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ParallelCoordinates

vtk-examples/Cxx/Plotting/ParallelCoordinates


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Code

ParallelCoordinates.cxx

#include <vtkChartParallelCoordinates.h>
#include <vtkContextView.h>
#include <vtkFloatArray.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPlot.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkTable.h>

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

  // Set up a 2D scene, add an XY chart to it.
  vtkNew<vtkContextView> view;
  view->GetRenderer()->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());
  view->GetRenderWindow()->SetSize(800, 600);
  view->GetRenderWindow()->SetWindowName("ParallelCoordinates");

  vtkNew<vtkChartParallelCoordinates> chart;
  view->GetScene()->AddItem(chart);

  // Create a table with some points in it...
  vtkNew<vtkTable> table;
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arrX;
  arrX->SetName("Field 1");
  table->AddColumn(arrX);
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arrC;
  arrC->SetName("Field 2");
  table->AddColumn(arrC);
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arrS;
  arrS->SetName("Field 3");
  table->AddColumn(arrS);
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arrS2;
  arrS2->SetName("Field 4");
  table->AddColumn(arrS2);
  // Test charting with a few more points...

  table->SetNumberOfRows(10);
  for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
  {
    table->SetValue(i, 0, 0 * i);
    table->SetValue(i, 1, 1 * i);
    table->SetValue(i, 2, 2 * i);
    table->SetValue(i, 3, 3 * i);
  }

  chart->GetPlot(0)->SetInputData(table);

  view->GetRenderWindow()->SetMultiSamples(0);

  view->GetRenderWindow()->Render();
  view->GetInteractor()->Initialize();
  view->GetInteractor()->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ParallelCoordinates)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  ChartsCore
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
  ViewsContext2D
)

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

Download and Build ParallelCoordinates

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

cd ParallelCoordinates/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:

./ParallelCoordinates

WINDOWS USERS

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