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PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid

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Description

There is not a filter whose sole purpose is converting a vtkPolyData to a vtkUnstructuredGrid. However, the append filter can accept any type of input, and produces a vtkUnstructuredGrid, so we can use it for this purpose.

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Code

PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid.cxx

#include <vtkAppendFilter.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  // Create a sphere.
  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
  sphereSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  sphereSource->SetRadius(5.0);
  sphereSource->Update();

  // Combine the two data sets.
  vtkNew<vtkAppendFilter> appendFilter;
  appendFilter->AddInputData(sphereSource->GetOutput());
  appendFilter->Update();

  vtkNew<vtkUnstructuredGrid> unstructuredGrid;
  unstructuredGrid->ShallowCopy(appendFilter->GetOutput());

  // Write the unstructured grid.
  vtkNew<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter> writer;
  writer->SetFileName("UnstructuredGrid.vtu");
  writer->SetInputData(unstructuredGrid);
  writer->Write();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersCore
  FiltersSources
  IOXML
)

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

Download and Build PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid

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

cd PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid/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:

./PolyDataToUnstructuredGrid

WINDOWS USERS

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