I was trying to use VMTK to find the centerlines of a 3D reconstruction, but it fails and produces an empty output file. This is the warning messages I get:
Computing centerlines...Warning: In /build/buildd/vtk-5.8.0/Graphics/vtkDelaunay3D.cxx, line 487
vtkDelaunay3D (0x3606a00): 125 degenerate triangles encountered, mesh quality suspect
Warning: In /build/buildd/vmtk-1.0.1/vtkVmtk/ComputationalGeometry/vtkvmtkSteepestDescentLineTracer.cxx, line 208
vtkvmtkSteepestDescentLineTracer (0x3c4eb50): Can't find a steepest descent edge. Target not reached.