C++ Examples¶

These are fully independent, compilable examples. There is significant overlap in the examples, but they are each intended to illustrate a different concept and be fully stand alone compilable.

Hello World¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
A hello world example	vtkPolyDataMapper vtkActor vtkRenderer vtkRenderWindow vtkRenderWindowInteractor	Cylinder example from the VTK Textbook and source code.

Simple Operations¶

Input and Output¶

Graph Formats¶

3D File Formats¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ConvertFile		Convert a file from one type to another
XGMLReader	vtkXGMLReader	Read a .gml file

Standard Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
DelimitedTextReader	vtkDelimitedTextReader	Read a delimited file into a polydata.
DEMReader	vtkDEMReader	Read DEM (elevation map) files
DumpXMLFile	vtkDataSetReader	Report the contents of a VTK XML or legacy file
IndividualVRML	vtkVRMLImporter	This example is used to get each actor and object from a scene and verify axes correspondence
ParticleReader	vtkParticleReader	This example reads ASCII files where each line consists of points with its position (x,y,z) and (optionally) one scalar or binary files in RAW 3d file format.
ReadAllPolyDataTypes	vtkBYUReader vtkOBJReader vtkPLYReader vtkPolyDataReader vtkSTLReader vtkXMLPolyDataReader	Read any VTK polydata file.
ReadAllPolyDataTypesDemo	vtkBYUReader vtkOBJReader vtkPLYReader vtkPolyDataReader vtkSTLReader vtkXMLPolyDataReader	Read all VTK polydata file types.
ReadOBJ	vtkOBJReader	Read an OBJ (.obj) file.
ReadPDB	vtkPDBReader	Read Protein Data Bank Files.
ReadPLOT3D	vtkPLOT3DReader	Read CFD (computational fluid dynamics) data produced by PLOT3D.
ReadPLY	vtkPLYReader	Read PLY (.ply) files
ReadPlainTextTriangles	vtkPolyData vtkSmartPointer vtkPoints vtkCellArray vtkXMLPolyDataWriter	Read a plain text file into a polydata.
ReadTextFile	vtkPolyData	Read a plain text file into a polydata.
ReadSTL	vtkSTLReader	Read stereo lithography STL (.stl) files
SimplePointsReader	vtkSimplePointsReader	Read a simple "xyz" file of points.

Importers¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
3DSImporter	vtk3DSImporter	Import a 3D Studio scene that includes multiple actors.
OBJImporter	vtkOBJImporter	Import an OBJ scene that includes actors, materials and textures.
VRMLImporter	vtkVRMLImporter	Import a VRML 2.0 (WRL) file.
VRMLImporterDemo	vtkVRMLImporter	Import a VRML 2.0 (WRL) file and add normals if necessary.

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
DelimitedTextWriter	vtkDelimitedTextWriter	Write data to a delimited file
SimplePointsWriter	vtkSimplePointsWriter	Write a simple ".xyz" file
WritePLY	vtkPLYWriter	Write PLY (.ply) files
WriteSTL	vtkSTLWriter	Write stereo lithography STL (.stl) files

VTK Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ReadImageData	vtkXMLImageDataReader	Read a image data (.vti) file
ReadPolyData	vtkXMLPolyDataReader	Read a polygonal data (.vtp) file
ReadRectilinearGrid	vtkXMLRectilinearGridReader	Read a rectilinear grid (.vtr) file
ReadStructuredGrid	vtkXMLStructuredGridReader	Read a structured grid (.vts) file
ReadUnknownTypeXMLFile	vtkXMLGenericDataObjectReader	Read an XML file and later decide what kind it is
ReadUnstructuredGrid	vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader	Read an unstructured grid (.vtu) file

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ExodusIIWriter	vtkExodusIIWriter	Write a time varying ExodusII file.
XMLPImageDataWriter	vtkXMLPImageDataWriter	Write a .pvti file with 4 .vti pieces.
XMLPUnstructuredGridWriter	vtkXMLPUnstructuredGridWriter	Write a .pvtu with 4 .vtu pieces.
WriteVTI	vtkXMLImageDataWriter	Write a .vti file. VTI is an "ImageData".
WriteVTP	vtkXMLPolyDataWriter	Write a .vtp file. VTP is a "PolyData". This format allows for the most complex geometric objects to be stored.
WriteVTU	vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter	Write a .vtu file. VTU is an "Unstructured Grid". This format allows for 3D data to be stored.
XMLStructuredGridWriter	vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter	Write a .vts file from a vtkStructuredGrid.

