Point Cloud Library (PCL)  1.7.0
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00038 
00039 #ifndef VTK_UTILS_H_
00040 #define VTK_UTILS_H_
00041 
00042 #include <pcl/pcl_macros.h>
00043 #include <pcl/PolygonMesh.h>
00044 #include <pcl/surface/vtk_smoothing/vtk.h>
00045 
00046 namespace pcl
00047 {
00048   class PCL_EXPORTS VTKUtils
00049   {
00050     public:
00051       /** \brief Convert a PCL PolygonMesh to a VTK vtkPolyData.
00052         * \param[in] triangles PolygonMesh to be converted to vtkPolyData, stored in the object.
00053         */
00054       static int
00055       convertToVTK (const pcl::PolygonMesh &triangles, vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &triangles_out_vtk);
00056 
00057       /** \brief Convert the vtkPolyData object back to PolygonMesh.
00058         * \param[out] triangles the PolygonMesh to store the vtkPolyData in.
00059         */
00060       static void
00061       convertToPCL (vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &vtk_polygons, pcl::PolygonMesh &triangles);
00062 
00063       /** \brief Convert vtkPolyData object to a PCL PolygonMesh
00064         * \param[in] poly_data Pointer (vtkSmartPointer) to a vtkPolyData object
00065         * \param[out] mesh PCL Polygon Mesh to fill
00066         * \return Number of points in the point cloud of mesh.
00067         */
00068       static int
00069       vtk2mesh (const vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>& poly_data, pcl::PolygonMesh& mesh);
00070 
00071       /** \brief Convert a PCL PolygonMesh to a vtkPolyData object
00072         * \param[in] mesh Reference to PCL Polygon Mesh
00073         * \param[out] poly_data Pointer (vtkSmartPointer) to a vtkPolyData object
00074         * \return Number of points in the point cloud of mesh.
00075         */
00076       static int
00077       mesh2vtk (const pcl::PolygonMesh& mesh, vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &poly_data);
00078   };
00079 }
00080 
00081 #endif /* VTK_UTILS_H_ */