ImplicitSphere
Repository source: ImplicitSphere
Description¶
This example creates an isosurface of sampled sphere.
Info
See Figure 6-23b in Chapter 6 the VTK Textbook.
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Code¶
ImplicitSphere.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonColor import vtkNamedColors
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel import vtkSphere
from vtkmodules.vtkFiltersCore import vtkContourFilter
from vtkmodules.vtkImagingHybrid import vtkSampleFunction
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
vtkActor,
vtkPolyDataMapper,
vtkRenderWindow,
vtkRenderWindowInteractor,
vtkRenderer
)
def main():
colors = vtkNamedColors()
# Set the background color.
colors.SetColor('BkgColor', [51, 77, 102, 255])
sphere = vtkSphere()
# get the model bounds.
mb = list()
for i in range(0, 6, 2):
mb.append([-2.0, 2.0])
# Flatten the list.
model_bounds = [x for mbb in mb for x in mbb]
# Sample the function
sample = vtkSampleFunction(implicit_function=sphere, sample_dimensions=(50, 50, 50), model_bounds=model_bounds)
# Create the 0 isosurface.
contours = vtkContourFilter()
contours.GenerateValues(1, 1, 1)
# Map the contours to graphical primitives.
contour_mapper = vtkPolyDataMapper(scalar_visibility=False)
sample >> contours >> contour_mapper
# Create an actor for the contours.
contour_actor = vtkActor(mapper=contour_mapper)
contour_actor.property.color = colors.GetColor3d('White')
# Visualize
renderer = vtkRenderer(background=colors.GetColor3d('BkgColor'))
render_window = vtkRenderWindow(window_name='ImplicitSphere')
render_window.AddRenderer(renderer)
renderer.AddActor(contour_actor)
interactor = vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
interactor.render_window = render_window
render_window.Render()
interactor.Start()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()