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EmbedInPyQt2

vtk-examples/Python/Widgets/EmbedInPyQt2

Description

Another example on how to embed VTK in PyQT, with a QVTKRenderWindowInteractor

Question

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Code

EmbedInPyQt2.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Contributed by Eric E Monson

import sys

# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from PyQt4.QtGui import QApplication
from qt4.QVTKRenderWindowInteractor import QVTKRenderWindowInteractor
from vtkmodules.vtkFiltersSources import vtkSphereSource
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
    vtkActor,
    vtkPolyDataMapper,
    vtkRenderer
)


class Ui_MainWindow(object):
    def setupUi(self, MainWindow):
        MainWindow.setObjectName("MainWindow")
        MainWindow.resize(603, 553)
        self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget(MainWindow)
        self.gridlayout = QtGui.QGridLayout(self.centralWidget)
        self.vtkWidget = QVTKRenderWindowInteractor(self.centralWidget)
        self.gridlayout.addWidget(self.vtkWidget, 0, 0, 1, 1)
        MainWindow.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)


class SimpleView(QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
        self.ui = Ui_MainWindow()
        self.ui.setupUi(self)
        self.ren = vtkRenderer()
        self.ui.vtkWidget.GetRenderWindow().AddRenderer(self.ren)
        self.iren = self.ui.vtkWidget.GetRenderWindow().GetInteractor()

        # Create source
        source = vtkSphereSource()
        source.SetCenter(0, 0, 0)
        source.SetRadius(5.0)

        # Create a mapper
        mapper = vtkPolyDataMapper()
        mapper.SetInputConnection(source.GetOutputPort())

        # Create an actor
        actor = vtkActor()
        actor.SetMapper(mapper)

        self.ren.AddActor(actor)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = SimpleView()
    window.show()
    window.iren.Initialize()  # Need this line to actually show the render inside Qt
    sys.exit(app.exec_())