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CylinderExample

vtk-examples/Java/GeometricObjects/CylinderExample

Description

This example creates a minimal visualization program, demonstrating VTK's basic rendering and pipeline creation.

Note

This original C++ source code for this example is here.

Other languages

See (Cxx), (Python), (PythonicAPI)

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Code

CylinderExample.java

import vtk.vtkActor;
import vtk.vtkCylinderSource;
import vtk.vtkNamedColors;
import vtk.vtkNativeLibrary;
import vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper;
import vtk.vtkRenderer;
import vtk.vtkRenderWindow;
import vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor;

// Then we define our class.
public class CylinderExample {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  // -----------------------------------------------------------------
  // Load VTK library and print which library was not properly loaded
  static {
    if (!vtkNativeLibrary.LoadAllNativeLibraries()) {
      for (vtkNativeLibrary lib : vtkNativeLibrary.values()) {
        if (!lib.IsLoaded()) {
          System.out.println(lib.GetLibraryName() + " not loaded");
        }
      }
    }
    vtkNativeLibrary.DisableOutputWindow(null);
  }
  // -----------------------------------------------------------------

  // now the main program
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    vtkNamedColors colors = new vtkNamedColors();

    // Here is how you create your own named color.
    double bkgColor[];
    bkgColor = new double[]{0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 1.0};
    // This corresponds to the unsigned char array
    // {26, 51, 102, 255} seen in C++ code for setting
    // colors not in vtkNamedColors.
    colors.SetColor("BkgColor", bkgColor);

    // Now we use our own named color.
    double bkg[] = new double[4];
    colors.GetColor("BkgColor", bkg);

    //For Actor Color
    double actorColor[] = new double[4];
    colors.GetColor("Tomato", actorColor);
    //Renderer Background Color

    // This creates a polygonal cylinder model with eight circumferential facets
    // (i.e, in practice an octagonal prism).
    vtkCylinderSource cylinder = new vtkCylinderSource();
    cylinder.SetResolution(8);

    // The actor is a grouping mechanism: besides the geometry (mapper), it
    // also has a property, transformation matrix, and/or texture map.
    // Here we set its color and rotate it around the X and Y axes.
    vtkPolyDataMapper cylinderMapper = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
    cylinderMapper.SetInputConnection(cylinder.GetOutputPort());

    vtkActor cylinderActor = new vtkActor();
    cylinderActor.SetMapper(cylinderMapper);
    cylinderActor.GetProperty().SetColor(actorColor);
    cylinderActor.RotateX(30.0);
    cylinderActor.RotateY(-45.0);

    // The renderer generates the image
    // which is then displayed on the render window.
    // It can be thought of as a scene to which the actor is added
    vtkRenderer ren = new vtkRenderer();
    ren.AddActor(cylinderActor);
    ren.ResetCamera();
    ren.GetActiveCamera().Zoom(1.5);
    ren.SetBackground(bkg);

    // The render window is the actual GUI window
    // that appears on the computer screen
    vtkRenderWindow renWin = new vtkRenderWindow();
    renWin.AddRenderer(ren);
    renWin.SetSize(300, 300);
    renWin.SetWindowName("Cylinder");


    // The render window interactor captures mouse events
    // and will perform appropriate camera or actor manipulation
    // depending on the nature of the events.
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor iren = new vtkRenderWindowInteractor();
    iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin);

    renWin.Render();

    iren.Initialize();
    // This starts the event loop and as a side effect causes an initial render.
    iren.Start();
  }
}