Line

vtk-examples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Line

Description¶

The line is a primary one-dimensional cell. It is defined by two points. The direction along the line is from the first point to the second point.

Other languages

See (Python), (Java), (CSharp)

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Code¶

Line.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkLineSource.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  // Create two points, P0 and P1
  double p0[3] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double p1[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};

  vtkNew<vtkLineSource> lineSource;
  lineSource->SetPoint1(p0);
  lineSource->SetPoint2(p1);

  // Visualize
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(lineSource->GetOutputPort());
  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetLineWidth(4);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Peacock").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("Line");
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Silver").GetData());
  renderer->AddActor(actor);

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Line)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "Line: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()

# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(Line MACOSX_BUNDLE Line.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(Line PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS Line
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build Line¶

Click here to download Line and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball Line.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd Line/build

If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./Line

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.