WriteVTU

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkTetra.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter.h>

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

  // Parse command line arguments.
  if (argc != 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Required arguments: OutputFilename.vtu" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  std::string filename = argv[1];

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

  vtkNew<vtkTetra> tetra;

  tetra->GetPointIds()->SetId(0, 0);
  tetra->GetPointIds()->SetId(1, 1);
  tetra->GetPointIds()->SetId(2, 2);
  tetra->GetPointIds()->SetId(3, 3);

  vtkNew<vtkCellArray> cellArray;
  cellArray->InsertNextCell(tetra);

  vtkNew<vtkUnstructuredGrid> unstructuredGrid;
  unstructuredGrid->SetPoints(points);
  unstructuredGrid->SetCells(VTK_TETRA, cellArray);

  // Write file.
  vtkNew<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter> writer;
  writer->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
  writer->SetInputData(unstructuredGrid);
  writer->Write();

  // Read and display file for verification that it was written correclty.
  vtkNew<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader> reader;
  reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
  reader->Update();

  vtkNew<vtkDataSetMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());

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

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("WriteVTU");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

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

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(WriteVTU)

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

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "WriteVTU: 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(WriteVTU MACOSX_BUNDLE WriteVTU.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(WriteVTU PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS WriteVTU
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

cd WriteVTU/build

cmake ..

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

make

./WriteVTU