MiscCellData

#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkCellData.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkTriangle.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  // We will write the resulting file to output.vtp so it can be inspected in
  // Paraview.
  std::string outputFilename = "output.vtp";

  // Setup 3 points
  vtkNew<vtkPoints> points;
  points->InsertNextPoint(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

  // Create a triangle
  vtkNew<vtkTriangle> triangle;
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(0, 0);
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(1, 1);
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(2, 2);

  // Add the triangle to a cell array
  vtkNew<vtkCellArray> triangles;
  triangles->InsertNextCell(triangle);

  // Setup data for the triangle. Attach a value of 1.45.
  // This can be anything you wish to store with it.
  vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> triangleData;
  triangleData->SetNumberOfComponents(
      1); // We will have only 1 value associated with the triangle.
  triangleData->SetName("TriangleData"); // Set the name of the value.
  triangleData->InsertNextValue(1.45);   // Set the actual value.

  // Create a polydata that contains the points,
  // the triangle on those points, and the data
  // array (value) we created for the triangle.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyData> polydata;
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
  polydata->SetPolys(triangles);
  polydata->GetCellData()->AddArray(triangleData);

  // Write the file.
  vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer;
  writer->SetInputData(polydata);
  writer->SetFileName(outputFilename.c_str());
  writer->Write();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(MiscCellData)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  IOXML
)

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

cd MiscCellData/build

cmake ..

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

make

./MiscCellData