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ParametricSpline

vtk-examples/Cxx/PolyData/ParametricSpline


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Code

ParametricSpline.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkGlyph3DMapper.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkParametricFunctionSource.h>
#include <vtkParametricSpline.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

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

  // Create three points. We will join (Origin and P0) with a red line and
  // (Origin and P1) with a green line.
  double origin[3] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double p0[3] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double p1[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
  double p2[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 2.0};
  double p3[3] = {1.0, 2.0, 3.0};

  // Create a vtkPoints object and store the points in it.
  vtkNew<vtkPoints> points;
  points->InsertNextPoint(origin);
  points->InsertNextPoint(p0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(p1);
  points->InsertNextPoint(p2);
  points->InsertNextPoint(p3);

  vtkNew<vtkParametricSpline> spline;
  spline->SetPoints(points);

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

  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphere;
  sphere->SetPhiResolution(21);
  sphere->SetThetaResolution(21);
  sphere->SetRadius(0.1);

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

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("DarkSlateGrey").GetData());
  actor->GetProperty()->SetLineWidth(3.0);

  // Create a polydata to store everything in.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyData> polyData;
  polyData->SetPoints(points);

  vtkNew<vtkGlyph3DMapper> pointMapper;
  pointMapper->SetInputData(polyData);
  pointMapper->SetSourceConnection(sphere->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> pointActor;
  pointActor->SetMapper(pointMapper);
  pointActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Peacock").GetData());

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

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

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

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ParametricSpline)

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

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

Download and Build ParametricSpline

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

cd ParametricSpline/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:

./ParametricSpline

WINDOWS USERS

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