vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid

Section: Visualization Toolkit Common Classes

Usage

vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid generates a superellipsoid. A superellipsoid is a versatile primitive that is controlled by two parameters n1 and n2. As special cases it can represent a sphere, square box, and closed cylindrical can.

For further information about this surface, please consult the technical description "Parametric surfaces" in http://www.vtk.org/documents.php in the "VTK Technical Documents" section in the VTk.org web pages.

Also see: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/surfaces/

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

  obj = vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid

Methods

The class vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid 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 vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid class.