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ReadPolyData

vtk-examples/Cxx/IO/ReadPolyData

Description

This example reads a polygonal data (.vtp) file, for example src/Testing/Data/Torso.vtp.

Other languages

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

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Code

ReadPolyData.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // Parse command line arguments.
  if (argc != 2)
  {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " Filename(.vtp) e.g. Torso.vtp"
              << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  std::string filename = argv[1];

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  // Read all the data from the file.
  vtkNew<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader;
  reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
  reader->Update();

  // Visualize
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());

  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("NavajoWhite").GetData());

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

  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("DarkOliveGreen").GetData());
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Pitch(90);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetViewUp(0, 0, 1);
  renderer->ResetCamera();

  renderWindow->SetSize(600, 600);
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ReadPolyData");
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ReadPolyData)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "ReadPolyData: 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(ReadPolyData MACOSX_BUNDLE ReadPolyData.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ReadPolyData PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS ReadPolyData
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build ReadPolyData

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

cd ReadPolyData/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:

./ReadPolyData

WINDOWS USERS

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