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SCurveSpline

vtk-examples/Cxx/InfoVis/SCurveSpline


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Code

SCurveSpline.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkParametricFunctionSource.h>
#include <vtkParametricSpline.h>
#include <vtkPointSource.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSCurveSpline.h>

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

  vtkNew<vtkPointSource> pointSource;
  pointSource->SetNumberOfPoints(5);
  pointSource->Update();

  vtkPoints* points = pointSource->GetOutput()->GetPoints();

  vtkNew<vtkSCurveSpline> xSpline;
  vtkNew<vtkSCurveSpline> ySpline;
  vtkNew<vtkSCurveSpline> zSpline;

  vtkNew<vtkParametricSpline> spline;
  spline->SetXSpline(xSpline);
  spline->SetYSpline(ySpline);
  spline->SetZSpline(zSpline);
  spline->SetPoints(points);

  vtkNew<vtkParametricFunctionSource> functionSource;
  functionSource->SetParametricFunction(spline);
  functionSource->Update();

  // Setup actor and mapper
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(functionSource->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Tomato").GetData());

  // Setup render window, renderer, and interactor
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("SCurveSpline");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("DarkSlateGray").GetData());

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(SCurveSpline)

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

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

Download and Build SCurveSpline

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

cd SCurveSpline/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:

./SCurveSpline

WINDOWS USERS

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