VMTKMESHTOSURFACE(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie so you're looking at vmtkmeshtosurface — it's section 1 of the User Commands manual, and it's literally the vmtk script called vmtkmeshtosurface. that's the whole name, no notes 💅

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically, no cap: vmtkmeshtosurface does automatic piping, and it parses options too, and it's all named after itself because why not 💀 — the script is vmtkmeshtosurface.

and the actual glow-up it performs? it converts a mesh to a surface by throwing out volume elements and (optionally) the relative points. that's it. that's the whole personality. it takes your chunky little volume mesh and strips it down to a surface, and if you want, the leftover points bounce too. iconic behavior honestly 🦋

📥 INPUT ARGUMENTS 📥

these are the things you hand over to the script, the little gifts 🎀

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id ✨
• -handle Self (self,1) — a handle to self, cute 🪞
• -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — turn this on and you disable execution and piping, periodt 🚫
• -i Mesh (vtkUnstructuredGrid,1) — the input mesh, aka the whole reason we're here 🫶
• -ifile MeshInputFileName (str,1) — the filename for the default Mesh reader 📂
• -cleanoutput CleanOutput (bool,1); default=0 — toggles cleaning the unused points, so like, sweep the crumbs off the counter 🧹
• -ofile SurfaceOutputFileName (str,1) — the filename for the default Surface writer 💾

📤 OUTPUT ARGUMENTS 📤

and here's what it gives you back, the little treats 🍓

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id
• -handle Self (self,1) — a handle to self
• -o Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the output surface, the main character of the whole operation 👑

and that's the vibe check, bestie 🌈 go convert something pretty.

vmtk version-dropped vmtkmeshtosurface 1.5 back in April 2026, and that's your sign-off kiss 💖🧚♀️