vtkCellLocator

Section: Visualization Toolkit Filtering Classes

Usage

vtkCellLocator is a spatial search object to quickly locate cells in 3D. vtkCellLocator uses a uniform-level octree subdivision, where each octant (an octant is also referred to as a bucket) carries an indication of whether it is empty or not, and each leaf octant carries a list of the cells inside of it. (An octant is not empty if it has one or more cells inside of it.) Typical operations are intersection with a line to return candidate cells, or intersection with another vtkCellLocator to return candidate cells.

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

  obj = vtkCellLocator

Methods

The class vtkCellLocator 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 vtkCellLocator class.