Hi Desiree,
> I am developing an Java3D Application, where I want to create a
> terrain-surface from discrete Points. I have seen that the API from VisAD
> includes some classes about Delaunay-Triangulation, but I do not have a
> clue, how to use them, or if they can be helpful for me. Where can I find
> more documentation, as in the API or even some examples?
> Thanks for any help in advance.
Assume that the locations of your points are defined in two
arrays:
float[] x_locations, y_locations;
and the terrain heights at these points are defined in the
array:
float[] heights;
Then you can create a terrain as a FlatField like this:
RealType x = RealType.getRealType("x");
RealType y = RealType.getRealType("y");
RealType height = RealType.getRealType("height");
RealTupleType xy = new RealTupleType(x, y);
FunctionType terrain_type = new FunctionType(xy, height);
Irregular2DSet set
new Irregular2DSet(xy, new float[][] {x_locations, y_locations});
FlatField terrain = new FlatField(terrain_type, set);
terrain.setSamples(new float[][] {heights});
Note that the 'new Irregular2DSet' constructor will implicitly
invoke one of the Delaunay constructors to compute a topology
for your x and y locations. You generally only need to invoke
a Delaunay constructor explicitly when you are constructing a
DealaunayCustom from a known topology.
Please let me know if you have questions about this.
Cheers,
Bill
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