AlignFrames
vtk-examples/CSharp/PolyData/AlignFrames
Description¶
This function takes two frames and finds the matrix M between them.
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Code¶
AlignFrames.cs
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Kitware.VTK;
namespace ActiViz.Examples {
class Program {
struct Frame {
private float[] origin;
private float[] xDirection;
private float[] yDirection;
private float[] zDirection;
internal float[] Origin {
get { return origin; }
}
internal float[] XDirection {
get { return xDirection; }
}
internal float[] YDirection {
get { return yDirection; }
}
internal float[] ZDirection {
get { return zDirection; }
}
internal Frame(float[] origin, float[] xDirection, float[] yDirection, float[] zDirection) {
this.origin = new float[3];
this.xDirection = new float[3];
this.yDirection = new float[3];
this.zDirection = new float[3];
origin.CopyTo(this.origin, 0);
xDirection.CopyTo(this.xDirection, 0);
yDirection.CopyTo(this.yDirection, 0);
zDirection.CopyTo(this.zDirection, 0);
Normalize(ref xDirection);
Normalize(ref yDirection);
Normalize(ref zDirection);
Console.WriteLine("Origin: " +
this.origin[0] + " " +
this.origin[1] + " " +
this.origin[2]);
Console.WriteLine("xDirection: " +
this.xDirection[0] + " " +
this.xDirection[1] + " " +
this.xDirection[2]);
Console.WriteLine("yDirection: " +
this.yDirection[0] + " " +
this.yDirection[1] + " " +
this.yDirection[2]);
Console.WriteLine("zDirection: " +
this.zDirection[0] + " " +
this.zDirection[1] + " " +
this.zDirection[2]);
}
private void Normalize(ref float[] vector) {
IntPtr pDirection = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(float)) * 3);
Marshal.Copy(vector, 0, pDirection, 3);
vtkMath.Normalize(pDirection);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pDirection);
}
internal void ApplyTransform(ref vtkTransform transform, string filename) {
vtkPolyData polydata = vtkPolyData.New();
CreatePolydata(ref polydata);
vtkTransformFilter transformFilter = vtkTransformFilter.New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
transformFilter.SetInputConnection(polydata.GetProducerPort());
#else
transformFilter.SetInputData(polydata);
#endif
transformFilter.SetTransform(transform);
transformFilter.Update();
vtkXMLPolyDataWriter writer = vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.New();
writer.SetFileName(filename);
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
writer.SetInputConnection(transformFilter.GetOutputPort());
#else
writer.SetInputData(transformFilter);
#endif
writer.Write();
}
internal void CreatePolydata(ref vtkPolyData polydata) {
vtkPoints points = vtkPoints.New();
points.InsertNextPoint(this.origin[0], this.origin[1], this.origin[2]);
float[] x = new float[3];
float[] y = new float[3];
float[] z = new float[3];
Add(this.origin, this.xDirection, ref x);
Add(this.origin, this.yDirection, ref y);
Add(this.origin, this.zDirection, ref z);
points.InsertNextPoint(x[0], x[1], x[2]);
points.InsertNextPoint(y[0], y[1], y[2]);
points.InsertNextPoint(z[0], z[1], z[2]);
polydata.SetPoints(points);
vtkVertexGlyphFilter vertexGlyphFilter = vtkVertexGlyphFilter.New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
vertexGlyphFilter.AddInput(polydata);
#else
vertexGlyphFilter.AddInputData(polydata);
#endif
vertexGlyphFilter.Update();
polydata.ShallowCopy(vertexGlyphFilter.GetOutput());
}
internal void Write(string filename) {
vtkPolyData polydata = vtkPolyData.New();
CreatePolydata(ref polydata);
