ColorGlyphs

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkGlyph3D.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkUnsignedCharArray.h>

// For compatibility with new VTK generic data arrays.
#ifdef vtkGenericDataArray_h
#define InsertNextTupleValue InsertNextTypedTuple
#endif

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> nc;

  // Create points
  vtkNew<vtkPoints> points;
  points->InsertNextPoint(0, 0, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(5, 0, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(10, 0, 0);

  // Setup scales. This can also be an Int array
  // char is used since it takes the least memory
  vtkNew<vtkUnsignedCharArray> colors;
  colors->SetName("colors");
  colors->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
  unsigned char r[3] = {255, 0, 0};
  unsigned char g[3] = {0, 255, 0};
  unsigned char b[3] = {0, 0, 255};
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(r);
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(g);
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(b);

  // Combine into a polydata
  vtkNew<vtkPolyData> polydata;
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
  polydata->GetPointData()->SetScalars(colors);

  // Create anything you want here, we will use a cube for the demo.
  vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> cubeSource;

  vtkNew<vtkGlyph3D> glyph3D;
  glyph3D->SetColorModeToColorByScalar();
  glyph3D->SetSourceConnection(cubeSource->GetOutputPort());
  glyph3D->SetInputData(polydata);
  glyph3D->ScalingOff();
  glyph3D->Update();

  // Create a mapper and actor
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(glyph3D->GetOutputPort());
  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  // Visualize
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ColorGlyphs");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(nc->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

  renderWindow->Render();

  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(20);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Azimuth(10);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Zoom(0.9);

  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ColorGlyphs)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersCore
  FiltersSources
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

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

cd ColorGlyphs/build

cmake ..

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

make

./ColorGlyphs