DataSetSurfaceFilter

Description¶

This example demonstrates how to convert an unstructured grid to a polydata. Currently nothing is done with the resulting polydata.

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Code¶

DataSetSurfaceFilter.cxx

#include <vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGridReader.h>
#include <vtkVertex.h>

namespace {
template <typename T>
vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnstructuredGrid> MakeUnstructuredGrid(vtkSmartPointer<T>);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  auto surfaceFilter = vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter>::New();
  if (argc < 2)
  {
    // std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " Filename(.vtk) e.g. uGridEx.vtk "
    //          << std::endl;
    auto unstructuredGrid =
        MakeUnstructuredGrid(vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertex>::New());
    surfaceFilter->SetInputData(unstructuredGrid);
  }
  else
  {
    // Create the reader for the data.
    // This is the data that will be rendered.
    std::string filename = argv[1];
    std::cout << "Loading " << filename.c_str() << std::endl;
    vtkNew<vtkUnstructuredGridReader> reader;
    reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
    surfaceFilter->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  }

  surfaceFilter->Update();

  vtkPolyData* polydata = surfaceFilter->GetOutput();

  std::cout << "Output has " << polydata->GetNumberOfPoints() << " points."
            << std::endl;

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace {
template <typename T>
vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnstructuredGrid>
MakeUnstructuredGrid(vtkSmartPointer<T> aCell)
{
  double* pcoords = aCell->GetParametricCoords();
  for (int i = 0; i < aCell->GetNumberOfPoints(); ++i)
  {
    aCell->GetPointIds()->SetId(i, i);
    aCell->GetPoints()->SetPoint(i, *(pcoords + 3 * i), *(pcoords + 3 * i + 1),
                                 *(pcoords + 3 * i + 2));
  }

  vtkNew<vtkUnstructuredGrid> ug;
  ug->SetPoints(aCell->GetPoints());
  ug->InsertNextCell(aCell->GetCellType(), aCell->GetPointIds());
  return ug;
}
} // namespace

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(DataSetSurfaceFilter)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersGeometry
  IOLegacy
)

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

Download and Build DataSetSurfaceFilter¶

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

cd DataSetSurfaceFilter/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:

./DataSetSurfaceFilter

WINDOWS USERS

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