WalkCowB
vtk-examples/Cxx/Rendering/WalkCowB
Description¶
This generates Fig. 3-33b: The cow rotating about a vector passing through her nose.(b) With origin at (6.1,1.3,.02).
Info
See Figure 3-33b in Chapter 3 the VTK Textbook.
Other languages
See (Python)
Question
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Code¶
WalkCowB.cxx
// These includes are necessary for WhatModulesVTK.py
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkAxes.h>
#include <vtkBYUReader.h>
#include <vtkCallbackCommand.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkPNGWriter.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkTransform.h>
#include <vtkVersionMacros.h>
#include <vtkWindowToImageFilter.h>
#include "WalkCow.cxx"
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)
project(WalkCowB)
find_package(VTK COMPONENTS
vtkCommonColor
vtkCommonCore
vtkCommonTransforms
vtkFiltersGeneral
vtkIOGeometry
vtkIOImage
vtkInteractionStyle
vtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
vtkRenderingCore
vtkRenderingFreeType
vtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
vtkRenderingOpenGL2
QUIET
)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
message("Skipping WalkCowB: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}")
return ()
endif()
message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}")
if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0")
# old system
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(WalkCowB MACOSX_BUNDLE WalkCowB.cxx )
target_link_libraries(WalkCowB PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
# include all components
add_executable(WalkCowB MACOSX_BUNDLE WalkCowB.cxx )
target_link_libraries(WalkCowB PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
TARGETS WalkCowB
MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
endif ()
Download and Build WalkCowB¶
Click here to download WalkCowB and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball WalkCowB.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd WalkCowB/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:
./WalkCowB
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.