Legacy VTK Formats¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
GenericDataObjectReader	vtkGenericDataObjectReader	Read any type of legacy .vtk file.
StructuredGridReader	vtkStructuredGridReader	Read a structured grid (.vtk) file.
StructuredPointsReader	vtkStructuredPointsReader	Read a structured points (.vtk) file.

Image Format¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ImageReader2Factory	vtkImageReader2Factory	This class tries to find an appropriate reader. It is very convenient to use this when you don't know what kind of file to expect.
JPEGReader	vtkJPEGReader	Read a JPEG image.
MetaImageReader	vtkMetaImageReader	Read .mha files.
PNGReader	vtkPNGReader	Read a PNG image.
ReadBMP	vtkBMPReader	Read BMP (.bmp) files.
ReadDICOMSeries	vtkDICOMImageReader	This example demonstrates how to read a series of DICOM images and scroll through slices
ReadDICOM	vtkDICOMImageReader	Read DICOM file
ReadPNM	vtkPNMReader	Read PNM (.pnm) files.
ReadTIFF	vtkTIFFReader	Read TIFF (.tif) files.

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ImageWriter	vtkBMPWriter vtkJPEGWriter vtkPNMWriter vtkPostScriptWriter vtkTIFFWriter vtkPNGWriter vtkWindowToImageFilter	Write an imagefile based on the file extension.
JPEGWriter	vtkJPEGWriter	Write a JPEG (.jpg) file.
MetaImageWriter	vtkMetaImageWriter	Write a .mha/.mhd + .raw file.
PNGWriter	vtkPNGWriter	Write a PNG (.png) file.
WriteBMP	vtkBMPWriter	Write a BMP (.bmp) file.
WritePNM	vtkPNMWriter	Write a PNM (.pnm) file.
WriteTIFF	vtkTIFFWriter	Write a TIFF (.tif) file.

Geometric Objects¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Axes	vtkAxesActor
ColoredLines	vtkCellData vtkLine
Dodecahedron	vtkPolyhedron	Create a dodecahedron using vtkPolyhedron
EllipticalCylinder	vtkLinearExtrusionFilter	Create an elliptical cylinder using extrusion.
EllipticalCylinderDemo	vtkLinearExtrusionFilter	Show the base and extrusion vector.
GeometricObjectsDemo		A demonstration of all geometric objects that work the same way.
PlanesIntersection	vtkPlanesIntersection
Planes	vtkPlanes
PolygonIntersection	vtkPolygon	Compute the intersection of a line segment with a polygon.

Cells¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Cell3DDemonstration	vtkHexagonalPrism vtkHexahedron vtkPentagonalPrism vtkPolyhedron vtkPyramid vtkTetra vtkVoxel vtkWedge vtkUnstructuredGrid	Demonstrate the use of vtkCell3D to construct geometric objects. Sample objects are generated from the classes derived from vtkCell3D and displayed.
CellTypeSource	vtkCellTypeSource vtkTessellatorFilter	Generate tessellated cells.
ConvexPointSet	vtkConvexPointSet	Generate a ConvexPointSetCell.
Hexahedron	vtkHexahedron
LongLine	vtkLine	Manually create a polyline
Point	vtkPoints
PolyLine	vtkPolyLine
Polygon	vtkPolygon
Polyhedron	vtkPolyhedron
Pyramid	vtkPyramid
Quad	vtkQuad
Tetrahedron	vtkTetra
Triangle strip	vtkTriangleStrip
Triangle	vtkTriangle
Vertex	vtkVertex

Sources¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Arrow	vtkArrowSource
Cone	vtkConeSource
Cube	vtkCubeSource
Cylinder	vtkCylinderSource
Disk	vtkDiskSource	A circle with a hole in it.
Frustum	vtkFrustumSource
Line	vtkLineSource
OrientedArrow	vtkArrowSource	Orient an arrow along an arbitrary vector
OrientedCylinder	vtkCylinderSource	Orient a cylinder along an arbitrary vector
Plane	vtkPlaneSource
PlatonicSolid	vtkPlatonicSolidSource
RegularPolygon	vtkRegularPolygonSource
Sphere	vtkSphereSource
TessellatedBoxSource	vtkTessellatedBoxSource	Generated a box with tessellated sides.

