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ColorCells

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Description

This example shows how to assign specific colors to individual cells of a vtkPolyData using a vtkLookupTable. The vtkCellData has a vtkFloatArray that contains a scalar values.

Seealso

The example ColorCellsWithRGB creates a vtkCellData with a vtkUnsignedCharArray that contains rgb values.

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Code

ColorCells.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCellData.h>
#include <vtkFloatArray.h>
#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
#include <vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPlaneSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

#include <algorithm>

namespace {
void RandomColors(vtkLookupTable* lut, int numberOfColors);
}

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

  // Provide some geometry.
  int resolution = 3;
  vtkNew<vtkPlaneSource> aPlane;
  aPlane->SetXResolution(resolution);
  aPlane->SetYResolution(resolution);

  // Create cell data.
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> cellData;
  for (int i = 0; i < resolution * resolution; i++)
  {
    cellData->InsertNextValue(i + 1);
  }

  // Create a lookup table to map cell data to colors.
  vtkNew<vtkLookupTable> lut;
  int tableSize = std::max(resolution * resolution + 1, 10);
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(tableSize);
  lut->Build();
  RandomColors(lut, tableSize);

  aPlane->Update(); // Force an update so we can set cell data.
  aPlane->GetOutput()->GetCellData()->SetScalars(cellData);

  // Setup actor and mapper.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(aPlane->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->SetScalarRange(0, tableSize - 1);
  mapper->SetLookupTable(lut);

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  // Setup render window, renderer, and interactor.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ColorCells");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace {
void RandomColors(vtkLookupTable* lut, int numberOfColors)
{
  // Fill in a few known colors, the rest will be generated if needed
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
  lut->SetTableValue(0, colors->GetColor4d("Black").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(1, colors->GetColor4d("Banana").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(2, colors->GetColor4d("Tomato").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(3, colors->GetColor4d("Wheat").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(4, colors->GetColor4d("Lavender").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(5, colors->GetColor4d("Flesh").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(6, colors->GetColor4d("Raspberry").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(7, colors->GetColor4d("Salmon").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(8, colors->GetColor4d("Mint").GetData());
  lut->SetTableValue(9, colors->GetColor4d("Peacock").GetData());

  // If the number of colors is larger than the number of specified colors,
  // generate some random colors.
  vtkNew<vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence> randomSequence;
  randomSequence->SetSeed(4355412);
  if (numberOfColors > 9)
  {
    for (auto i = 10; i < numberOfColors; ++i)
    {
      double r, g, b;
      r = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(0.6, 1.0);
      randomSequence->Next();
      g = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(0.6, 1.0);
      randomSequence->Next();
      b = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(0.6, 1.0);
      randomSequence->Next();
      lut->SetTableValue(i, r, g, b, 1.0);
    }
  }
}

} // namespace

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ColorCells)

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

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

Download and Build ColorCells

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

cd ColorCells/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:

./ColorCells

WINDOWS USERS

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