Extract Selection (ExtractSelection)

Extract different type of selections.

This filter extracts a set of cells/points given a selection. The selection can be obtained from a rubber-band selection (either cell, visible or in a frustum) or threshold selection and passed to the filter or specified by providing an ID list.

Property	Description	Default(s)	Restrictions
Input	This property specifies the input from which the selection is extracted.		Accepts input of following types: vtkDataSet vtkTable
Selection	The input that provides the selection object.		Accepts input of following types: vtkSelection
PreserveTopology	If this property is set to 1 the output preserves the topology of its input and adds an insidedness array to mark which cells are inside or out. If 0 then the output is an unstructured grid which contains only the subset of cells that are inside.	0	Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).

Property

Description

Default(s)

Restrictions

Input

This property specifies the input from which the selection is extracted.

Accepts input of following types:

vtkDataSet
vtkTable

Selection

The input that provides the selection object.

Accepts input of following types:

vtkSelection

PreserveTopology

If this property is set to 1 the output preserves the topology of its input and adds an insidedness array to mark which cells are inside or out. If 0 then the output is an unstructured grid which contains only the subset of cells that are inside.

Accepts boolean values (0 or 1).