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PolyDataIsoLines

vtk-examples/Cxx/PolyData/PolyDataIsoLines


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Code

PolyDataIsoLines.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>

// #include <algorithm>
// #include <iostream>
// #include <string>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // Parse command line arguments.
  if (argc != 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Required arguments: Filename e.g. cowHead.vtp" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader;
  reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
  reader->Update();

  // float range[2];
  double range[2];
  reader->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars()->GetRange(range);
  // std::cout << "Range: " << range[0] << " , " << range[1] << std::endl;

  vtkNew<vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter> bf;
  bf->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  int numContours = 30;
  bf->GenerateValues(numContours, range);
  bf->GenerateContourEdgesOn();
  bf->Update();

  // Color the contours.
  bf->GetOutput(1)->GetPointData()->SetScalars(
      bf->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars());

  // Make sure the mapper uses the new colors.
  bf->GetOutput(0)->GetPointData()->SetActiveScalars("Scalars");

  {
    vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer;
    writer->SetInputConnection(bf->GetOutputPort());
    writer->SetFileName("output.vtp");
    writer->Update();
  }

  {
    vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer;
    writer->SetInputConnection(bf->GetOutputPort(1));
    writer->SetFileName("ContourEdges.vtp");
    writer->Update();
  }

  /*
  // See which isocontours are being generated
  auto values = bf->GetValues();
  auto numOfContours = bf->GetNumberOfContours();
  vtkIdType someContours = std::min(numContours, 10);
  for (vtkIdType i = 0; i < someContours; i++)
  {
    cout << values[i] << " ";
  }
  cout << endl;
  */

  // Color actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> colorMapper;
  colorMapper->SetInputConnection(bf->GetOutputPort(0));
  colorMapper->SetScalarRange(range);

  vtkNew<vtkActor> colorActor;
  colorActor->SetMapper(colorMapper);

  // Edge actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> edgeMapper;
  edgeMapper->SetInputConnection(bf->GetOutputPort(1));
  edgeMapper->SetScalarRange(range);

  vtkNew<vtkActor> edgeActor;
  edgeActor->SetMapper(edgeMapper);
  edgeActor->GetProperty()->SetLineWidth(5);

  // Create the RenderWindow, Renderer and both Actors.

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("PolyDataIsoLines");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor;
  interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Add the actors to the renderer.
  renderer->AddActor(colorActor);
  renderer->AddActor(edgeActor);

  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Silver").GetData());
  renderWindow->Render();

  interactor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(PolyDataIsoLines)

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

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

Download and Build PolyDataIsoLines

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

cd PolyDataIsoLines/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:

./PolyDataIsoLines

WINDOWS USERS

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