Snippets

Description¶

Snippets are chunks of code that can be cut (snipped) and pasted into examples. We want each example to be stand-alone, so we do not keep the snippet code in a library.

Available snippets¶

CameraPosition¶

Output the camera position while moving the image.

PointToGlyph¶

Represent points as glyphs.

ReadPolyData¶

Uses the appropriate vtkPolyData reader to read any vtkPolyData file.

SaveSceneToFieldData¶

Stores the current vtkCamera location in a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.

RestoreSceneFromFieldData¶

Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.

SaveSceneToFile¶

Stores the current vtkCamera location in a file.

RestoreSceneFromFile¶

Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a file.

ChooseContrastingColor¶

Given a color, find a contrasting color. If the given color is "light", use the lightColor otherwise use the darkColor

ViewportBorders¶

Draw the borders of a vtkRenderer's viewports.

WriteImage¶

Take a screen shot and save it to a file.