VMTKNETWORKEDITOR(1)

💖 NAME 💖

vmtknetworkeditor — bestie it's the vmtk script, and it extracts an approximated centerline from a surface that has at least one hole in it 💅

(it lives in the User Commands part of the manual, section 1, if you were wondering where to find her ✨)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first, the chaotic part: the raw page opens with the lines

Automatic piping vmtknetworkeditor Parsing options vmtknetworkeditor

which is giving "the build system wrote my intro for me" energy 😭 but we move.

The actual job description, no cap:

vmtknetworkeditor : extract an approximated centerline from a surface containing at least one hole

So: surface in → centerline out 🌈 and your surface needs a hole, minimum one, that's the vibe check.

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🌸 Input arguments 🌸

these are all the knobs you can turn going in, bestie. types and defaults are exactly as printed, don't let me catch you guessing 🫶

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id.
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self.
• -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — disables execution and piping. yes it's literally called "disabled", and yes, on by default is off 🙈
• -i Network (vtkPolyData,1) — the input network.
• -ifile NetworkInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Network reader.
• -radiusarray RadiusArrayName (str,1); default=Radius
• -labelsarray LabelsArrayName (str,1); default=Labels
• -spline SplineInterpolation (bool,1); default=1
• -activetubes UseActiveTubes (bool,1); default=0
• -iterations NumberOfIterations (int,1) >= 0; default=100
• -potentialweight PotentialWeight (float,1) >= 0.0; default=1.0
• -stiffnessweight StiffnessWeight (float,1) >= 0.0; default=0.0
• -xplane PlaneWidgetX (vtkImagePlaneWidget,1) — the X image plane widget.
• -yplane PlaneWidgetY (vtkImagePlaneWidget,1) — the Y image plane widget.
• -zplane PlaneWidgetZ (vtkImagePlaneWidget,1) — the Z image plane widget.
• -image Image (vtkImageData,1)
• -imagefile ImageInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Image reader.
• -featureimage FeatureImage (vtkImageData,1)
• -featureimagefile FeatureImageInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default FeatureImage reader.
• -renderer vmtkRenderer (vmtkRenderer,1) — external renderer.
• -ofile NetworkOutputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Network writer. (yes she's hanging out here in the input list, iconic placement, we don't question it 💀)
• -osurfacefile SurfaceOutputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Surface writer.

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✨ Output arguments ✨

and these are what you get back 🎀

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — script id. (listed again down here, she contains multitudes 💖)
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self. (also back for round two, queen 💅)
• -o Network (vtkPolyData,1) — the output network.
• -oradiusarray RadiusArrayName (str,1); default=Radius
• -osurface Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the output surface.

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ngl the important thing is just this: surface with ≥1 hole goes in, approximated centerline comes out, and every flag above keeps exactly the type, default and meaning it has up there. no invented options, no skipped options, periodt 💜

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written by the vmtknetworkeditor girlies, version 1.5, dated April 2026 — bye bestie, go extract some centerlines, you're gonna slay 👑✨