DREAM.3D v6 User Manual
Quick Surface Mesh

Group (Subgroup)

Surface Meshing (Generation)

Description

This Filter generates a Triangle Geometry from an Image Geometry that represents a surface mesh of the present Features. The algorithm proceeds by creating a pair of Triangles for each face of the Cell where the neighboring Cell have a different Feature Id value. The meshing operation is extremely quick but can result in a surface mesh that is very "stair stepped". The user is encouraged to use a smoothing operation to reduce this "blockiness".

The user may choose any number of Cell Attribute Arrays to transfer to the created Triangle Geometry. The Faces will gain the values of the Cells from which they were created. Currently, the Filter disallows the transferring of data that has a multi-dimensional component dimensions vector. For example, scalar values and vector values are allowed to be transferred, but N x M matrices cannot currently be transferred.

For more information on surface meshing, visit the tutorial.


QuickSurfaceMeshOutput.png
Example Quick Mesh Output

Parameters

None

Required Geometry

Image

Required Objects

Kind Default Name Type Component Dimensions Description
Cell Attribute Array FeatureIds int32_t (1) Specifies to which Feature each Cell belongs
Any Cell Attribute Array None Any Any Specifies which Cell Attribute Arrays to transfer to the created Triangle Geometry

Created Objects

Kind Default Name Type Component Dimensions Description
Data Container TriangleDataContainer N/A N/A Created Data Container name with a Triangle Geometry
Attribute Matrix VertexData Vertex N/A Created Vertex Attribute Matrix name
Vertex Attribute Array NodeTypes int8_t (1) Specifies the type of node in the Geometry
Attribute Matrix FaceData Face N/A Created Face Attribute Matrix name
Face Attribute Array FaceLabels int32_t (2) Specifies which Features are on either side of each Face
Any Face Attribute Array None Any Any The set of transferred Cell Attribute Arrays

License & Copyright

Please see the description file distributed with this Plugin

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