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FindCellIntersections

vtk-examples/Cxx/VisualizationAlgorithms/FindCellIntersections


Description

This example shows how to use cell locator's FindCellsAlongLine method to visualize the cells that are intersected in an unstructured grid. The example uses the data file: src/Testing/Data/Disc_BiQuadraticQuads_0_0.vtu.

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Code

FindCellIntersections.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCellData.h>
#include <vtkCellLocator.h>
#include <vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter.h>
#include <vtkIdList.h>
#include <vtkLineSource.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkShrinkFilter.h>
#include <vtkUnsignedCharArray.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  if (argc < 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0]
              << " filename.vtu e.g. Disc_BiQuadraticQuads_0_0.vtu"
              << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  // Get the filename from the command line.
  std::string inputFilename = argv[1];

  // Read a xml unstructured grid dataset
  vtkNew<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader> reader;
  reader->SetFileName(inputFilename.c_str());
  reader->Update();

  // The line goes through the center of the data and runs along the x axis.
  double center[3];
  reader->GetOutput()->GetCenter(center);
  double bounds[6];
  reader->GetOutput()->GetBounds(bounds);

  double startRay[3];
  startRay[0] = bounds[0] - center[0];
  startRay[1] = center[1];
  startRay[2] = center[2];

  double endRay[3];
  endRay[0] = bounds[1] + center[0];
  endRay[1] = center[1];
  endRay[2] = center[2];
  std::cout << "center: " << center[0] << ", " << center[1] << ", " << center[2]
            << std::endl;
  std::cout << "startRay: " << startRay[0] << ", " << startRay[1] << ", "
            << startRay[2] << std::endl;
  std::cout << "endRay: " << endRay[0] << ", " << endRay[1] << ", " << endRay[2]
            << std::endl;

  // Initialize all of the cell data colors.
  vtkNew<vtkUnsignedCharArray> cellData;
  cellData->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
  cellData->SetNumberOfTuples(reader->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells());
  reader->GetOutput()->GetCellData()->SetScalars(cellData);

  // A lambda to scale the contents of the array x by 255.
  auto scale = [](double* x) {
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
    {
      x[i] = x[i] * 255;
    };
  };

  double rgb[3]{0, 0, 0};
  colors->GetColorRGB("Banana", rgb);
  scale(rgb);
  for (int i = 0; i < cellData->GetNumberOfTuples(); ++i)
  {
    cellData->InsertTuple(i, rgb);
  }

  // Find the cells that intersect the line and color those cells.
  vtkNew<vtkIdList> cellIds;
  vtkNew<vtkCellLocator> locator;
  locator->SetDataSet(reader->GetOutput());
  locator->BuildLocator();
  locator->FindCellsAlongLine(startRay, endRay, 0.001, cellIds);

  colors->GetColorRGB("Tomato", rgb);
  scale(rgb);
  for (vtkIdType i = 0; i < cellIds->GetNumberOfIds(); ++i)
  {
    cellData->InsertTuple(cellIds->GetId(i), rgb);
  }

  // Shrink each cell to make them visible.
  vtkNew<vtkShrinkFilter> shrink;
  shrink->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
  shrink->SetShrinkFactor(0.95);

  // Convert the cells to polydata.
  vtkNew<vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter> surface;
  surface->SetInputConnection(shrink->GetOutputPort());
  surface->SetNonlinearSubdivisionLevel(2);
  surface->Update();

  // Create a line.
  vtkNew<vtkLineSource> lineSource;
  lineSource->SetPoint1(startRay);
  lineSource->SetPoint2(endRay);
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> lineMapper;
  lineMapper->SetInputConnection(lineSource->GetOutputPort());
  vtkNew<vtkActor> lineActor;
  lineActor->SetMapper(lineMapper);

  // Render the results.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(surface->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->ScalarVisibilityOn();
  mapper->SetScalarModeToUseCellData();

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->AddActor(lineActor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Cobalt").GetData());

  // Make an oblique view.
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Azimuth(30);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(30);
  renderer->ResetCamera();

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;

  iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);
  renWin->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renWin->SetSize(640, 480);
  renWin->SetWindowName("FindCellIntersections");

  renWin->Render();

  iren->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(FindCellIntersections)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersGeneral
  FiltersGeometry
  FiltersSources
  IOXML
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

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

Download and Build FindCellIntersections

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

cd FindCellIntersections/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:

./FindCellIntersections

WINDOWS USERS

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