VMTKNUMPYTOSURFACE(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so vmtknumpytosurface — it's a vmtk script, bestie, and that's literally the whole name. short. sweet. iconic. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Automatic piping vmtkNumpyToSurface Parsing options vmtkNumpyToSurface

no fr fr, that's what it says. the script auto-wires up its own piping and parses its own options, main character energy tbh. 👑

🌸 what even is vmtkNumpyToSurface 🌸

vmtkNumpyToSurface : Takes a nested python dictionary containing numpy arrays specifying vertex points, associated scalar data, and cell data specifying triangle connectivityand returns a VTK triangulated surface vtkPolyData file

so like… you hand it a nested python dict, right? and inside that dict are numpy arrays that spell out your vertex points, your associated scalar data, and your cell data that gives you the triangle connectivityand (yes the words run together like that in the original, we do not question the ancestors 🫶) — and it hands you BACK a VTK triangulated surface as a vtkPolyData file. glow up complete. ✨

🎀 Input arguments 🎀

these are the args going IN, the ones doing the work first:

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id, aka the lil name tag so everyone knows which script this is 💜
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self. yes bestie, it knows itself. self-awareness slay 🪞
• -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — set this and the execution and piping just… stop. it's the "do not perceive me" flag 🙈
• -i ArrayDict (dict,1) — THE input array dictionary. the whole nested python dict of numpy arrays. the star of the show ⭐
• -ifile ArrayDictInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default ArrayDict reader, so the reader knows where to go get it 📂
• -ofile SurfaceOutputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Surface writer, where your pretty new surface gets written out 💾

🦋 Output arguments 🦋

and these are what comes back OUT, the lil gifts:

• -id Id (str,1); default=0 — script id again, same vibe, still id'ing 🌈
• -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self again. twice the self, twice the power 💅
• -o Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the output surface. a genuine vtkPolyData and everything. this is the moment. this is what we came for. ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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ngl the input list and output list both carry -id and -handle, and that's not me being lazy, that is literally what the page says. copy it exactly, don't get cute with it. 😭

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vmtknumpytosurface 1.5 💖 April 2026 — that's the version and the date, besties, straight from the footer, and that's the whole page. go make some surfaces. periodt. 👑✨🎀