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vtkQuadricClustering Class Reference

reduce the number of triangles in a mesh. More...

#include <vtkQuadricClustering.h>

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Public Methods

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual void SetUseFeatureEdges (int)
virtual int GetUseFeatureEdges ()
virtual void UseFeatureEdgesOn ()
virtual void UseFeatureEdgesOff ()
vtkFeatureEdgesGetFeatureEdges ()
void SetNumberOfXDivisions (int num)
void SetNumberOfYDivisions (int num)
void SetNumberOfZDivisions (int num)
virtual int GetNumberOfXDivisions ()
virtual int GetNumberOfYDivisions ()
virtual int GetNumberOfZDivisions ()
void SetNumberOfDivisions (int div[3])
int * GetNumberOfDivisions ()
void GetNumberOfDivisions (int div[3])
void SetDivisionOrigin (float x, float y, float z)
void SetDivisionOrigin (float o[3])
virtual float * GetDivisionOrigin ()
virtual void GetDivisionOrigin (float &, float &, float &)
virtual void GetDivisionOrigin (float[3])
void SetDivisionSpacing (float x, float y, float z)
void SetDivisionSpacing (float s[3])
virtual float * GetDivisionSpacing ()
virtual void GetDivisionSpacing (float &, float &, float &)
virtual void GetDivisionSpacing (float[3])
virtual void SetUseInputPoints (int)
virtual int GetUseInputPoints ()
virtual void UseInputPointsOn ()
virtual void UseInputPointsOff ()
void StartAppend (float *bounds)
void StartAppend (float x0, float x1, float y0, float y1, float z0, float z1)
void Append (vtkPolyData *piece)
void EndAppend ()

Static Public Methods

int IsTypeOf (const char *type)
vtkQuadricClustering * SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
vtkQuadricClustering * New ()

Protected Methods

 vtkQuadricClustering ()
 ~vtkQuadricClustering ()
 vtkQuadricClustering (const vtkQuadricClustering &)
void operator= (const vtkQuadricClustering &)
void Execute ()
int HashPoint (float point[3])
void ComputeRepresentativePoint (float quadric[9], int binId, float point[3])
void AddTriangles (vtkCellArray *edges, vtkPoints *points, int geometryFlag)
void AddTriangle (int *binIds, float *pt0, float *pt1, float *pt2, int geometeryFlag)
void AddEdges (vtkCellArray *edges, vtkPoints *points, int geometryFlag)
void AddEdge (int *binIds, float *pt0, float *pt1, int geometeryFlag)
void AddVerticies (vtkCellArray *verts, vtkPoints *points, int geometryFlag)
void AddVertex (int binId, float *pt, int geometeryFlag)
void InitializeQuadric (float quadric[9])
void AddQuadric (int binId, float quadric[9])
void EndAppendUsingPoints (vtkPolyData *input)
void AppendFeatureQuadrics (vtkPolyData *pd)

Protected Attributes

int UseInputPoints
int UseFeatureEdges
int NumberOfXDivisions
int NumberOfYDivisions
int NumberOfZDivisions
int ComputeNumberOfDivisions
float DivisionOrigin [3]
float DivisionSpacing [3]
float Bounds [6]
float XBinSize
float YBinSize
float ZBinSize
VTK_POINT_QUADRIC * QuadricArray
int NumberOfBinsUsed
vtkCellArrayOutputTriangleArray
vtkCellArrayOutputLines
vtkCellArrayOutputVerts
vtkFeatureEdgesFeatureEdges

Detailed Description

reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.

Date:
2000/12/10 20:08:48
Revision:
1.16

vtkQuadricClustering is a filter to reduce the number of triangles in a triangle mesh, forming a good approximation to the original geometry. The input to vtkQuadricClustering is a vtkPolyData object, and only triangles are treated. If you desire to decimate polygonal meshes, first triangulate the polygons with vtkTriangleFilter object.

The algorithm used is the one described by Peter Lindstrom in his Siggraph 2000 paper, "Out-of-Core Simplification of Large Polygonal Models." The general approach of the algorithm is to cluster vertices in a uniform binning of space, accumulating the quadric of each triangle (pushed out to the triangles vertices) within each bin, and then determining an optimal position for a single vertex in a bin by using the accumulated quadric. In more detail, the algorithm first gets the bounds of the input poly data. It then breaks this bounding volume into a user-specified number of spatial bins. It then reads each triangle from the input and hashes its vertices into these bins. (If this is the first time a bin has been visited, initialize its quadric to the 0 matrix.) The algorithm computes the error quadric for this triangle and adds it to the existing quadric of the bin in which each vertex is contained. Then, if 2 or more vertices of the triangle fall in the same bin, the triangle is dicarded. If the triangle is not discarded, it adds the triangle to the list of output triangles as a list of vertex identifiers. (There is one vertex id per bin.) After all the triangles have been read, the representative vertex for each bin is computed (an optimal location is found) using the quadric for that bin. This determines the spatial location of the vertices of each of the triangles in the output.

