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Vector

vtk-examples/Cxx/Utilities/Vector

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Code

Vector.cxx

#include <vtkVector.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkVector3d v(1.0, 2.0, 3.0);
  std::cout << v.GetX() << " " << v.GetY() << " " << v.GetZ() << std::endl;

  double* vals = v.GetData();

  std::cout << vals[0] << " " << vals[1] << " " << vals[2] << std::endl;

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Vector)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonDataModel
)

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

Download and Build Vector

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

cd Vector/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:

./Vector

WINDOWS USERS

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