Non Linear¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
QuadraticHexahedron	vtkQuadraticHexahedron vtkTessellatorFilter	Create and tessellate a nonlinear cell.
QuadraticHexahedronDemo	vtkQuadraticHexahedron vtkTessellatorFilter	Interactively adjust chord error.
QuadraticTetra	vtkTetra vtkTessellatorFilter	Create and tessellate a nonlinear cell.
QuadraticTetraDemo	vtkTetra vtkTessellatorFilter	Interactively adjust chord error.

Parametric Objects¶

These examples demonstrate how to create an display one of the many vtkParametric objects. All of the classes listed can be used in an identical fashion.

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ParametricObjects		Create and display a parametric object. Uncomment the object that you wish to be displayed.
ParametricObjectsDemo	vtkParametricBoy vtkParametricConicSpiral vtkParametricCrossCap vtkParametricDini vtkParametricEllipsoid vtkParametricEnneper vtkParametricFigure8Klein vtkParametricKlein vtkParametricMobius vtkParametricRandomHills vtkParametricRoman vtkParametricSpline vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid vtkParametricSuperToroid vtkParametricTorus	Demonstration of of the vtkParametric* classes added by Andrew Maclean. All the objects are displayed in a 4X4 array.
ParametricObjectsDemo2	vtkParametricBohemianDome vtkParametricBour vtkParametricCatalanMinimal vtkParametricHenneberg vtkParametricKuen vtkParametricPluckerConoid vtkParametricPseudosphere	Demonstration of additional vtkParametric* classes added by Tim Meehan. All the objects are displayed in a 4X2 array.
ParametricKuenDemo	vtkParametricKuen	Interactively change the parameters for a Kuen Surface.
ParametricSuperEllipsoidDemo	vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid	Interactively change the parameters for a SuperEllipsoid Surface.
ParametricSuperToroidDemo	vtkParametricSuperToroid	Interactively change the parameters for a SuperToroid Surface.

Implicit Functions and Iso-surfaces¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BandedPolyDataContourFilter	vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter	Create filled contours.
ContourTriangulator	vtkMarchingSquares vtkContourTriangulator	Create a contour from a structured point set (image) and triangulate it.
CutWithCutFunction	vtkCutter	Cut a surface with an implicit plane using vtkCutter.
CutWithScalars	vtkContourFilter	Cut a surface with scalars.
DiscreteMarchingCubes	vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes	Generate surfaces from labeled data.
ExtractLargestIsosurface	vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Extract largest isosurface.
FilledContours	vtkContourFilter	Create filled contours (using vtkClipPolyData).
ImplicitDataSet	vtkImplicitDataSet	Convert an imagedata to an implicit function.
ImplicitSphere	vtkSphere	An implicit representation of a sphere.
IsoContours	vtkContourFunction	Visualize different isocontours using a slider.
MarchingCubes	vtkMarchingCubes	Create a voxelized sphere.
MarchingCases	vtkMarchingCubes	Explore the Marching Cubes cases.
MarchingSquares	vtkMarchingSquares	Create a contour from a structured point set (image).
SampleFunction	vtkSampleFunction	Sample and visualize an implicit function.
SmoothDiscreteMarchingCubes	vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter	Generate smooth surfaces from labeled data.

