Snippets

Description¶

Snippets are chunks of code that can be cut (snipped) and pasted into examples. We want each example to be stand-alone, so we do not keep the snippet code in a library.

Available snippets¶

CameraPosition¶

Output the camera position while moving the image.

CheckVTKVersion¶

Check the VTK version returning True if the requested VTK version is >= the current version.

PointToGlyph¶

Represent points as glyphs.

GetProgramParameters¶

Get the program parameters.

ReadPolyData¶

Uses the appropriate vtkPolyData reader to read any vtkPolyData file.

WriteImage¶

Take a screen shot from the render window and write it to a file. The file extension selects the writer to use.