Measuring the average discrete gaussian and mean curvature of a model with vtk in python?

Also, I forgot to ask, is there a built-in function for generating an eclipse or plane in vtk so I can run the curvature filter on it, get the average curvature, then normalize the curvatures from this calculation by the ellipse or planar curvature to get a scoring of how elliptical or planar the curvature is?