Working with 3D Data¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AlignFrames	vtkLandmarkTransform	Align coordinate frames.
AppendFilter	vtkAppendFilter	Append different types of data,
BooleanOperationPolyDataFilter	vtkBoleanOperationPolyDataFilter	Perform boolean operations on two vtkPolyData objects.
Bottle	vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter	Rotationally symmetric objects.
LoopBooleanPolyDataFilter	vtkLoopBooleanOpPolyDataFilter	Perform boolean operations on two vtkPolyData objects.
CellCenters	vtkCellCenters	Compute points at the center of every cell.
CellCentersDemo	vtkCellCenters vtkGlyph3DMapper	Visualize points at the center of every cell.
CellEdgeNeighbors	vtkPolyData::GetCellNeighbors	Determine which cells share an edge with a specific cell.
CellPointNeighbors	vtkPolyData::GetCellNeighbors	Determine which cells share a single point with a specific cell.
CenterOfMass	vtkCenterOfMass	Compute the center of mass of the points.
Circle	vtkCutter	Create a circle by cutting through a sphere.
CleanPolyData	vtkCleanPolyData	Remove coincident points.
ColorCellsWithRGB	vtkCellData	Color individual cells of a polydata with rgb colors.
ColorCells	vtkLookupTable	Color individual cells of a polydata with scalar index.
ColoredPoints	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Add three points to a polydata and associate a color with each of them.
CombinePolyData	vtkAppendPolyData	Combine/Append PolyData.
ConnectivityFilter	vtkConnectivityFilter	Color any dataset type based on connectivity.
ContoursFromPolyData	vtkCutter	Create contours from PolyData.
ContoursToSurface	vtkVoxelContoursToSurfaceFilter	Convert contours to a surface.
ConvexHull	vtkHull	Convex hull using vtkHull.
ConvexHullShrinkWrap	vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter	Convex hull using shrink wrapping.
CopyAllArrays	vtkPolyData	Copy all arrays from one vtkPolyData to another.
DataBounds	vtkPolyData::GetBounds	Get the minimum and maximum value in each dimension. (Axis aligned bounding box)
DataSetSurfaceFilter	vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter	Convert vtkUnstructuredGrid to vtkPolyData.
DecimatePolyline	vtkDecimatePolylineFilter	Decimate polyline.
DeleteCells	vtkPolyData	Delete a cell from a vtkPolyData
DeletePoint	vtkPoints vtkPolyData
DetermineArrayDataTypes	vtkPolyData	Determine data types of arrays.
DistancePolyDataFilter	vtkDistancePolyDataFilter	Compute the distance function from one vtkPolyData to another.
EmbedPointsIntoVolume	vtkGaussianSplatter	Embed points into a volume.
ExternalContour	vtkWindowToImageFilter vtkContourFilter	Get the External Contour from Polydata.
ExtractCellsUsingPoints	vtkExtractSelection vtkSelection vtkSelectionNode	Extract points but bring cells that are still complete with them.
ExtractOutsideSurface	vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Extract the outer surface of a multiple surface polydata.
ExtractPolyLinesFromPolyData	vtkPolyData	Extract polylines from polydata.
ExtractSelectedIds	vtkExtractSelectedIds	Extract selected points.
ExtractSelectionCells	vtkExtractSelection	Extract selection cells.
ExtractSelectionOriginalId	vtkExtractSelection	Extract selection and find correspondence between new and original Id.
ExtractSelection	vtkExtractSelection	Extract selection points.
ExtractVisibleCells	vtkHardwareSelector	Extract and highlight visible cells.
FieldData	vtkFieldData	Add Global Miscellaneous Data (FieldData) to a Polydata.
FindAllArrayNames	vtkPolyData	Get the names of all of the data arrays.
FitSplineToCutterOutput	vtkKochanekSpline vtkSplineFilter vtkSpline	Fit a spline to cutter output.
GeometryFilter	vtkGeometryFilter	Convert vtkUnstructuredGrid to vtkPolyData (another way).
GetMiscCellData	vtkCellData	Get Miscellaneous Data from Cells in a Polydata.
GetMiscPointData	vtkDoubleArray	Get Miscellaneous Data from Points in a Polydata.
GradientFilter	vtkGradientFilter	Compute the gradient of a scalar field on a data set.
ImplicitBoolean	vtkImplicitBoolean	Operations include intersection and union.
ImplicitBooleanDemo	vtkImplicitBoolean	Demo Union, Difference and Intersection.
ImplicitModeller	vtkImplicitModeller	Compute the distance from an object to every point on a uniform grid.
ImplicitPolyDataDistance	vtkImplicitPolyDataDistance	Compute the distance function in a space around a vtkPolyData.
InterpolateMeshOnGrid	vtkProbeFilter	Interpolate a mesh over a grid.
InterpolateTerrain	vtkProbeFilter	vtkProbeFilter Interpolate terrain.
IntersectionPolyDataFilter	vtkIntersectionPolyDataFilter	Compute the intersection of two vtkPolyData objects.
IterateOverLines	vtkCellArray	Iterate through the lines of a PolyData.
KMeansClustering	vtkKMeansStatistics	KMeans Clustering
