VMTKSURFACETOMESH(1)

📦 version 1.5.0, in ubuntu stonking

💖 VMTKSURFACETOMESH 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to VMTKSURFACETOMESH(1) — that's the manual page for the vmtk script of the same name, hanging out in the User Commands section. Grab a snack, we're converting surfaces to meshes and it's gonna be adorable. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

vmtksurfacetomesh — literally just the vmtk script called vmtksurfacetomesh. that's the whole name. slay. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Automatic piping, vmtksurfacetomesh, parsing options, vmtksurfacetomesh. 🎀

Here's the tea, fr fr: vmtksurfacetomesh does one (1) iconic thing — it converts a surface into a mesh. That's it. That's the vibe. 👑

🫶 Input arguments 🫶

these are the lil settings you can pass in, each one a treasure:

  • -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id. it's the script's little name tag. 💜
  • -handle Self (self,1) — a handle to self, i.e. the script holding its own hand. 🫶
  • -disabled Disabled (bool,1); default=0 — turns off execution and piping. the "not me today" switch. 😭
  • -i Surface (vtkPolyData,1) — the input surface, the main character of this whole operation. 🌟
  • -ifile SurfaceInputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Surface reader, so it knows where to find your surface. 🍓
  • -cleaninput CleanInput (bool,1); default=1 — cleans unused points in the input. yes bestie, we're decluttering, it's giving spring cleaning. ✨
  • -ofile MeshOutputFileName (str,1) — filename for the default Mesh writer, aka where your new mesh goes to live. 🎀

🌈 Output arguments 🌈

and here's what it hands back to you, the after-photo:

  • -id Id (str,1); default=0 — the script id again, same energy as before. 💖
  • -handle Self (self,1) — handle to self, still holding on. 🫶
  • -o Mesh (vtkUnstructuredGrid,1) — the output mesh. the moment. the payoff. your surface, but make it a mesh. 👑🔥
quick vibe check: -id and -handle show up in both the input arguments and the output arguments. that's not a typo bestie, that's just how it is. 💀

and that's the whole page! 🦋 this lil masterpiece is version 1.5, dated April 2026, from the vmtk squad. thanks for reading, you ate, no cap. 💅✨🎀

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