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$ tar xvzf ~/Downloads/vtk-m-v2.0.0.tar.gz
$ mkdir vtkm-build
$ cd vtkm-build
$ cmake-gui ../vtk-m-v2.0.0
$ cmake --build -j .              # Runs make (or other build program)
#include <vtkm/cont/Initialize.h>
#include <vtkm/source/Tangle.h>

#include <vtkm/rendering/Actor.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/CanvasRayTracer.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/MapperRayTracer.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/MapperVolume.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/MapperWireframer.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/Scene.h>
#include <vtkm/rendering/View3D.h>

#include <vtkm/filter/contour/Contour.h>

using vtkm::rendering::CanvasRayTracer;
using vtkm::rendering::MapperRayTracer;
using vtkm::rendering::MapperVolume;
using vtkm::rendering::MapperWireframer;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  vtkm::cont::Initialize(argc, argv, vtkm::cont::InitializeOptions::Strict);

  auto tangle = vtkm::source::Tangle(vtkm::Id3{ 50, 50, 50 });
  vtkm::cont::DataSet tangleData = tangle.Execute();
  std::string fieldName = "tangle";

  // Set up a camera for rendering the input data
  vtkm::rendering::Camera camera;
  camera.SetLookAt(vtkm::Vec3f_32(0.5, 0.5, 0.5));
  camera.SetViewUp(vtkm::make_Vec(0.f, 1.f, 0.f));
  camera.SetClippingRange(1.f, 10.f);
  camera.SetFieldOfView(60.f);
  camera.SetPosition(vtkm::Vec3f_32(1.5, 1.5, 1.5));
  vtkm::cont::ColorTable colorTable("inferno");

  // Background color:
  vtkm::rendering::Color bg(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f, 1.0f);
  vtkm::rendering::Actor actor(tangleData.GetCellSet(),
                               tangleData.GetCoordinateSystem(),
                               tangleData.GetField(fieldName),
                               colorTable);
  vtkm::rendering::Scene scene;
  scene.AddActor(actor);
  // 2048x2048 pixels in the canvas:
  CanvasRayTracer canvas(2048, 2048);
  // Create a view and use it to render the input data using OS Mesa

  vtkm::rendering::View3D view(scene, MapperVolume(), canvas, camera, bg);
  view.Paint();
  view.SaveAs("volume.png");

  // Compute an isosurface:
  vtkm::filter::contour::Contour filter;
  // [min, max] of the tangle field is [-0.887, 24.46]:
  filter.SetIsoValue(3.0);
  filter.SetActiveField(fieldName);
  vtkm::cont::DataSet isoData = filter.Execute(tangleData);
  // Render a separate image with the output isosurface
  vtkm::rendering::Actor isoActor(
    isoData.GetCellSet(), isoData.GetCoordinateSystem(), isoData.GetField(fieldName), colorTable);
  // By default, the actor will automatically scale the scalar range of the color table to match
  // that of the data. However, we are coloring by the scalar that we just extracted a contour
  // from, so we want the scalar range to match that of the previous image.
  isoActor.SetScalarRange(actor.GetScalarRange());
  vtkm::rendering::Scene isoScene;
  isoScene.AddActor(isoActor);

  // Wireframe surface:
  vtkm::rendering::View3D isoView(isoScene, MapperWireframer(), canvas, camera, bg);
  isoView.Paint();
  isoView.SaveAs("isosurface_wireframer.png");

  // Smooth surface:
  vtkm::rendering::View3D solidView(isoScene, MapperRayTracer(), canvas, camera, bg);
  solidView.Paint();
  solidView.SaveAs("isosurface_raytracer.png");

  return 0;
}
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12...3.15 FATAL_ERROR)
project(VTKmDemo CXX)

#Find the VTK-m package
find_package(VTKm REQUIRED QUIET)

if(TARGET vtkm::rendering)
  add_executable(Demo Demo.cxx)
  target_link_libraries(Demo PRIVATE vtkm::filter vtkm::rendering vtkm::source)
endif()