vtk.write.surface.binary: Write the sections of a triangular mesh in binary VTK format.

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Write the sections of a triangular mesh in binary VTK format.

Description

Write the sections of a triangular mesh in binary VTK format.

Usage

vtk.write.surface.binary(con, vertex_coords, faces, version)

Arguments

con	a connection opened for binary writing.
vertex_coords	n x 3 matrix of doubles, the vertex coordinates.
faces	n x 3 matrix of integers, the vertex indices of the faces, already converted to zero-based indices.
version	character string, either '4.2' or '5.1'.

Value

NULL, invisibly.

Note

Binary data in the VTK legacy format is always big endian, the format has no way of expressing a different byte order.

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