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Stripper

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Code

Stripper.cxx

#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkStripper.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
  sphereSource->Update();

  std::cout << "Number of cells before stripping: "
            << sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;

  vtkNew<vtkStripper> stripper;
  stripper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  stripper->Update();

  std::cout << "Number of cells after stripping: "
            << stripper->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Stripper)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonCore
  FiltersCore
  FiltersSources
)

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

Download and Build Stripper

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

cd Stripper/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:

./Stripper

WINDOWS USERS

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