KochanekSpline	vtkKochanekSpline	Create an Kochanek spline on a set of points.
KochanekSplineDemo	vtkKochanekSpline	Interactively change the parameters of the Kochanek spline.
LinearExtrusion	vtkLinearExtrusionFilter	Extrude a shape.
MaskPoints	vtkMaskPoints	Select a subset (mask) of a point set.
MergePoints	vtkMergePoints	Remove duplicate (merge) points.
MiscCellData	vtkCellData	Add Miscellaneous Data to Cells in a Polydata.
MiscPointData	vtkPointData vtkFloatArray	Add Miscellaneous Data to Points in a Polydata.
MultiBlockMergeFilter	vtkMultiBlockMergeFilter vtkMultiBlockDataSet	Combine MultiBlockDataSets.
NullPoint	vtkPointData	Set everything in PointData at a specified index to NULL
Outline	vtkOutlineFilter	Draw the bounding box of the data
PKMeansClustering	vtkPKMeansStatistics	Parallel KMeans Clustering.
ParametricSpline	vtkCardinalSpline vtkParametricSpline vtkParametricFunctionSource	Create a Cardinal spline on a set of points.
Perlin Noise	vtkPerlinNoise
PointCellIds	vtkIdFilter	Generate point and cell id arrays.
PointInsideObject2	vtkDelaunay3D vtkPolyData::FindCell	This uses a Delaunay triangulation to compute a volume. This gives more of an "is inside convex hull" effect than an "is inside object".
PointInsideObject	vtkSelectEnclosedPoints	Check if a point is inside an object.
PointsProjectedHull	vtkPointsProjectedHull	Convex hull of points projected onto the coordinate planes.
PolyDataCellNormals	vtkCellData	Add/Get Normals to/from cells in a Polydata.
PolyDataContourToImageData	vtkLinearExtrusionFilter vtkPolyDataToImageStencil	Generate a binarized image from a closed contour.
PolyDataExtractNormals	vtkPolyDataNormals	Extract Normals from a Polydata.
PolyDataGetPoint	vtkPolyData	Get point locations/coordinates from a vtkPolyData.
PolyDataIsoLines	vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter	Iso lines on the surface of a polydata
PolyDataPointNormals	vtkPointData	Add/Get Normals to/from points in a Polydata.
PolyDataPointSampler	vtkPolyDataPointSampler	Sample the edges or surfaces of a polydata.
PolyDataToImageData	vtkPolyDataToImageStencil	Generate a binarized volume from a closed surface.
ProcrustesAlignmentFilter	vtkProcrustesAlignmentFilter	Align point sets.
ProgrammableFilter	vtkProgrammableFilter	Create a custom filter without subclassing.
ProgrammableSource	vtkProgrammableSource	Create points using a programmable source. Generates points for a strange attractor.
ProjectSphere	vtkProjectSphereFilter	Unroll a sphere or spherical-like model.
QuantizePolyDataPoints	vtkQuantizePolyDataPoints	Snap (quantize) points to a grid.
Reflection	vtkReflectionFilter	Mirror a DataSet.
RemoveOutsideSurface	vtkConnectivityFilter	Remove the outer surface of a multiple surface polydata.
ReverseSense	vtkReverseSense	Flip normals.
RibbonFilter	vtkRibbonFilter
RotationAroundLine	vtkTransform vtkTransformPolyDataFilter	Rotation around a line.
RuledSurfaceFilter	vtkRuledSurfaceFilter	Create a surface between lines.
SCurveSpline	vtkSCurveSpline	Create an SCurve spline on a set of points.
SelectVisiblePoints	vtkSelectVisiblePoints	Select visible points.
SelectionSource	vtkSelectionSource vtkExtractSelection	Specify a selection.
ShrinkPolyData	vtkShrinkPolyData	Move all items in a PolyData towards their centroid.
Silhouette	vtkPolyDataSilhouette
Stripper	vtkStripper	Convert triangles to triangle strips.
ThinPlateSplineTransform	vtkThinPlateSplineTransform
ThresholdCells	vtkThreshold	Thresholding Cells.
ThresholdPoints	vtkThresholdPoints	Thresholding Points.
TransformFilter	vtkTransformFilter	Transform a data set.
TransformOrderDemo	vtkTransformPolyDataFilter	Demonstrate how the order of applying transforms affects the result.
TransformPipeline	vtkTransform	Combining the transformation, in order to manipulate a group of vtkActor. Shown in the example robot arm motion.
TransformPolyData	vtkTransformPolyDataFilter	Apply a Transformation to a PolyData.
TriangleArea	vtkTriangle::TriangleArea	Compute the area of all triangles in a polydata.
TriangleColoredPoints	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Set the color of each point of a triangle. You will be able to interpolate the colors across the triangle.
TriangleSolidColor	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Create a solid colored triangle.
TubeFilter	vtkTubeFilter	Give lines a thickness (produce a cylinder around lines.
VectorFieldNonZeroExtraction	vtkExtractSelectedThresholds	Extract non-zero vectors from a vtkImageData.
VertexConnectivity	vtkPolyData::GetCellPoints	Get a list of vertices attached (through an edge) to a vertex.
WarpScalar	vtkWarpScalar	Move vertices along normals.
WarpSurface	vtkWarpVector	Warp a surface along its normal.
WarpTo	vtkWarpTo	Bend an object.
WarpVector	vtkWarpVector

