CutWithCutFunction
vtk-examples/Python/VisualizationAlgorithms/CutWithCutFunction
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CutWithCutFunction.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonColor import vtkNamedColors
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel import vtkPlane
from vtkmodules.vtkFiltersCore import vtkCutter
from vtkmodules.vtkIOXML import vtkXMLPolyDataReader
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
vtkActor,
vtkPolyDataMapper,
vtkRenderWindow,
vtkRenderWindowInteractor,
vtkRenderer
)
def main():
colors = vtkNamedColors()
fileName, numberOfCuts = get_program_parameters()
reader = vtkXMLPolyDataReader()
reader.SetFileName(fileName)
reader.Update()
bounds = reader.GetOutput().GetBounds()
print('Bounds:', ', '.join(['{:.3f}'.format(f) for f in bounds]))
plane = vtkPlane()
plane.SetOrigin((bounds[1] + bounds[0]) / 2.0, (bounds[3] + bounds[2]) / 2.0, bounds[4])
plane.SetNormal(0, 0, 1)
# Create cutter
high = plane.EvaluateFunction((bounds[1] + bounds[0]) / 2.0, (bounds[3] + bounds[2]) / 2.0, bounds[5])
cutter = vtkCutter()
cutter.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
cutter.SetCutFunction(plane)
cutter.GenerateValues(numberOfCuts, 0.99, 0.99 * high)
cutterMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper()
cutterMapper.SetInputConnection(cutter.GetOutputPort())
cutterMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff()
# Create cut actor
cutterActor = vtkActor()
cutterActor.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d('Banana'))
cutterActor.GetProperty().SetLineWidth(2)
cutterActor.SetMapper(cutterMapper)
# Create model actor
modelMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper()
modelMapper.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
modelMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff()
modelActor = vtkActor()
modelActor.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d('Flesh'))
modelActor.SetMapper(modelMapper)
# Create renderers and add actors of plane and model
renderer = vtkRenderer()
renderer.AddActor(cutterActor)
renderer.AddActor(modelActor)
# Add renderer to renderwindow and render
renderWindow = vtkRenderWindow()
renderWindow.AddRenderer(renderer)
renderWindow.SetSize(600, 600)
renderWindow.SetWindowName('CutWithCutFunction')
interactor = vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
interactor.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow)
renderer.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d('Burlywood'))
renderer.GetActiveCamera().SetPosition(0, -1, 0)
renderer.GetActiveCamera().SetFocalPoint(0, 0, 0)
renderer.GetActiveCamera().SetViewUp(0, 0, 1)
renderer.GetActiveCamera().Azimuth(30)
renderer.GetActiveCamera().Elevation(30)
renderer.ResetCamera()
renderWindow.Render()
interactor.Start()
def get_program_parameters():
import argparse
description = 'Cut with a cut function.'
epilogue = '''
'''
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description, epilog=epilogue,
formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
parser.add_argument('filename', help='Torso.vtp')
parser.add_argument('numberOfCuts', default=10, type=int, nargs='?', help='The number of cuts e.g 10.')
args = parser.parse_args()
return args.filename, args.numberOfCuts
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()