SingleSplat
vtk-examples/Cxx/VisualizationAlgorithms/SingleSplat
Description¶
This example shows a single elliptical splat.
Info
See Figure 9-38a in Chapter 9 The VTK Textbook.
Other languages
See (Python)
Question
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Code¶
SingleSplat.cxx
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkContourFilter.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkGaussianSplatter.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkOutlineFilter.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>
#include <array>
int main(int, char*[])
{
vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
vtkNew<vtkRenderer> aren;
vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renWin;
renWin->AddRenderer(aren);
vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren;
iren->SetRenderWindow(renWin);
// Create single splat point.
vtkNew<vtkPoints> pts;
vtkNew<vtkCellArray> verts;
vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> norms;
vtkNew<vtkDoubleArray> scalars;
std::array<double, 3> x{0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
pts->InsertNextPoint(x.data());
norms->SetNumberOfTuples(1);
norms->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
std::array<double, 3> n{0.707, 0.707, 0.0};
norms->InsertTuple(0, n.data());
scalars->SetNumberOfTuples(1);
scalars->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
scalars->InsertTuple1(0, 1.0);
verts->InsertNextCell(1);
verts->InsertCellPoint(0);
vtkNew<vtkPolyData> pData;
pData->SetPoints(pts);
pData->SetVerts(verts);
pData->GetPointData()->SetNormals(norms);
pData->GetPointData()->SetScalars(scalars);
// Splat point and generate isosurface.
vtkNew<vtkGaussianSplatter> splat;
splat->SetInputData(pData);
splat->SetModelBounds(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0);
splat->SetSampleDimensions(75, 75, 75);
splat->SetRadius(0.5);
splat->SetEccentricity(5.0);
splat->SetExponentFactor(-3.25);
vtkNew<vtkContourFilter> contour;
contour->SetInputConnection(splat->GetOutputPort());
contour->SetValue(0, 0.9);
vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> splatMapper;
splatMapper->SetInputConnection(contour->GetOutputPort());
vtkNew<vtkActor> splatActor;
splatActor->SetMapper(splatMapper);
// Create outline.
vtkNew<vtkOutlineFilter> outline;
outline->SetInputConnection(splat->GetOutputPort());
vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> outlineMapper;
outlineMapper->SetInputConnection(outline->GetOutputPort());
vtkNew<vtkActor> outlineActor;
outlineActor->SetMapper(outlineMapper);
outlineActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Brown").GetData());
// Create cone to indicate direction.
vtkNew<vtkConeSource> cone;
cone->SetResolution(24);
vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> coneMapper;
coneMapper->SetInputConnection(cone->GetOutputPort());
vtkNew<vtkActor> coneActor;
coneActor->SetMapper(coneMapper);
coneActor->SetScale(0.75, 0.75, 0.75);
coneActor->RotateZ(45.0);
coneActor->AddPosition(0.50, 0.50, 0.0);
coneActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("DeepPink").GetData());
//
// Rendering stuff.
//
aren->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Beige").GetData());
aren->AddActor(splatActor);
aren->AddActor(outlineActor);
aren->AddActor(coneActor);
renWin->SetSize(640, 640);
renWin->SetWindowName("SingleSplat");
renWin->Render();
// interact with data.
iren->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
project(SingleSplat)
find_package(VTK COMPONENTS
)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
message(FATAL_ERROR "SingleSplat: 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(SingleSplat MACOSX_BUNDLE SingleSplat.cxx )
target_link_libraries(SingleSplat PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
TARGETS SingleSplat
MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
Download and Build SingleSplat¶
Click here to download SingleSplat and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball SingleSplat.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd SingleSplat/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:
./SingleSplat
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.