Data Types¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CompositePolyDataMapper	vtkCompositePolyDataMapper
MultiBlockDataSet	vtkMultiBlockDataSet	Demonstrates how to make and use VTK's MultiBlock type data
OverlappingAMR	vtkOverlappingAMR	Demonstrates how to create and populate a VTK's Overlapping AMR Grid type Data

Data Type Conversions¶

Point Cloud Operations¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CompareExtractSurface	vtkExractSurface	Compare three extract surface algorithms.
DensifyPoints	vtkDensifyPointCloudFilter	Add points to a point cloud.
DownsamplePointCloud	vtkCleanPolyData	Down sample a point cloud. Remove points so that there are no points within a tolerance of any point.
ExtractClusters	vtkEuclideanClusterExtraction	From a set of randomly distributed spheres, extract connected clusters.
ExtractPointsDemo	vtkExtractPoints	Extract points inside an implicit function.
ExtractSurfaceDemo	vtkExtractSurface vtkPCANormalEstimation vtkSignedDistance	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters (DEMO).
ExtractSurface	vtkExtractSurface vtkPCANormalEstimation vtkSignedDistance	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters.
FitImplicitFunction	vtkFitImplicitFunction	Extract points within a distance to an implicit function.
MaskPointsFilter	vtkMaskPointsFilter	Extract points within an image mask.
NormalEstimation	vtkPCANormalEstimation	Estimate the normals of a random points that lie on a sphere.
PointOccupancy	vtkPointOccupancyFilter	Show which voxels contain points.
PointSource	vtkPointSource	Generate a random point cloud.
PoissonExtractSurface		Create a surface from Unorganized Points using the PoissonReconstruction algorithm.
PowercrustExtractSurface		Create a surface from Unorganized Points using the Powercrust algorithm.
RadiusOutlierRemoval	vtkRadiusOutlierRemoval	Remove outliers.
SignedDistance	vtkSignedDistance	Compute signed distance to a point cloud.
UnsignedDistance	vtkUnsignedDistance	Compute unsigned distance to a point cloud.

Working with Meshes¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AddCell	vtkPolyData	Add a cell to an existing mesh.
BoundaryEdges	vtkFeatureEdges	Find the edges that are used by only one face.
CellEdges	vtkCell	Get edges of cells.
ClosedSurface	vtkFeatureEdges	Check if a surface is closed.
ColorDisconnectedRegions	vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Color each disconnected region of a vtkPolyData a different color.
ColoredElevationMap	vtkLookupTable	Color a mesh by height.
Curvatures	vtkCurvatures	Compute Gaussian, Mean, Min, and Max Curvatures.
Decimation	vtkDecimatePro	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
DeformPointSet	vtkDeformPointSet	Deform a point set with a control polyhedra.
DijkstraGraphGeodesicPath	vtkDijkstraGraphGeodesicPath	Find the shortest path between two points on a mesh.
DelaunayMesh	vtkDelaunay2D vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence vtkExtractEdges vtkGlyph3D vtkTubeFilter	Two-dimensional Delaunay triangulation of a random set of points. Points and edges are shown highlighted with sphere glyphs and tubes.
ElevationFilter	vtkElevationFilter	Color a mesh by height.
ExtractEdges	vtkExtractEdges
FillHoles	vtkFillHolesFilter	Close holes in a mesh.
GreedyTerrainDecimation	vtkGreedyTerrainDecimation	Create a mesh from an ImageData
HighlightBadCells	vtkMeshQuality
IdentifyHoles	vtkFillHolesFilter	Close holes in a mesh and identify the holes.
ImplicitSelectionLoop	vtkImplicitSelectionLoop	Select a region of a mesh with an implicit function.
LargestRegion	vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Extract the largest connected region in a polydata.
MatrixMathFilter	vtkMatrixMathFilter	Compute various quantities on cell and points in a mesh.
MeshQuality	vtkMeshQuality
OBBDicer	vtkOBBDicer	Breakup a mesh into pieces.
PolygonalSurfaceContourLineInterpolator	vtkPolygonalSurfaceContourLineInterpolator	Interactively find the shortest path between two points on a mesh.
QuadricClustering	vtkQuadricClustering	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
QuadricDecimation	vtkQuadricDecimation	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
SelectPolyData	vtkSelectPolyData	Select a region of a mesh.
SimpleElevationFilter	vtkSimpleElevationFilter	Color a mesh by dotting a vector from the origin to each point with a specified vector.
SmoothPolyDataFilter	vtkSmoothPolyDataFilter	Laplacian smoothing.
SpecifiedRegion	vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Extract a specific (specified) connected region in a polydata.
SplitPolyData	vtkOBBDicer	Breakup a mesh into pieces and save the pieces into files
Subdivision	vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter vtkLoopSubdivisionFilter vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter	Increase the number of triangles in a mesh.
Triangulate	vtkTriangleFilter	Convert all polygons in a mesh to triangles.
WeightedTransformFilter	vtkWeightedTransformFilter
WindowedSincPolyDataFilter	vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter	Smooth a mesh (windowed sinc filter).

