Snippets

Description¶

Snippets are chunks of code that can be cut (snipped) and pasted into examples. We want each example to be stand-alone, so we do not keep the snippet code in a library.

Available snippets¶

CameraPosition¶

Output the camera position while moving the image.

CheckVTKVersion¶

Check the VTK version returning true if the requested VTK version is >= the current version.

PointToGlyph¶

Represent points as glyphs.

ReadPolyData¶

Uses the appropriate vtkPolyData reader to read any vtkPolyData file.

SaveSceneToFieldData¶

Stores the current vtkCamera location in a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.

RestoreSceneFromFieldData¶

Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.

SaveSceneToFile¶

Stores the current vtkCamera location in a file.

RestoreSceneFromFile¶

Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a file.

ChooseContrastingColor¶

Given a color, find a contrasting color. If the given color is "light", use the lightColor otherwise use the darkColor

ViewportBorders¶

Draw the borders of a vtkRenderer's viewports.

WriteImage¶

Take a screen shot and save it to a file.