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WriteVTP

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Description

In this example, we add 10 points to a polygonal data (polydata) object and write the result to a VTP file.

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Code

WriteVTP.java

import vtk.vtkNativeLibrary;
import vtk.vtkPoints;
import vtk.vtkPolyData;
import vtk.vtkXMLPolyDataWriter;

public class WriteVTP {

  // Loading Native Libraries.
  // Now it works in eclipse without any issues.
  static {
    if (!vtkNativeLibrary.LoadAllNativeLibraries()) {
      for (vtkNativeLibrary lib : vtkNativeLibrary.values()) {
        if (!lib.IsLoaded()) {
          System.out.println(lib.GetLibraryName() + " not loaded");
        }
      }
    }
    vtkNativeLibrary.DisableOutputWindow(null);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //parse command line arguments
    if (args.length != 1) {
      System.err.println("Usage: java -classpath ... WriteVTP Filename(.vtp) e.g WriteVTP.vtp");
      return;
    }

    String filename = args[0];

    //Create 10 points.
    vtkPoints points = new vtkPoints();

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
      points.InsertNextPoint(i, i, i);
    }

    //Create a polydata object and add the points to it.
    vtkPolyData polydata = new vtkPolyData();
    polydata.SetPoints(points);

    //Write the file
    vtkXMLPolyDataWriter writer = new vtkXMLPolyDataWriter();
    writer.SetFileName(filename);
    writer.SetInputData(polydata);

    //Optional - set the mode. The default is binary.
    //writer.SetDataModeToBinary();
    //writer.SetDataModeToAscii();

    writer.Write();
  }
}