EmbedInPyQt

Description¶

'''Minimal working example of vtk embedding in PyQt.'''

Contributed by Michka Popoff, inspired by the example from Eric E Monson See notes at the end for more details.

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Code¶

EmbedInPyQt.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys

# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkInteractionStyle
# noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
import vtkmodules.vtkRenderingOpenGL2
from PyQt4 import QtGui
from qt4.QVTKRenderWindowInteractor import QVTKRenderWindowInteractor
from vtkmodules.vtkFiltersSources import vtkSphereSource
from vtkmodules.vtkRenderingCore import (
    vtkActor,
    vtkPolyDataMapper,
    vtkRenderer
)


class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)

        self.frame = QtGui.QFrame()

        self.vl = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
        self.vtkWidget = QVTKRenderWindowInteractor(self.frame)
        self.vl.addWidget(self.vtkWidget)

        self.ren = vtkRenderer()
        self.vtkWidget.GetRenderWindow().AddRenderer(self.ren)
        self.iren = self.vtkWidget.GetRenderWindow().GetInteractor()

        # Create source
        source = vtkSphereSource()
        source.SetCenter(0, 0, 0)
        source.SetRadius(5.0)

        # Create a mapper
        mapper = vtkPolyDataMapper()
        mapper.SetInputConnection(source.GetOutputPort())

        # Create an actor
        actor = vtkActor()
        actor.SetMapper(mapper)

        self.ren.AddActor(actor)

        self.ren.ResetCamera()

        self.frame.setLayout(self.vl)
        self.setCentralWidget(self.frame)

        self.show()
        self.iren.Initialize()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)

    window = MainWindow()

    sys.exit(app.exec_())