ReadPDB
vtk-examples/CSharp/IO/ReadPDB
Description¶
This example reads Protein Data Bank files. The example expects a file in .pdb format.
This is a suitable sample file: src/Testing/Data/lys.pdb
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A tutorial on how to setup a Windows Forms Application utilizing ActiViz.NET can be found here: Setup a Windows Forms Application to use ActiViz.NET
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Code¶
ReadPDB.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using Kitware.VTK;
namespace ActiViz.Examples {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void renderWindowControl1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
try {
ReadPDB();
}
catch(Exception ex) {
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Exception", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
}
}
private void ReadPDB() {
// Path to vtk data must be set as an environment variable
// VTK_DATA_ROOT = "C:\VTK\vtkdata-5.8.0"
vtkTesting test = vtkTesting.New();
string root = test.GetDataRoot();
string filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(root, @"Data\caffeine.pdb");
vtkPDBReader pdb = vtkPDBReader.New();
pdb.SetFileName(filePath);
pdb.SetHBScale(1.0);
pdb.SetBScale(1.0);
pdb.Update();
Debug.WriteLine("# of atoms is: " + pdb.GetNumberOfAtoms());
// if molecule contains a lot of atoms, reduce the resolution of the sphere (represents an atom) for faster rendering
int resolution = (int)Math.Floor(Math.Sqrt(300000.0 / pdb.GetNumberOfAtoms())); // 300000.0 is an empriric value
if(resolution > 20)
resolution = 20;
else if(resolution < 4)
resolution = 4;
Debug.WriteLine("Resolution is: " + resolution);
vtkSphereSource sphere = vtkSphereSource.New();
sphere.SetCenter(0, 0, 0);
sphere.SetRadius(1);
sphere.SetThetaResolution(resolution);
sphere.SetPhiResolution(resolution);
vtkGlyph3D glyph = vtkGlyph3D.New();
glyph.SetInputConnection(pdb.GetOutputPort());
glyph.SetOrient(1);
glyph.SetColorMode(1);
// glyph.ScalingOn();
glyph.SetScaleMode(2);
glyph.SetScaleFactor(.25);
glyph.SetSourceConnection(sphere.GetOutputPort());
vtkPolyDataMapper atomMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper.New();
atomMapper.SetInputConnection(glyph.GetOutputPort());
atomMapper.UseLookupTableScalarRangeOff();
atomMapper.ScalarVisibilityOn();
atomMapper.SetScalarModeToDefault();
vtkLODActor atom = vtkLODActor.New();
atom.SetMapper(atomMapper);
atom.GetProperty().SetRepresentationToSurface();
atom.GetProperty().SetInterpolationToGouraud();
atom.GetProperty().SetAmbient(0.15);
atom.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(0.85);
atom.GetProperty().SetSpecular(0.1);
atom.GetProperty().SetSpecularPower(30);
atom.GetProperty().SetSpecularColor(1, 1, 1);
atom.SetNumberOfCloudPoints(30000);
vtkTubeFilter tube = vtkTubeFilter.New();
tube.SetInputConnection(pdb.GetOutputPort());
tube.SetNumberOfSides(resolution);
tube.CappingOff();
tube.SetRadius(0.2);
// turn off variation of tube radius with scalar values
tube.SetVaryRadius(0);
tube.SetRadiusFactor(10);
vtkPolyDataMapper bondMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper.New();
bondMapper.SetInputConnection(tube.GetOutputPort());
bondMapper.UseLookupTableScalarRangeOff();
bondMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff();
bondMapper.SetScalarModeToDefault();
vtkLODActor bond = vtkLODActor.New();
bond.SetMapper(bondMapper);
bond.GetProperty().SetRepresentationToSurface();
bond.GetProperty().SetInterpolationToGouraud();
bond.GetProperty().SetAmbient(0.15);
bond.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(0.85);
bond.GetProperty().SetSpecular(0.1);
bond.GetProperty().SetSpecularPower(30);
bond.GetProperty().SetSpecularColor(1, 1, 1);
bond.GetProperty().SetDiffuseColor(1.0000, 0.8941, 0.70981);
// get a reference to the renderwindow of our renderWindowControl1
vtkRenderWindow renderWindow = renderWindowControl1.RenderWindow;
// renderer
vtkRenderer renderer = renderWindow.GetRenderers().GetFirstRenderer();
// set background color
renderer.SetBackground(0.2, 0.3, 0.4);
// add our actor to the renderer
renderer.AddActor(atom);
renderer.AddActor(bond);
}
}
}