Clipping¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BoxClipStructuredPoints	vtkBoxClipDataSet vtkStructuredPoints	Clip vtkStructuredPoints with a box. The results are unstructured grids with tetrahedra.
BoxClipUnstructuredGrid	vtkBoxClipDataSet vtkUnstructuredGrid	Clip a vtkUnstructuredGrid with a box. The results are unstructured grids with tetrahedra.
CapClip	vtkClipPolyData	Cap a clipped polydata with a polygon.
ClipClosedSurface	vtkClipClosedSurface	Clip a surface with multiple planes.
ClipDataSetWithPolyData	vtkClipDataSet vtkImplicitPolyDataDistance vtkRectilinearGrid	Clip a vtkRectilinearGrid with arbitrary polydata. In this example, use a vtkConeSource to generate polydata to slice the grid, resulting in an unstructured grid. Contrast this with the next example.
ClipFrustum	vtkFrustumSource vtkClipPolyData	Clip a vtkPolyData with the vtkCamera's view frustum.
GenericClip	vtkGenericClip vtkBridgeDataSet vtkGenericDataSet
ImplicitDataSetClipping	vtkImplicitDataSet	Clip using an implicit data set.
SolidClip	vtkClipPolyData	Create a "solid" clip.
TableBasedClipDataSetWithPolyData	vtkTableBasedClipDataSet vtkImplicitPolyDataDistance vtkRectilinearGrid	Clip a vtkRectilinearGrid with arbitrary polydata. In this example, use a vtkConeSource to generate polydata to slice the grid, resulting in an unstructured grid. Contrast this with the previous example.

Working with Structured 3D Data¶

This section includes vtkImageData vtkStructuredGrid and vtkRectilinearGrid.

"ImageData" is not the traditional "flat, 2D image" you are used to. It is a special VTK data structure in the collection of 3D data structures provided by VTK. Here is an overview of these data structures. Image data can represent at typical 2D image, but also, a 3D volume.

• Demonstration of structured data types
• Get the linear point id of a point in a grid

vtkImageData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CellIdFromGridCoordinates	vtkStructuredData	Get the id of a cell from its grid coordinates.
ExtractVOI	vtkExtractVOI	Extract a volume of interest (subvolume).
GetCellCenter	vtkImageData	Get the coordinates of the center of a cell.
ImageIterator	vtkImageIterator
ImageIteratorDemo	vtkImageIterator	Demonstrate using an iterator to access pixels in a region.
ImageNormalize	vtkImageNormalize	Normalize an image.
ImageReslice	vtkImageReslice	Resize a vtkImageData.
ImageTranslateExtent	vtkImageTranslateExtent	Change the extent of a vtkImageData.
ImageWeightedSum	vtkImageWeightedSum	Add two or more images.
IntersectLine	vtkImageData	Intersect a line with all cells of a vtkImageData.
IterateImageData	vtkImageData	Iterating over a vtkImageData.

