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Code

ClipClosedSurface.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkClipClosedSurface.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPlane.h>
#include <vtkPlaneCollection.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>

//
// Demonstrate the use of clipping of polygonal data
//

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

  // PolyData to process
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polyData;

  if (argc > 1)
  {
    vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader;
    reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else
  {
    // Create a sphere
    vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
    sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(20);
    sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(11);
    sphereSource->Update();

    polyData = sphereSource->GetOutput();
  }

  auto center = polyData->GetCenter();
  vtkNew<vtkPlane> plane1;
  plane1->SetOrigin(center[0], center[1], center[2]);
  plane1->SetNormal(0.0, -1.0, 0.0);
  vtkNew<vtkPlane> plane2;
  plane2->SetOrigin(center[0], center[1], center[2]);
  plane2->SetNormal(0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
  vtkNew<vtkPlane> plane3;
  plane3->SetOrigin(center[0], center[1], center[2]);
  plane3->SetNormal(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0);

  vtkNew<vtkPlaneCollection> planes;
  planes->AddItem(plane1);
  planes->AddItem(plane2);
  planes->AddItem(plane3);

  vtkNew<vtkClipClosedSurface> clipper;
  clipper->SetInputData(polyData);
  clipper->SetClippingPlanes(planes);
  clipper->SetActivePlaneId(2);
  clipper->SetScalarModeToColors();
  clipper->SetClipColor(colors->GetColor3d("Banana").GetData());
  clipper->SetBaseColor(colors->GetColor3d("Tomato").GetData());
  clipper->SetActivePlaneColor(colors->GetColor3d("SandyBrown").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkDataSetMapper> clipMapper;
  clipMapper->SetInputConnection(clipper->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> clipActor;
  clipActor->SetMapper(clipMapper);
  clipActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(1.0000, 0.3882, 0.2784);
  clipActor->GetProperty()->SetInterpolationToFlat();

  // Create graphics stuff
  //
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> ren1;
  ren1->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SteelBlue").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
  renWin->AddRenderer(ren1);
  renWin->SetSize(512, 512);
  renWin->SetWindowName("ClipClosedSurface");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

  // Add the actors to the renderer, set the background and size
  //
  ren1->AddActor(clipActor);

  // Generate an interesting view
  //
  ren1->ResetCamera();
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Azimuth(120);
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(30);
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Dolly(1.0);
  ren1->ResetCameraClippingRange();

  renWin->Render();
  iren->Initialize();
  iren->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ClipClosedSurface)

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

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

Download and Build ClipClosedSurface

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

cd ClipClosedSurface/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:

./ClipClosedSurface

WINDOWS USERS

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