# vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter: triangle strips support

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492 "2021-08-28T13:16:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![utkarshayachit](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/utkarshayachit/32/379_2.png) [@utkarshayachit](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/utkarshayachit)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492/1 "2021-08-28T13:16:31Z")

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I was wondering if any one cares about triangle strip support in filters like `vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter` ? To keep the implementation simple, I am tempted to say we should remove such special cases and simply let users use filters like `vtkStripper` to generate triangle strips, if needed.

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**Author:** ![will.schroeder](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/will.schroeder/32/233_2.png) [@will.schroeder](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/will.schroeder)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492/2 "2021-08-28T14:16:19Z")

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I agree. Plus I believe they don’t work in some situations. Also there is the issue of cell data…

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**Author:** ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492/3 "2021-08-30T07:35:01Z")

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This seems perfectly fine, vtkTriangleStrips is definitely not widely used anyway.

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**Author:** ![utkarshayachit](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/utkarshayachit/32/379_2.png) [@utkarshayachit](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/utkarshayachit)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkdatasetsurfacefilter-triangle-strips-support/6492/4 "2021-08-30T11:22:22Z")

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Resolved here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge\_requests/8354](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/8354)