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vtkInterpolatedVelocityField Class Reference

A concrete class for obtaining the interpolated velocity values at a point. More...

#include <vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h>

Inherits vtkAbstractInterpolatedVelocityField.

Public Types

typedef
vtkAbstractInterpolatedVelocityField 
Superclass
 

Public Member Functions

virtual const char * GetClassName ()
 
virtual int IsA (const char *type)
 
void PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
 
virtual void AddDataSet (vtkDataSet *dataset)
 
virtual int FunctionValues (double *x, double *f)
 
virtual void SetLastCellId (vtkIdType c, int dataindex)
 
virtual void SetLastCellId (vtkIdType c)
 

Static Public Member Functions

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

Protected Member Functions

 vtkInterpolatedVelocityField ()
 
 ~vtkInterpolatedVelocityField ()
 
virtual int FunctionValues (vtkDataSet *ds, double *x, double *f)
 

Detailed Description

A concrete class for obtaining the interpolated velocity values at a point.

vtkInterpolatedVelocityField acts as a continuous velocity field via cell interpolation on a vtkDataSet, NumberOfIndependentVariables = 4 (x,y,z,t) and NumberOfFunctions = 3 (u,v,w). As a concrete sub-class of vtkAbstractInterpolatedVelocityField, this class adopts two levels of cell caching for faster though less robust cell location than its sibling class vtkCellLocatorInterpolatedVelocityField. Level #0 begins with intra-cell caching. Specifically, if the previous cell is valid and the nex point is still within it, ( vtkCell::EvaluatePosition() returns 1, coupled with the new parametric coordinates and weights ), the function values are interpolated and vtkCell::EvaluatePosition() is invoked only. If it fails, level #1 follows by inter-cell location of the target cell (that contains the next point). By inter-cell, the previous cell gives an important clue / guess or serves as an immediate neighbor to aid in the location of the target cell (as is typically the case with integrating a streamline across cells) by means of vtkDataSet:: FindCell(). If this still fails, a global cell search is invoked via vtkDataSet::FindCell().

Regardless of inter-cell or global search, vtkPointLocator is employed as a crucial tool underlying the cell locator. The use of vtkPointLocator casues vtkInterpolatedVelocityField to return false target cells for datasets defined on complex grids.

Warning
vtkInterpolatedVelocityField is not thread safe. A new instance should be created by each thread.
See Also
vtkAbstractInterpolatedVelocityField vtkCellLocatorInterpolatedVelocityField vtkGenericInterpolatedVelocityField vtkCachingInterpolatedVelocityField vtkTemporalInterpolatedVelocityField vtkFunctionSet vtkStreamer vtkStreamTracer

Definition at line 58 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkAbstractInterpolatedVelocityField vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::Superclass

Definition at line 63 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::vtkInterpolatedVelocityField ( )
inlineprotected

Definition at line 90 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.

vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::~vtkInterpolatedVelocityField ( )
inlineprotected

Definition at line 91 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.

Member Function Documentation

virtual const char* vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::GetClassName ( )
virtual
static int vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::IsTypeOf ( const char *  type)
static
virtual int vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::IsA ( const char *  type)
virtual
static vtkInterpolatedVelocityField* vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::SafeDownCast ( vtkObject o)
static
void vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os,
vtkIndent  indent 
)
static vtkInterpolatedVelocityField* vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::New ( )
static

Construct a vtkInterpolatedVelocityField without an initial dataset. Caching is set on and LastCellId is set to -1.

virtual void vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::AddDataSet ( vtkDataSet dataset)
virtual

Add a dataset used for the implicit function evaluation. If more than one dataset is added, the evaluation point is searched in all until a match is found. THIS FUNCTION DOES NOT CHANGE THE REFERENCE COUNT OF DATASET FOR THREAD SAFETY REASONS.

virtual int vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::FunctionValues ( double *  x,
double *  f 
)
virtual

Evaluate the velocity field f at point (x, y, z).

virtual void vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::SetLastCellId ( vtkIdType  c,
int  dataindex 
)
virtual

Set the cell id cached by the last evaluation within a specified dataset.

virtual void vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::SetLastCellId ( vtkIdType  c)
inlinevirtual

Set the cell id cached by the last evaluation.

Definition at line 85 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.

virtual int vtkInterpolatedVelocityField::FunctionValues ( vtkDataSet ds,
double *  x,
double *  f 
)
inlineprotectedvirtual

Evaluate the velocity field f at point (x, y, z) in a specified dataset by either involving vtkPointLocator, via vtkPointSet::FindCell(), in locating the next cell (for datasets of type vtkPointSet) or simply invoking vtkImageData/vtkRectilinearGrid::FindCell() to fulfill the same task if the point is outside the current cell.

Definition at line 100 of file vtkInterpolatedVelocityField.h.


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