoint, double alpha)
 Update the max error of each error metric according to the error at the mid-point. More...
 
void ResetMaxErrors ()
 Reset the maximal error of each error metric. More...
 
void SetGenericCell (vtkGenericAdaptorCell *cell)
 Send the current cell to error metrics. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
 vtkObject ()
 
 ~vtkObject () override
 
void RegisterInternal (vtkObjectBase *, vtkTypeBool check) override
 
void UnRegisterInternal (vtkObjectBase *, vtkTypeBool check) override
 
void InternalGrabFocus (vtkCommand *mouseEvents, vtkCommand *keypressEvents=nullptr)
 These methods allow a command to exclusively grab all events. More...
 
void InternalReleaseFocus ()
 These methods allow a command to exclusively grab all events. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
 vtkObjectBase ()
 
virtual ~vtkObjectBase ()
 
virtual void CollectRevisions (ostream &)
 
virtual void ReportReferences (vtkGarbageCollector *)
 
 vtkObjectBase (const vtkObjectBase &)
 
void operator= (const vtkObjectBase &)
 

Protected Attributes

vtkCollectionErrorMetrics
 List of error metrics. More...
 
vtkGenericDataSetDataSet
 Dataset to be tessellated. More...
 
int Measurement
 
doubleMaxErrors
 
int MaxErrorsCapacity
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from vtkObject
bool Debug
 
vtkTimeStamp MTime
 
vtkSubjectHelper * SubjectHelper
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from vtkObjectBase
vtkAtomicInt32 ReferenceCount
 
vtkWeakPointerBase ** WeakPointers
 

Detailed Description

helper class to perform cell tessellation

vtkGenericCellTessellator is a helper class to perform adaptive tessellation of particular cell topologies. The major purpose for this class is to transform higher-order cell types (e.g., higher-order finite elements) into linear cells that can then be easily visualized by VTK. This class works in conjunction with the vtkGenericDataSet and vtkGenericAdaptorCell classes.

This algorithm is based on edge subdivision. An error metric along each edge is evaluated, and if the error is greater than some tolerance, the edge is subdivided (as well as all connected 2D and 3D cells). The process repeats until the error metric is satisfied.

A significant issue addressed by this algorithm is to insure face compatibility across neigboring cells. That is, diagonals due to face triangulation must match to insure that the mesh is compatible. The algorithm employs a precomputed table to accelerate the tessellation process. The table was generated with the help of vtkOrderedTriangulator; the basic idea is that the choice of diagonal is made by considering the relative value of the point ids.

Definition at line 58 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

Definition at line 61 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkGenericCellTessellator::vtkGenericCellTessellator ( )
protected
vtkGenericCellTessellator::~vtkGenericCellTessellator ( )
overrideprotected

Member Function Documentation

static vtkTypeBool vtkGenericCellTessellator::IsTypeOf ( const char *  type)
static
virtual vtkTypeBool vtkGenericCellTessellator::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 vtkObjectBase.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

static vtkGenericCellTessellator* vtkGenericCellTessellator::SafeDownCast ( vtkObjectBase o)
static
virtual vtkObjectBase* vtkGenericCellTessellator::NewInstanceInternal ( ) const
protectedvirtual

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

vtkGenericCellTessellator* vtkGenericCellTessellator::NewInstance ( ) const
void vtkGenericCellTessellator::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent 
)
overridevirtual

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.

Reimplemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::TessellateFace ( vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkIdType  index,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd 
)
pure virtual

Tessellate a face of a 3D `cell'.

The face is specified by the index value. The result is a set of smaller linear triangles in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition
cell_exists: cell!=0
valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==3
valid_index_range: (index>=0) && (index<cell->GetNumberOfBoundaries(2))
att_exists: att!=0
points_exists: points!=0
cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0
internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Tessellate ( vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd 
)
pure virtual

Tessellate a 3D `cell'.

