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Cheers, Hila On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Tom Schoenemann <t...@indiana.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have figured out how to create a surface from a file (using contour). > However, the surface ends up looking like a step function, whereby the > transitions are not smooth. I assume this is because the file used to > create the surface has a voxel resolution that is coarse enough for these > transitions are obvious. However, I'd like to smooth the surface in some > way, to eliminate the obvious step transitions. I've tried the smooth > function, but that has minimal effect on my image. I've also tried setting > "compute normals" on the contour filter. This does smooth the edges, but > it doesn't eliminate the obvious steps along the surface. Is there any way > to smooth the surface even more, perhaps by iterations of eroding and > dilating? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated! > > -Tom > > _________________________________________________ > P. Thomas Schoenemann > > Associate Professor > Department of Anthropology > Indiana University > Bloomington, IN 47405 > Phone: 812-855-8800 > E-mail: t...@indiana.edu > > Open Research Scan Archive (ORSA) Co-Director > Consulting Scholar > Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology > University of Pennsylvania > > Homepage: http://mypage.iu.edu/~toms/ > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > >
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