RenameArray

Description¶

Renaming the normals array.

Question

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Code¶

RenameArray.py

import vtk


def main():
    # setup sphere
    sphereSource = vtk.vtkSphereSource()
    sphereSource.Update()

    polydata = vtk.vtkPolyData()
    polydata.ShallowCopy(sphereSource.GetOutput())

    normals = polydata.GetPointData().GetNormals()
    normals.SetName('TestN')

    writer = vtk.vtkXMLPolyDataWriter()
    writer.SetFileName('Test.vtp')
    writer.SetInputData(polydata)
    writer.Write()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()