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AnimateActors

vtk-examples/Cxx/Animation/AnimateActors

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AnimateActors.cxx

#include "AnimateActors.h"

#include <vtkAnimationCue.h>
#include <vtkAnimationScene.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCommand.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkLogger.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  vtkLogger::Init(argc, argv);

  // Colors
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
  vtkColor3d coneColor = colors->GetColor3d("Tomato");
  vtkColor3d sphereColor = colors->GetColor3d("Banana");
  vtkColor3d backgroundColor = colors->GetColor3d("Peacock");

  // Create the graphics structure. The renderer renders into the
  // render window.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> ren1;
  ren1->SetBackground(backgroundColor.GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);
  renWin->AddRenderer(ren1);

  // Generate a sphere
  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
  sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(31);
  sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(31);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> sphereMapper;
  sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  vtkNew<vtkActor> sphere;
  sphere->SetMapper(sphereMapper);
  sphere->GetProperty()->SetDiffuseColor(sphereColor.GetData());
  sphere->GetProperty()->SetDiffuse(.7);
  sphere->GetProperty()->SetSpecular(.3);
  sphere->GetProperty()->SetSpecularPower(30.0);

  ren1->AddActor(sphere);

  // Generate a cone
  vtkNew<vtkConeSource> coneSource;
  coneSource->SetResolution(31);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> coneMapper;
  coneMapper->SetInputConnection(coneSource->GetOutputPort());
  // auto cone = vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  vtkNew<vtkActor> cone;
  cone->SetMapper(coneMapper);
  cone->GetProperty()->SetDiffuseColor(coneColor.GetData());

  ren1->AddActor(cone);

  // Create an Animation Scene
  vtkNew<vtkAnimationScene> scene;
  if (argc >= 2 && strcmp(argv[1], "-real") == 0)
  {
    vtkLogF(INFO, "real-time mode");
    scene->SetModeToRealTime();
  }
  else
  {
    vtkLogF(INFO, "sequence mode");
    scene->SetModeToSequence();
  }
  scene->SetLoop(0);
  scene->SetFrameRate(5);
  scene->SetStartTime(0);
  scene->SetEndTime(20);
  scene->AddObserver(vtkCommand::AnimationCueTickEvent, renWin.GetPointer(),
                     &vtkWindow::Render);

  // Create an Animation Cue for each actor
  vtkNew<vtkAnimationCue> cue1;
  cue1->SetStartTime(5);
  cue1->SetEndTime(23);
  scene->AddCue(cue1);

  vtkNew<vtkAnimationCue> cue2;
  cue2->SetStartTime(1);
  cue2->SetEndTime(10);
  scene->AddCue(cue2);

  // Create an ActorAnimator for each actor;
  ActorAnimator animateSphere;
  animateSphere.SetActor(sphere);
  animateSphere.AddObserversToCue(cue1);

  ActorAnimator animateCone;
  animateCone.SetEndPosition(vtkVector3d(-1, -1, -1));
  animateCone.SetActor(cone);
  animateCone.AddObserversToCue(cue2);

  renWin->SetWindowName("AnimateActors");

  renWin->Render();
  ren1->ResetCamera();
  ren1->GetActiveCamera()->Dolly(.5);
  ren1->ResetCameraClippingRange();

  // Create Cue observer.
  scene->Play();
  scene->Stop();

  iren->Start();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

AnimateActors.h

#ifndef __AnimateActors_h
#define __AnimateActors_h

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkAnimationCue.h>
#include <vtkCommand.h>
#include <vtkVectorOperators.h>

class ActorAnimator
{
public:
  ActorAnimator(vtkActor* Actor, const vtkVector3d& StartPosition,
                const vtkVector3d& EndPosition)
    : Actor(Actor), StartPosition(StartPosition), EndPosition(EndPosition)
  {
  }

  ActorAnimator()
    : Actor(nullptr), StartPosition(0, 0, 0), EndPosition(0.5, 0.5, 0.5)
  {
  }

  ~ActorAnimator() = default;

  void SetActor(vtkActor* actor)
  {
    this->Actor = actor;
  }

  void SetStartPosition(const vtkVector3d& position)
  {
    this->StartPosition = position;
  }
  void SetEndPosition(const vtkVector3d& position)
  {
    this->EndPosition = position;
  }

  void AddObserversToCue(vtkAnimationCue* cue)
  {
    cue->AddObserver(vtkCommand::StartAnimationCueEvent, this,
                     &ActorAnimator::Start);
    cue->AddObserver(vtkCommand::EndAnimationCueEvent, this,
                     &ActorAnimator::End);
    cue->AddObserver(vtkCommand::AnimationCueTickEvent, this,
                     &ActorAnimator::Tick);
  }

private:
  //@{
  /**
   * These are callbacks that called when corresponding events are fired by the
   * cue (see AddObserversToCue)
   */
  void Start()
  {
    this->Actor->SetPosition(this->StartPosition.GetData());
  }

  void Tick(vtkObject* vtkNotUsed(caller), unsigned long vtkNotUsed(event),
            void* calldata)
  {
    vtkAnimationCue::AnimationCueInfo* info =
        reinterpret_cast<vtkAnimationCue::AnimationCueInfo*>(calldata);
    const double t = (info->AnimationTime - info->StartTime) /
        (info->EndTime - info->StartTime);
    vtkVector3d position =
        this->StartPosition + (this->EndPosition - this->StartPosition) * t;
    this->Actor->SetPosition(position.GetData());
  }

  void End()
  {
    this->Actor->SetPosition(this->EndPosition.GetData());
  }
  //@}

  vtkActor* Actor;
  vtkVector3d StartPosition;
  vtkVector3d EndPosition;
};

#endif // __AnimateActors_h

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(AnimateActors)

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

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

Download and Build AnimateActors

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

cd AnimateActors/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:

./AnimateActors

WINDOWS USERS

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