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Lorenz

vtk-examples/Cxx/Visualization/Lorenz


Description

This example visualizes a Lorenz strange attractor by integrating the Lorenz equations in a volume. The number of visits in each voxel is recorded as a scalar function. The surface is extracted via vtkMarchingCubes using a visit value of 50. The number of integration steps is 10 million, in a volume of dimensions 200^3. The surface roughness is caused by the discrete nature of the evaluation function.

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Code

Lorenz.cxx

//
/*
 * Create an iso-surface of the Lorenz attractor.
 *
 * Here we visualize a Lorenz strange attractor by integrating the Lorenz
 * equations in a volume. The number of visits in each voxel is recorded as a
 * scalar function. The surface is extracted via marching cubes using a visit
 * value of 50. The number of integration steps is 10 million, in a volume of
 * dimensions 200 x 200 * x 200. The surface roughness is caused by the discrete
 * nature of the evaluation function.
 */

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkContourFilter.h>
#include <vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkShortArray.h>
#include <vtkStructuredPoints.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  double Pr = 10.0; // The Lorenz parameters.
  double b = 2.667;
  double r = 28.0;
  double x, y, z;       // starting (and current) x, y, z
  double h = 0.01;      // integration step size
  int resolution = 200; // slice resolution
  int iter = 10000000;  // number of iterations
  double xmin = -30.0;  // x, y, z range for voxels
  double xmax = 30.0;
  double ymin = -30.0;
  double ymax = 30.0;
  double zmin = -10.0;
  double zmax = 60.0;

  void options(int, char**);

  // Take a stab at an integration step size.
  auto xIncr = resolution / (xmax - xmin);
  auto yIncr = resolution / (ymax - ymin);
  auto zIncr = resolution / (zmax - zmin);

  printf("The Lorenz Attractor\n");
  printf("  Pr = %f\n", Pr);
  printf("  b = %f\n", b);
  printf("  r = %f\n", r);
  printf("  integration step size = %f\n", h);
  printf("  slice resolution = %d\n", resolution);
  printf("  # of iterations = %d\n", iter);
  printf("  specified range:\n");
  printf("      x: %f, %f\n", xmin, xmax);
  printf("      y: %f, %f\n", ymin, ymax);
  printf("      z: %f, %f\n", zmin, zmax);

  vtkNew<vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence> randomSequence;
  randomSequence->SetSeed(8775070);
  x = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(xmin, xmax);
  randomSequence->Next();
  y = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(ymin, ymax);
  randomSequence->Next();
  z = randomSequence->GetRangeValue(zmin, zmax);
  randomSequence->Next();
  printf("  starting at %f, %f, %f\n", x, y, z);

  // Allocate memory for the slices.
  auto sliceSize = resolution * resolution;
  auto numPts = sliceSize * resolution;
  vtkNew<vtkShortArray> scalars;
  auto s = scalars->WritePointer(0, numPts);
  for (auto i = 0; i < numPts; i++)
  {
    s[i] = 0;
  }
  for (auto j = 0; j < iter; j++)
  {
    // Integrate to next time step.
    auto xx = x + h * Pr * (y - x);
    auto yy = y + h * (x * (r - z) - y);
    auto zz = z + h * (x * y - (b * z));

    x = xx;
    y = yy;
    z = zz;

    // Calculate voxel index.
    if (x < xmax && x > xmin && y < ymax && y > ymin && z < zmax && z > zmin)
    {
      auto xxx = static_cast<short>(static_cast<double>(xx - xmin) * xIncr);
      auto yyy = static_cast<short>(static_cast<double>(yy - ymin) * yIncr);
      auto zzz = static_cast<short>(static_cast<double>(zz - zmin) * zIncr);
      auto index = xxx + yyy * resolution + zzz * sliceSize;
      s[index] += 1;
    }
  }

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkStructuredPoints> volume;
  volume->GetPointData()->SetScalars(scalars);
  volume->SetDimensions(resolution, resolution, resolution);
  volume->SetOrigin(xmin, ymin, zmin);
  volume->SetSpacing((xmax - xmin) / resolution, (ymax - ymin) / resolution,
                     (zmax - zmin) / resolution);

  printf("  contouring...\n");
  // Do the graphics dance.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
  renWin->AddRenderer(renderer);

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);

  // Create iso-surface.
  vtkNew<vtkContourFilter> contour;
  contour->SetInputData(volume);
  contour->SetValue(0, 50);

  // Create mapper.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(contour->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();

  // Create actor.
  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("DodgerBlue").GetData());

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

  renWin->SetSize(640, 480);
  renWin->SetWindowName("Lorenz");

  // Interact with the data.
  renWin->Render();

  auto camera = renderer->GetActiveCamera();
  camera->SetPosition(-67.645167, -25.714343, 63.483516);
  camera->SetFocalPoint(3.224902, -4.398594, 29.552112);
  camera->SetViewUp(-0.232264, 0.965078, 0.121151);
  camera->SetDistance(81.414176);
  camera->SetClippingRange(18.428905, 160.896031);

  iren->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Lorenz)

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

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

Download and Build Lorenz

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

cd Lorenz/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:

./Lorenz

WINDOWS USERS

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