vtk_utils.h

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#ifndef VTK_UTILS_H_
#define VTK_UTILS_H_

#include <pcl/pcl_macros.h>
#include <pcl/PolygonMesh.h>
#include <pcl/surface/vtk_smoothing/vtk.h>

namespace pcl
{
  class PCL_EXPORTS VTKUtils
  {
    public:
      /** \brief Convert a PCL PolygonMesh to a VTK vtkPolyData.
        * \param[in] triangles PolygonMesh to be converted to vtkPolyData, stored in the object.
        */
      static int
      convertToVTK (const pcl::PolygonMesh &triangles, vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &triangles_out_vtk);

      /** \brief Convert the vtkPolyData object back to PolygonMesh.
        * \param[out] triangles the PolygonMesh to store the vtkPolyData in.
        */
      static void
      convertToPCL (vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &vtk_polygons, pcl::PolygonMesh &triangles);

      /** \brief Convert vtkPolyData object to a PCL PolygonMesh
        * \param[in] poly_data Pointer (vtkSmartPointer) to a vtkPolyData object
        * \param[out] mesh PCL Polygon Mesh to fill
        * \return Number of points in the point cloud of mesh.
        */
      static int
      vtk2mesh (const vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>& poly_data, pcl::PolygonMesh& mesh);

      /** \brief Convert a PCL PolygonMesh to a vtkPolyData object
        * \param[in] mesh Reference to PCL Polygon Mesh
        * \param[out] poly_data Pointer (vtkSmartPointer) to a vtkPolyData object
        * \return Number of points in the point cloud of mesh.
        */
      static int
      mesh2vtk (const pcl::PolygonMesh& mesh, vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> &poly_data);
  };
}

#endif /* VTK_UTILS_H_ */