vtkMarchingContourFilter

Section: Visualization Toolkit Graphics Classes

Usage

vtkMarchingContourFilter is a filter that takes as input any dataset and generates on output isosurfaces and/or isolines. The exact form of the output depends upon the dimensionality of the input data. Data consisting of 3D cells will generate isosurfaces, data consisting of 2D cells will generate isolines, and data with 1D or 0D cells will generate isopoints. Combinations of output type are possible if the input dimension is mixed.

This filter will identify special dataset types (e.g., structured points) and use the appropriate specialized filter to process the data. For examples, if the input dataset type is a volume, this filter will create an internal vtkMarchingCubes instance and use it. This gives much better performance. To use this filter you must specify one or more contour values. You can either use the method SetValue() to specify each contour value, or use GenerateValues() to generate a series of evenly spaced contours. It is also possible to accelerate the operation of this filter (at the cost of extra memory) by using a vtkScalarTree. A scalar tree is used to quickly locate cells that contain a contour surface. This is especially effective if multiple contours are being extracted. If you want to use a scalar tree, invoke the method UseScalarTreeOn().

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

  obj = vtkMarchingContourFilter

Methods

The class vtkMarchingContourFilter 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 vtkMarchingContourFilter class.