vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField

Section: Visualization Toolkit Filtering Classes

Usage

vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField 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 expansive operation. In certain cases, the cell search can be avoided or shortened by providing a guess for the cell iterator. For example, in streamline integration, the next evaluation is usually in the same or a neighbour cell. For this reason, vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField stores the last cell iterator. If caching is turned on, it uses this iterator as the starting point.

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

  obj = vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField

Methods

The class vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField 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 vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField class.