vtkParametricEllipsoid

Section: Visualization Toolkit Common Classes

Usage

vtkParametricEllipsoid generates an ellipsoid. If all the radii are the same, we have a sphere. An oblate spheroid occurs if RadiusX = RadiusY > RadiusZ. Here the Z-axis forms the symmetry axis. To a first approximation, this is the shape of the earth. A prolate spheroid occurs if RadiusX = RadiusY < RadiusZ.

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.

.SECTION Thanks Andrew Maclean a.maclean@cas.edu.au for creating and contributing the class.

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

  obj = vtkParametricEllipsoid

Methods

The class vtkParametricEllipsoid 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 vtkParametricEllipsoid class.