Module category: Tools

• BoundingBox
  • Parameters
  • Input Ports
  • Output Ports
  • Examples

BoundingBox

BoundingBox writes a message with information of the smallest parallelepiped parallel to the global coordinate system containing the input object. More over it creates the outer lines of this parallelepiped, which can be shown in a renderer.

BoundingBox is avaiable on all supported platforms.

Parameters

This module has no parameters.

Input Ports

Name	Type	Description
requiredData	UnstructuredGrid Polygons Lines TriangleStrips Points	Input object.

Output Ports

Name	Type	Description
outputoutPort	Lines	Edges of the bounding box.

Examples

Figure: covise/net/examples/ReadStar_CuttingSurface.net

In this map the user receives a message information of the grid constructed by the ReadStar reader as shown below (output port not used in this example).