HanoiIntermediate

vtk-examples/Cxx/Visualization/HanoiIntermediate

Description¶

Towers of Hanoi, intermediate configuration,

Info

See Figure 12-20b in Chapter 12 the VTK Textbook.

Other languages

See (Python)

Question

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Code¶

HanoiIntermediate.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCallbackCommand.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCylinderSource.h>
#include <vtkMath.h>
#include <vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkPNGWriter.h>
#include <vtkPlaneSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRendererCollection.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkWindowToImageFilter.h>

// Start this program with the parameter: -c 2
#include "Hanoi.cxx"

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(HanoiIntermediate)

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

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

Download and Build HanoiIntermediate¶

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

cd HanoiIntermediate/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:

./HanoiIntermediate

WINDOWS USERS

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