Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-23 Thread Stefan van der Walt
On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:19:47AM -0600, Geoffrey Zhu wrote: > One thing about triangulation I haven't figured out is how to add > multiple such functions together. So if I have a set of triangles that > represent f1(x,y) and another set of triangles that represent f2(x,y), > is there any quick wa

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-23 Thread Geoffrey Zhu
Hi Bob, Anne, and everyone, On Nov 21, 2007 1:41 PM, Bob Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/20/07, Anne Archibald posted: > > > Subject: > > Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface > > From: > > "Anne Archibald"

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-21 Thread Bob Lewis
On 11/20/07, Anne Archibald posted: > Subject: > Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface > From: > "Anne Archibald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:13:31 -0500 > To: > "Discussion of Numerical Python

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Barker
Anne Archibald wrote: >In particular it looks like VTK might be able > to do what you want. yes, it can. The way I've seen is to triangulate the surface, then do "decimation" -- remove the triangles that don't add "much" to the detail of the surface. I don't know of a way to do something similar

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-20 Thread Anne Archibald
On 20/11/2007, Geoffrey Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have N tabulated data points { (x_i, y_i, z_i) } that describes a 3D > surface. The surface is pretty "smooth." However, the number of data > points is too large to be stored and manipulated efficiently. To make > it easier to deal with, I

Re: [Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-20 Thread Francesc Altet
A Tuesday 20 November 2007, Geoffrey Zhu escrigué: > Hi Everyone, > > This is off topic for this mailing list but I don't know where else > to ask. > > I have N tabulated data points { (x_i, y_i, z_i) } that describes a > 3D surface. The surface is pretty "smooth." However, the number of > data poi

[Numpy-discussion] OT: A Way to Approximate and Compress a 3D Surface

2007-11-20 Thread Geoffrey Zhu
Hi Everyone, This is off topic for this mailing list but I don't know where else to ask. I have N tabulated data points { (x_i, y_i, z_i) } that describes a 3D surface. The surface is pretty "smooth." However, the number of data points is too large to be stored and manipulated efficiently. To mak