To use this filter, specify the divisions defining the spatial subdivision in the x, y, and z directions. You must also specify an input vtkPolyData.

This filter can take multiple inputs. To do this, the user must explicity call StartAppend, Append (once for each input), and EndAppend. StartAppend sets up the data structure to hold the quadric matrices. Append processes each triangle in the input poly data it was called on, hashes its vertices to the appropriate bins, determines whether to keep this triangle, and updates the appropriate quadric matrices. EndAppend determines the spatial location of each of the representative vertices for the visited bins.

Warning:
This filter can drastically affect topology, i.e., topology is not preserved.
See also:
vtkDecimatePro vtkDecimate
Examples:
vtkQuadricClustering (examples)


Member Function Documentation

void vtkQuadricClustering::AddEdges vtkCellArray   edges,
vtkPoints   points,
int    geometryFlag
[protected]
 

Add edges to the quadric array. If geometry flag is on then edges are added to the output.

void vtkQuadricClustering::AddQuadric int    binId,
float    quadric[9]
[protected]
 

Add this quadric to the quadric already associated with this bin.

void vtkQuadricClustering::AddTriangles vtkCellArray   edges,
vtkPoints   points,
int    geometryFlag
[protected]
 

Add triangles to the quadric array. If geometry flag is on then triangles are added to the output.

void vtkQuadricClustering::AddVerticies vtkCellArray   verts,
vtkPoints   points,
int    geometryFlag
[protected]
 

Add verticies to the quadric array. If geometry flag is on then verticies are added to the output.

void vtkQuadricClustering::ComputeRepresentativePoint float    quadric[9],
int    binId,
float    point[3]
[protected]
 

Determine the representative point for this bin.

void vtkQuadricClustering::EndAppendUsingPoints vtkPolyData   input [protected]
 

This method will rep[lace the quadric generated points with the input points with the lowest error.

virtual const char* vtkQuadricClustering::GetClassName   [virtual]
 

Return the class name as a string. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter.

int vtkQuadricClustering::HashPoint float    point[3] [protected]
 

Given a point, determine what bin it falls into.

void vtkQuadricClustering::InitializeQuadric float    quadric[9] [protected]
 

Initialize the quadric matrix to 0's.

virtual int vtkQuadricClustering::IsA const char *    type [virtual]
 

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter.

int vtkQuadricClustering::IsTypeOf const char *    type [static]
 

Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter.

vtkQuadricClustering* vtkQuadricClustering::New   [static]
 

Instantiate object with no start, end, or progress methods.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataSource.

void vtkQuadricClustering::PrintSelf ostream &    os,
vtkIndent    indent
[virtual]
 

Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from vtkSource.

vtkQuadricClustering* vtkQuadricClustering::SafeDownCast vtkObject   o [static]
 

Will cast the supplied object to vtkObject* is this is a safe operation (i.e., a safe downcast); otherwise NULL is returned. This method is defined in all subclasses of vtkObject with the vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataToPolyDataFilter.

void vtkQuadricClustering::SetDivisionOrigin float    x,
float    y,
float    z
 

This is an alternative way to set up the bins. If you are trying to match boundaries between pieces, then you should use these methods rather than SetNumberOfDivisions.

void vtkQuadricClustering::SetNumberOfXDivisions int    num
 

Set/Get the number of divisions along each axis for the spatial bins. The number of spatial bins is NumberOfXDivisions*NumberOfYDivisions* NumberOfZDivisions.

virtual void vtkQuadricClustering::SetUseFeatureEdges int    [virtual]
 

By default, this flag is off. When "UseFeatureEdges" is on, then quadrics are computed for boundary edges/feature edges. The influence the quadrics (position of points), but not the mesh. Which features to use can be controlled buy the filter "FeatureEdges".

virtual void vtkQuadricClustering::SetUseInputPoints int    [virtual]
 

Normally the point that minimizes the quadric error function is used as the output of the bin. When this flag is on, the bin point is forced to be one of the points from the input (the one with the smallest error). This option does not work when the append methods are being called directly.

void vtkQuadricClustering::StartAppend float *    bounds
 

These methods provide an alternative way of executing the filter. PolyData can be added to the result in pieces (append). In this mode, the user must specify the bounds of the entire model as an argument to the "StartAppend" method.


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