vtkXMLPolyDataWriter writer = vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.New();
writer.SetFileName(filename);
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
writer.SetInputConnection(polydata.GetProducerPort());
#else
writer.SetInputData(polydata);
#endif
writer.Write();
}
}
static void Main(string[] args) {
float[] frame1origin = new float[] { 0, 0, 0 };
float[] frame1XDirection = new float[] { 1, 0, 0 };
float[] frame1YDirection = new float[] { 0, 1, 0 };
Console.WriteLine(frame1YDirection[0] + " " + frame1YDirection[1] + " " + frame1YDirection[2]);
float[] frame1ZDirection = new float[] { 0, 0, 1 };
Frame frame1 = new Frame(frame1origin, frame1XDirection, frame1YDirection, frame1ZDirection);
Console.WriteLine("\nWriting frame1.vtp...");
// adjust path
frame1.Write(@"c:\vtk\vtkdata-5.8.0\Data\frame1.vtp");
float[] frame2origin = new float[] { 0, 0, 0 };
float[] frame2XDirection = new float[] { .707f, .707f, 0 };
float[] frame2YDirection = new float[] { -.707f, .707f, 0 };
float[] frame2ZDirection = new float[] { 0, 0, 1 };
Frame frame2 = new Frame(frame2origin, frame2XDirection, frame2YDirection, frame2ZDirection);
Console.WriteLine("\nWriting frame2.vtp...");
// adjust path
frame2.Write(@"c:\vtk\vtkdata-5.8.0\Data\frame2.vtp");
vtkTransform transform = vtkTransform.New();
AlignFrames(frame2, frame1, ref transform); // Brings frame2 to frame1
Console.WriteLine("\nWriting transformed.vtp...");
// adjust path
frame2.ApplyTransform(ref transform, @"c:\vtk\vtkdata-5.8.0\Data\transformed.vtp");
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void AlignFrames(Frame sourceFrame, Frame targetFrame, ref vtkTransform transform) {
// This function takes two frames and finds the matrix M between them.
vtkLandmarkTransform landmarkTransform = vtkLandmarkTransform.New();
// Setup source points
vtkPoints sourcePoints = vtkPoints.New();
sourcePoints.InsertNextPoint(
sourceFrame.Origin[0],
sourceFrame.Origin[1],
sourceFrame.Origin[2]);
float[] sourceX = new float[3];
float[] sourceY = new float[3];
float[] sourceZ = new float[3];
Add(sourceFrame.Origin, sourceFrame.XDirection, ref sourceX);
Add(sourceFrame.Origin, sourceFrame.YDirection, ref sourceY);
Add(sourceFrame.Origin, sourceFrame.ZDirection, ref sourceZ);
sourcePoints.InsertNextPoint(sourceX[0], sourceX[1], sourceX[2]);
sourcePoints.InsertNextPoint(sourceY[0], sourceY[1], sourceY[2]);
sourcePoints.InsertNextPoint(sourceZ[0], sourceZ[1], sourceZ[2]);
// Setup target points
vtkPoints targetPoints = vtkPoints.New();
targetPoints.InsertNextPoint(targetFrame.Origin[0], targetFrame.Origin[1], targetFrame.Origin[2]);
float[] targetX = new float[3];
float[] targetY = new float[3];
float[] targetZ = new float[3];
Add(targetFrame.Origin, targetFrame.XDirection, ref targetX);
Add(targetFrame.Origin, targetFrame.YDirection, ref targetY);
Add(targetFrame.Origin, targetFrame.ZDirection, ref targetZ);
targetPoints.InsertNextPoint(targetX[0], targetX[1], targetX[2]);
targetPoints.InsertNextPoint(targetY[0], targetY[1], targetY[2]);
targetPoints.InsertNextPoint(targetZ[0], targetZ[1], targetZ[2]);
landmarkTransform.SetSourceLandmarks(sourcePoints);
landmarkTransform.SetTargetLandmarks(targetPoints);
landmarkTransform.SetModeToRigidBody();
landmarkTransform.Update();
vtkMatrix4x4 M = landmarkTransform.GetMatrix();
transform.SetMatrix(M);
}
// helper function
static void Add(float[] vec1, float[] vec2, ref float[] vec) {
vec[0] = vec1[0] + vec2[0];
vec[1] = vec1[1] + vec2[1];
vec[2] = vec1[2] + vec2[2];
}
}
}