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WarpScalar

vtk-examples/Cxx/PolyData/WarpScalar


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Code

WarpScalar.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkWarpScalar.h>

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

  // Create a sphere.
  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
  sphereSource->Update();

  // Create Scalars.
  vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> scalars;
  int numberOfPoints = sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfPoints();
  scalars->SetNumberOfTuples(numberOfPoints);

  vtkNew<vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence> randomSequence;
  randomSequence->SetSeed(8775070);
  for (vtkIdType i = 0; i < numberOfPoints; ++i)
  {
    scalars->SetTuple1(i, randomSequence->GetRangeValue(0.0, 1.0 / 7.0));
    randomSequence->Next();
  }

  sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->SetScalars(scalars);

  vtkNew<vtkWarpScalar> warpScalar;
  warpScalar->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  warpScalar->SetScaleFactor(1); // Use the scalars themselves.

  // Required for SetNormal to have an effect.
  warpScalar->UseNormalOn();
  warpScalar->SetNormal(0, 0, 1);

  warpScalar->Update();

  // Create a mapper and actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(warpScalar->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  // Visualize
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("WarpScalar");

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

  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Cornsilk").GetData());

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

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(WarpScalar)

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

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

Download and Build WarpScalar

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

cd WarpScalar/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:

./WarpScalar

WINDOWS USERS

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