ScaleGlyphs

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkFloatArray.h>
#include <vtkGlyph3D.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>

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

  // Create points.
  vtkNew<vtkPoints> points;
  points->InsertNextPoint(0, 0, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(5, 0, 0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(10, 0, 0);

  // Setup scales.
  vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> scales;
  scales->SetName("scales");

  scales->InsertNextValue(1.0);
  scales->InsertNextValue(2.0);
  scales->InsertNextValue(3.0);

  // Combine into a polydata
  vtkNew<vtkPolyData> polydata;
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
  polydata->GetPointData()->SetScalars(scales);

  // Create anything you want here, we will use a cube for the demo.
  vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> cubeSource;

  vtkNew<vtkGlyph3D> glyph3D;
  glyph3D->SetScaleModeToScaleByScalar();
  glyph3D->SetSourceConnection(cubeSource->GetOutputPort());
  glyph3D->SetInputData(polydata);
  glyph3D->Update();

  // Create a mapper and actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(glyph3D->GetOutputPort());
  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  // Create a renderer, render window, and interactor.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ScaleGlyphs");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Add the actor to the scene.
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("AliceBlue").GetData());

  // Render and interact.
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ScaleGlyphs)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
)

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

cd ScaleGlyphs/build

cmake ..

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

make

./ScaleGlyphs