Add tutorial for IDW interpolation

tests/test_datasets/parameters_idw_cube.prm

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+[Inverse Distance Weighting]
+# This section describes the setting of idw.
+
+# the power parameter
+power: 2
+
+
+[Control points]
+# This section describes the RBF control points.
+
+# original control points collects the coordinates of the interpolation control
+# points before the deformation.
+original control points: -.1   0.0   0.0
+                         0.0   0.0   1.0
+                         0.0   1.0   0.0
+                         1.0   0.0   0.0
+                         0.0   1     1.0
+                         1.0   0.0   1.0
+                         1.0   1.0   0
+                         1.0   1.0   1.0
+
+# deformed control points collects the coordinates of the interpolation control
+# points after the deformation.
+deformed control points: 0.1   0.2   .3
+                         0.0   0.0   1.0
+                         0.0   1.0   0.0
+                         1.0   0.0   0.0
+                         0.0   .8   1.0
+                         1.0   0.0   1.0
+                         1.0   1.0   0.0
+                         1.2   1.2   1.2

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 
 
 class TestUtils(TestCase):
+	def cmp(self, f1, f2):
+		"""
+		Check if the two files have the same content, skipping comment lines
+		"""
+		content1 = [line for line in open(f1) if not line.startswith('#')]
+		content2 = [line for line in open(f1) if not line.startswith('#')]
+		return content1 == content2
+
 	def test_utils_write_original_box(self):
 		params = pars.FFDParameters()
 		params.read_parameters(
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ def test_utils_check_vtk_original_box(self):
 
 		ut.write_bounding_box(params, outfilename, write_deformed=False)
 
-		self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
+		self.assertTrue(self.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
 		os.remove(outfilename)
 
 	def test_utils_check_vtk_modified_box(self):
@@ -62,7 +70,7 @@ def test_utils_check_vtk_modified_box(self):
 
 		ut.write_bounding_box(params, outfilename)
 
-		self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
+		self.assertTrue(self.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
 		os.remove(outfilename)
 
 	def test_utils_plot_rbf_control_points(self):

tests/test_vtkhandler.py

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
 
 
 class TestVtkHandler(TestCase):
+	def cmp(self, f1, f2):
+		"""
+		Check if the two files have the same content, skipping comment lines
+		"""
+		content1 = [line for line in open(f1) if not line.startswith('#')]
+		content2 = [line for line in open(f1) if not line.startswith('#')]
+		return content1 == content2
+
 	def test_vtk_instantiation(self):
 		vtk_handler = vh.VtkHandler()
 
@@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ def test_vtk_write_comparison(self):
 			outfilename_expected = 'tests/test_datasets/test_red_blood_cell_out_true_version6.vtk'
 
 		vtk_handler.write(mesh_points, outfilename)
-		self.assertTrue(filecmp.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
+		self.assertTrue(self.cmp(outfilename, outfilename_expected))
 		os.remove(outfilename)
 
 	def test_vtk_plot_failing_outfile_type(self):