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MultipleViewports

vtk-examples/Cxx/Visualization/MultipleViewports

Description

This example creates a window with 4 viewports. Updating the camera position in one viewport will also update the position in the other viewports.

See MultipleRenderWindows for an example using multiple windows.

Other languages

See (Python), (Java)

Question

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Code

MultipleViewports.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkCylinderSource.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

#include <vector>

namespace {
std::vector<vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataAlgorithm>> GetSources();
}

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;

  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Define viewport ranges.
  double xmins[4] = {0, .5, 0, .5};
  double xmaxs[4] = {0.5, 1, 0.5, 1};
  double ymins[4] = {0, 0, .5, .5};
  double ymaxs[4] = {0.5, 0.5, 1, 1};
  // Have some fun with colors.
  std::vector<std::string> renBkg{"AliceBlue", "GhostWhite", "WhiteSmoke",
                                  "Seashell"};
  std::vector<std::string> actorColor{"Bisque", "RosyBrown", "Goldenrod",
                                      "Chocolate"};
  vtkCamera* camera = nullptr;
  auto sources = GetSources();

  for (unsigned i = 0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;

    renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
    renderer->SetViewport(xmins[i], ymins[i], xmaxs[i], ymaxs[i]);

    // Share the camera between viewports.
    if (i == 0)
    {
      camera = renderer->GetActiveCamera();
      camera->Azimuth(30);
      camera->Elevation(30);
    }
    else
    {
      renderer->SetActiveCamera(camera);
    }

    // Create a mapper and actor.
    vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
    mapper->SetInputConnection(sources[i]->GetOutputPort());
    vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
    actor->SetMapper(mapper);
    actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d(actorColor[i]).GetData());

    renderer->AddActor(actor);
    renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d(renBkg[i]).GetData());

    renderer->ResetCamera();
  }
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("MultipleViewPorts");
  renderWindow->SetSize(600, 600);

  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace {
std::vector<vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataAlgorithm>> GetSources()
{
  std::vector<vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataAlgorithm>> sources;
  for (unsigned i = 0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    // Create a sphere.
    vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphere;
    sphere->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    sphere->Update();
    sources.push_back(sphere);
    // Create a cone.
    vtkNew<vtkConeSource> cone;
    cone->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    cone->SetDirection(0, 1, 0);
    cone->Update();
    sources.push_back(cone);
    // Create a cube.
    vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> cube;
    cube->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    cube->Update();
    sources.push_back(cube);
    // Create a cylinder.
    vtkNew<vtkCylinderSource> cylinder;
    cylinder->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    cylinder->Update();
    sources.push_back(cylinder);
  }
  return sources;
}

} // namespace

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(MultipleViewports)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
)

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

Download and Build MultipleViewports

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

cd MultipleViewports/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:

./MultipleViewports

WINDOWS USERS

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