vtkMassProperties

Section: Visualization Toolkit Graphics Classes

Usage

vtkMassProperties estimates the volume, the surface area, and the normalized shape index of a triangle mesh. The algorithm implemented here is based on the discrete form of the divergence theorem. The general assumption here is that the model is of closed surface. For more details see the following reference (Alyassin A.M. et al, "Evaluation of new algorithms for the interactive measurement of surface area and volume", Med Phys 21(6) 1994.).

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

  obj = vtkMassProperties

Methods

The class vtkMassProperties 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 vtkMassProperties class.