Glyph3D

Repository source: Glyph3D

Description¶

This example applies an object at every point. We use a cube for the demo.

Other languages

See (Python), (Java)

Question

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Code¶

Glyph3D.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkGlyph3D.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkPoints> points;
  points->InsertNextPoint(0, 0, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(1, 1, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(2, 2, 0);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyData> polydata;
  polydata->SetPoints(points);

  // Create anything you want here, we will use a cube for the demo.
  vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> cubeSource;

  vtkNew<vtkGlyph3D> glyph3D;
  glyph3D->SetSourceConnection(cubeSource->GetOutputPort());
  glyph3D->SetInputData(polydata);
  glyph3D->Update();

  // Visualize
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(glyph3D->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Salmon").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

  renderWindow->SetWindowName("Glyph3D");
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Glyph3D)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersCore
  FiltersSources
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "Glyph3D: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(Glyph3D MACOSX_BUNDLE Glyph3D.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(Glyph3D PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS Glyph3D
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build Glyph3D¶

Click here to download Glyph3D and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball Glyph3D.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd Glyph3D/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./Glyph3D

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.