VectorText
vtk-examples/Python/Visualization/VectorText
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VectorText.py
import vtk
def main():
colors = vtk.vtkNamedColors()
textSource = vtk.vtkVectorText()
textSource.SetText('Hello')
textSource.Update()
# Create a mapper and actor
mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
mapper.SetInputConnection(textSource.GetOutputPort())
actor = vtk.vtkActor()
actor.SetMapper(mapper)
actor.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d('DarkSlateGray'))
# Create a renderer, render window, and interactor
renderer = vtk.vtkRenderer()
renderWindow = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
renderWindow.AddRenderer(renderer)
renderWindow.SetWindowName('VectorText')
renderWindowInteractor = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
renderWindowInteractor.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow)
# Add the actor to the scene
renderer.AddActor(actor)
renderer.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d('Bisque'))
# Render and interact
renderWindow.Render()
renderWindowInteractor.Start()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()