PointSource

Source (.js)Source (.d.ts)

Introduction

vtkPointSource is a source object that creates a user-specified number of points within a specified radius about a specified center point. By default location of the points is random within the sphere. It is also possible to generate random points only on the surface of the sphere. The output PolyData has the specified number of points and 1 cell - a vtkPolyVertex containing all of the points.

Usage

import vtkPointSource from '@kitware/vtk.js/Filters/Sources/PointSource';

const point = vtkPointSource.newInstance({ numberOfPoints: 10 });
const polydata = point.getOutputData();

Methods

extend

Method used to decorate a given object (publicAPI+model) with vtkPointSource characteristics.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
publicAPI		Yes	object on which methods will be bounds (public)
model		Yes	object on which data structure will be bounds (protected)
initialValues	IPointSourceInitialValues	No	(default: {})

getCenter

Get the center of the plane.

getCenterByReference

Get the center of the plane.

getNumberOfPoints

Get the number of points to generate.

getRadius

Get the radius of the point cloud.

newInstance

Method used to create a new instance of vtkPointSource.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
initialValues	IPointSourceInitialValues	No	for pre-setting some of its content

requestData

Argument	Type	Required	Description
inData		Yes
outData		Yes

setCenter

Set the center of the point cloud.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
center	Vector3	Yes	The center point's coordinates.

setCenter

Set the center of the point cloud.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
x	Number	Yes	The x coordinate.
y	Number	Yes	The y coordinate.
z	Number	Yes	The z coordinate.

setCenterFrom

Set the center of the point cloud.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
center	Vector3	Yes	The center point's coordinates.

setNumberOfPoints

Set the number of points to generate.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
numberOfPoints	Number	Yes	The number of points to generate.

setRadius

Set the radius of the point cloud. If you are generating a Gaussian distribution, then this is the standard deviation for each of x, y, and z.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
radius	Number	Yes	The radius value.