AnnotatedCubeActor

vtk-examples/Python/Visualization/AnnotatedCubeActor

Description¶

The example demonstrates how to create and label an annotated cube actor.

To colour the individual cube faces, see: ColoredAnnotatedCube.

Other languages

See (Cxx), (Java)

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Code¶

AnnotatedCubeActor.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonColor import vtkNamedColors
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingAnnotation import vtkAnnotatedCubeActor
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
    vtkRenderWindow,
    vtkRenderWindowInteractor,
    vtkRenderer
)


def main():
    colors = vtkNamedColors()

    # Set up the renderer, window, and interactor.
    #
    ren = vtkRenderer()
    ren.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d('Wheat'))
    ren_win = vtkRenderWindow()
    ren_win.AddRenderer(ren)
    ren_win.SetSize(640, 480)
    ren_win.SetWindowName('AnnotatedCubeActor')
    iren = vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
    iren.SetRenderWindow(ren_win)

    cube = vtkAnnotatedCubeActor()
    cube.SetFaceTextScale(2.0 / 3.0)

    # Anatomic labelling.
    #
    cube.SetXPlusFaceText('A')
    cube.SetXMinusFaceText('P')
    cube.SetYPlusFaceText('L')
    cube.SetYMinusFaceText('R')
    cube.SetZPlusFaceText('S')
    cube.SetZMinusFaceText('I')

    # Change the vector text colors.
    #
    cube.GetTextEdgesProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Black'))
    cube.GetTextEdgesProperty().SetLineWidth(4)

    cube.GetXPlusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Turquoise'))
    cube.GetXMinusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Turquoise'))
    cube.GetYPlusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Mint'))
    cube.GetYMinusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Mint'))
    cube.GetZPlusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Tomato'))
    cube.GetZMinusFaceProperty().SetColor(
        colors.GetColor3d('Tomato'))

    ren.AddActor(cube)

    # Set up an interesting view.
    #
    camera = ren.GetActiveCamera()
    camera.SetViewUp(0, 0, 1)
    camera.SetFocalPoint(0, 0, 0)
    camera.SetPosition(4.5, 4.5, 2.5)
    ren.ResetCamera()
    camera.Dolly(1.0)
    ren.ResetCameraClippingRange()

    ren_win.Render()
    iren.Start()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()