RGrid
vtk-examples/Cxx/RectilinearGrid/RGrid
Description¶
Creating a rectilinear grid dataset. The coordinates along each axis are defined using an instance of vtkDataArray.
Info
See Figure 5-20 in Chapter 5 the VTK Textbook.
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Code¶
RGrid.cxx
// This example shows how to create a rectilinear grid.
//
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRectilinearGrid.h>
#include <vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
int main(int, char*[])
{
int i;
static double x[47] = {
-1.22396, -1.17188, -1.11979, -1.06771, -1.01562, -0.963542,
-0.911458, -0.859375, -0.807292, -0.755208, -0.703125, -0.651042,
-0.598958, -0.546875, -0.494792, -0.442708, -0.390625, -0.338542,
-0.286458, -0.234375, -0.182292, -0.130209, -0.078125, -0.026042,
0.0260415, 0.078125, 0.130208, 0.182291, 0.234375, 0.286458,
0.338542, 0.390625, 0.442708, 0.494792, 0.546875, 0.598958,
0.651042, 0.703125, 0.755208, 0.807292, 0.859375, 0.911458,
0.963542, 1.01562, 1.06771, 1.11979, 1.17188};
static double y[33] = {-1.25, -1.17188, -1.09375, -1.01562, -0.9375,
-0.859375, -0.78125, -0.703125, -0.625, -0.546875,
-0.46875, -0.390625, -0.3125, -0.234375, -0.15625,
-0.078125, 0, 0.078125, 0.15625, 0.234375,
0.3125, 0.390625, 0.46875, 0.546875, 0.625,
0.703125, 0.78125, 0.859375, 0.9375, 1.01562,
1.09375, 1.17188, 1.25};
static double z[44] = {0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.75, 0.8, 0.9,
1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.75, 1.8, 1.9,
2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.75, 2.8, 2.9,
3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.75, 3.8, 3.9};
// Create a rectilinear grid by defining three arrays specifying the
// coordinates in the x-y-z directions.
vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> xCoords;
for (i = 0; i < 47; i++)
{
xCoords->InsertNextValue(x[i]);
}
vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> yCoords;
for (i = 0; i < 33; i++)
{
yCoords->InsertNextValue(y[i]);
}
vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> zCoords;
for (i = 0; i < 44; i++)
{
zCoords->InsertNextValue(z[i]);
}
// The coordinates are assigned to the rectilinear grid. Make sure that
// the number of values in each of the XCoordinates, YCoordinates,
// and ZCoordinates is equal to what is defined in SetDimensions().
//
vtkNew<vtkRectilinearGrid> rgrid;
rgrid->SetDimensions(47, 33, 44);
rgrid->SetXCoordinates(xCoords);
rgrid->SetYCoordinates(yCoords);
rgrid->SetZCoordinates(zCoords);
// Extract a plane from the grid to see what we've got.
vtkNew<vtkRectilinearGridGeometryFilter> plane;
plane->SetInputData(rgrid);
plane->SetExtent(0, 46, 16, 16, 0, 43);
vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> rgridMapper;
rgridMapper->SetInputConnection(plane->GetOutputPort());
vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
vtkNew<vtkActor> wireActor;
wireActor->SetMapper(rgridMapper);
wireActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Banana").GetData());
wireActor->GetProperty()->EdgeVisibilityOn();
// Create the usual rendering stuff.
vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
renWin->AddRenderer(renderer);
renWin->SetWindowName("RGrid");
vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);
renderer->AddActor(wireActor);
renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Beige").GetData());
renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(60.0);
renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Azimuth(30.0);
renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Zoom(1.0);
renderer->ResetCamera();
renWin->SetSize(640, 480);
// interact with data
renWin->Render();
iren->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
project(RGrid)
find_package(VTK COMPONENTS
)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
message(FATAL_ERROR "RGrid: 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(RGrid MACOSX_BUNDLE RGrid.cxx )
target_link_libraries(RGrid PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
TARGETS RGrid
MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
Download and Build RGrid¶
Click here to download RGrid and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball RGrid.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd RGrid/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:
./RGrid
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.