## pot2surf pot2surf — Creates surfaces from scalar fields. |

## Synopsis

    int                 pot2surf                            (const char *file_to_convert,
                                                             GString *file_created);
    int                 pot2surf_direct                     (const gchar *surf_file_to_write,
                                                             const gchar *pot_file_to_read,
                                                             int nsurfs_to_build,
                                                             const float *surf_value,
                                                             const gchar **surf_name);
    gboolean            pot2surfCreate                      (Surfaces **surf,
                                                             ScalarField *field,
                                                             double isoValue,
                                                             int id,
                                                             const gchar *name);

## Description

Originally written by Luc Billard for his program VISUALISE. It has been since transformed to a single function and integrated in V_Sim. .pot file are text files which specification are the following :

- 1st line: full pathname of the potential file to read

- 2nd line: full pathname of the surface file to build

- 3rd line: an integer giving the nbr n of isosurfaces to build

- Each of the n following lines must match the pattern [value name] where value is a real number for the isovalue and name is the name given for the corresponding isosurface to build. Each surface should be named surface_*.

The function will fail if it finds no isosurface corresponding to some of the given isovalues. The panelSurfacesTools contains a frontend to build valid .instruc files. This panel is originally integrated in V_Sim. You can access it through the Convert tab in the Isosurfaces panel.

## Details

### pot2surf ()

    int                 pot2surf                            (const char *file_to_convert,
                                                             GString *file_created);

Tries to execute `file_to_convert` as a .instruc file. If `file_created` is a valid GString, it will be filled with the name of the .surf file created in case of success. If it's NULL, no information about the .surf file is written.

`file_to_convert` : | target instruc file to execute
`file_created` : | a GString (will be filled with the name of the .surf file created)
Returns : | 0 in case of success, n!=0 otherwise.

### pot2surf_direct ()

    int                 pot2surf_direct                     (const gchar *surf_file_to_write,
                                                             const gchar *pot_file_to_read,
                                                             int nsurfs_to_build,
                                                             const float *surf_value,
                                                             const gchar **surf_name);

Read the given pot file and produce an associated surf file. WARNING, it may be removed later.

`surf_file_to_write` : | target surf file
`pot_file_to_read` : | source pot file
`nsurfs_to_build` : | number of surfaces to build
`surf_value` : | an array with iso-values
`surf_name` : | an array with iso-surface names.
Returns : | 0 in case of success, n!=0 otherwise.

### pot2surfCreate ()

    gboolean            pot2surfCreate                      (Surfaces **surf,
                                                             ScalarField *field,
                                                             double isoValue,
                                                             int id,
                                                             const gchar *name);

Call pot2surfCreate_uniform_mesh or pot2surfCreate_nonuniform_mesh depending on the meshflag meshtype of the scalar field. Then create on the fly a surface from the scalar field `field`. If `name` is given, the surface is created with it, if not, "Isosurface `id` + 1" is used. `surf` can already contains several surfaces, in that case, the new surface is added. If `surf` is NULL, then a new Surfaces object is created and returned.

`surf` : | a location on a Surfaces pointer ;
`field` : | the scalar field to create the surface from ;
`isoValue` : | the value of the isosurface ;
`id` : | an integer identifying the surface ;
`name` : | the name of the surface to use (can be NULL).
Returns : | TRUE if the surface is created.

## See Also

panelSurfacesTools