vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField

Section: Visualization Toolkit Parallel Classes

Usage

vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField acts as a continuous velocity field by performing cell interpolation on the underlying vtkDataSet. This is a concrete sub-class of vtkFunctionSet with NumberOfIndependentVariables = 4 (x,y,z,t) and NumberOfFunctions = 3 (u,v,w). Normally, every time an evaluation is performed, the cell which contains the point (x,y,z) has to be found by calling FindCell. This is a computationally expensive operation. In certain cases, the cell search can be avoided or shortened by providing a guess for the cell id. For example, in streamline integration, the next evaluation is usually in the same or a neighbour cell. For this reason, vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField stores the last cell id. If caching is turned on, it uses this id as the starting point.

To create an instance of class vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField, simply invoke its constructor as follows

  obj = vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField

Methods

The class vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField class.