The result is a set of smaller linear tetrahedra in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition
cell_exists: cell!=0
valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==3
att_exists: att!=0
points_exists: points!=0
cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0
internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Triangulate ( vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell,
vtkGenericAttributeCollection att,
vtkDoubleArray points,
vtkCellArray cellArray,
vtkPointData internalPd 
)
pure virtual

Triangulate a 2D `cell'.

The result is a set of smaller linear triangles in `cellArray' with `points' and point data `internalPd'.

Precondition
cell_exists: cell!=0
valid_dimension: cell->GetDimension()==2
att_exists: att!=0
points_exists: points!=0
cellArray_exists: cellArray!=0
internalPd_exists: internalPd!=0

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetErrorMetrics ( vtkCollection someErrorMetrics)
virtual

Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be split or not.

It is a collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric-s.

virtual vtkCollection* vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetErrorMetrics ( )
virtual

Specify the list of error metrics used to decide if an edge has to be split or not.

It is a collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric-s.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::Initialize ( vtkGenericDataSet ds)
pure virtual

Initialize the tessellator with a data set `ds'.

Implemented in vtkSimpleCellTessellator.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::InitErrorMetrics ( vtkGenericDataSet ds)

Init the error metric with the dataset.

Should be called in each filter before any tessellation of any cell.

virtual int vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetMeasurement ( )
virtual

If true, measure the quality of the fixed subdivision.

virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetMeasurement ( int  )
virtual

If true, measure the quality of the fixed subdivision.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::GetMaxErrors ( double errors)

Get the maximum error measured after the fixed subdivision.

Precondition
errors_exists: errors!=0
valid_size: sizeof(errors)==GetErrorMetrics()->GetNumberOfItems()
int vtkGenericCellTessellator::RequiresEdgeSubdivision ( double left,
double mid,
double right,
double  alpha 
)
protected

Does the edge need to be subdivided according to at least one error metric? The edge is defined by its `leftPoint' and its `rightPoint'.

`leftPoint', `midPoint' and `rightPoint' have to be initialized before calling RequiresEdgeSubdivision(). Their format is global coordinates, parametric coordinates and point centered attributes: xyx rst abc de... `alpha' is the normalized abscissa of the midpoint along the edge. (close to 0 means close to the left point, close to 1 means close to the right point)

Precondition
leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0
midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0
rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0
clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1
valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint) =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6
virtual void vtkGenericCellTessellator::UpdateMaxError ( double leftPoint,
double midPoint,
double rightPoint,
double  alpha 
)
protectedvirtual

Update the max error of each error metric according to the error at the mid-point.

The type of error depends on the state of the concrete error metric. For instance, it can return an absolute or relative error metric. See RequiresEdgeSubdivision() for a description of the arguments.

Precondition
leftPoint_exists: leftPoint!=0
midPoint_exists: midPoint!=0
rightPoint_exists: rightPoint!=0
clamped_alpha: alpha>0 && alpha<1
valid_size: sizeof(leftPoint)=sizeof(midPoint)=sizeof(rightPoint) =GetAttributeCollection()->GetNumberOfPointCenteredComponents()+6
void vtkGenericCellTessellator::ResetMaxErrors ( )
protected

Reset the maximal error of each error metric.

The purpose of the maximal error is to measure the quality of a fixed subdivision.

void vtkGenericCellTessellator::SetGenericCell ( vtkGenericAdaptorCell cell)
protected

Send the current cell to error metrics.

Should be called at the beginning of the implementation of Tessellate(), Triangulate() or TessellateFace()

Precondition
cell_exists: cell!=0

Member Data Documentation

vtkCollection* vtkGenericCellTessellator::ErrorMetrics
protected

List of error metrics.

Collection of vtkGenericSubdivisionErrorMetric

Definition at line 201 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

vtkGenericDataSet* vtkGenericCellTessellator::DataSet
protected

Dataset to be tessellated.

Definition at line 214 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::Measurement
protected

Definition at line 216 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

double* vtkGenericCellTessellator::MaxErrors
protected

Definition at line 217 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.

int vtkGenericCellTessellator::MaxErrorsCapacity
protected

Definition at line 219 of file vtkGenericCellTessellator.h.


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