Conversions¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ImageDataGeometryFilter	vtkImageDataGeometryFilter	Convert a vtkImageData to a vtkPolyData
ImageDataToPointSet	vtkImageDataToPointSet	Convert a vtkImageData to a vtkStructuredGrid.

vtkStructuredGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BlankPoint	vtkStructuredGrid	Blank a point of a vtkStructuredGrid.
StructuredGridOutline	vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter	Visualize the outline of a structured grid.
StructuredGrid	vtkStructuredGrid	Structured Grid.
VisualizeStructuredGridCells	vtkShrinkFilter	Visualize the cells of a structured grid.
VisualizeStructuredGrid	vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter	Visualize the points of a structured grid.

vtkStructuredPoints¶

vtkRectilinearGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
RectilinearGridToTetrahedra	vtkRectilinearGridToTetrahedra	Convert a vtkRectilinearGrid to a vtkUnstructuredGrid mesh
RectilinearGrid	vtkRectilinearGrid	Rectilinear grid
VisualizeRectilinearGrid	vtkRectilinearGrid vtkShrinkFilter	Visualize the cells of a rectilinear grid

Registration¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
IterativeClosestPointsTransform	vtkIterativeClosestPointTransform	Iterative Closest Points (ICP) Transform.
LandmarkTransform	vtkLandmarkTransform	Landmark Transform.

Medical¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
GenerateCubesFromLabels	vtkMetaImageReader vtkMaskFields	Create cubes from labeled volume data.
GenerateModelsFromLabels	vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes vtkWindowedSincPolyDataFilter	Create models from labeled volume data vtkDiscreteMarchingCubes).
MedicalDemo1	vtkMarchingCubes	Create a skin surface from volume data
MedicalDemo2	vtkMarchingCubes	Create a skin and bone surface from volume data
MedicalDemo3	vtkMarchingCubes	Create skin, bone and slices from volume data
MedicalDemo4	vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastMapper	Create a volume rendering
TissueLens	vtkMarchingCubes vtkClipDataSet vtkProbeFilter	Cut a volume with a sphere

Surface reconstruction¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Delaunay3D	vtkDelaunay3D	Create a solid mesh from Unorganized Points.
Delaunay3DDemo	vtkDelaunay3D	Interactively adjust Alpha for Delaunay3D.
ExtractSurfaceDemo	vtkExtractSurface vtkPCANormalEstimation vtkSignedDistance	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters (DEMO).
ExtractSurface	vtkExtractSurface vtkPCANormalEstimation vtkSignedDistance	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters.
GaussianSplat	vtkGaussianSplatter	Create a surface from Unorganized Points (Gaussian Splat).
SurfaceFromUnorganizedPointsWithPostProc	vtkSurfaceReconstructionFilter	Create a surface from Unorganized Points (with post processing).
SurfaceFromUnorganizedPoints	vtkSurfaceReconstructionFilter	Create a surface from Unorganized Points.
TriangulateTerrainMap	vtkDelaunay2D	Generate heights (z values) on a 10x10 grid (a terrain map) and then triangulate the points to form a surface.

Utilities¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BoundingBoxIntersection	vtkBoundingBox	Box intersection and Inside tests.
BoundingBox	vtkBoundingBox	Bounding Box construction.
BrownianPoints	vtkBrownianPoints	Produce a random vector at each point in a dataset.
CardinalSpline	vtkCardinalSpline	Cardinal spline Interpolation.
Casting	vtkObject::SafeDownCast	Casting VTK objects.
CheckVTKVersion	vtkVersion	Check VTK Version.
ColorLookupTable	vtkLookupTable	Color Lookup Table.
ColorTransferFunction	vtkColorTransferFunction	Color Transfer Function.
CommandSubclass	vtkCommand	Instead of using a callback function, it is more powerful to subclass vtkCommand.
ConstrainedDelaunay2D	vtkDelaunay2D	Perform a 2D Delaunay triangulation on a point set respecting a specified boundary.
Coordinate	vtkCoordinate	Coordinate system conversions.
DeepCopy		Deep copy a VTK object.
Delaunay2D	vtkDelaunay2D	Perform a 2D Delaunay triangulation on a point set.
DetermineActorType	vtkActor vtkActorCollection	Determine the type of an actor.
DiscretizableColorTransferFunction	vtkDiscretizableColorTransferFunction	Discretizable Color Transfer Function.
ExtractFaces	vtkCellIterator	Extract faces froam vtkUnstructuredGrid.
FileOutputWindow	vtkFileOutputWindow	Write errors to a log file instead of the screen.
FilenameFunctions	vtkDirectory vtksys/SystemTools	Do things like get the file extension, strip the file extension, etc.
FilterSelfProgress		Monitor a filters progress.
FrameRate		Get the frame rate of the rendering.
FullScreen	vtkRenderWindow	Maximize/full screen a vtkRenderWindow.
FunctionParser	vtkFunctionParser	String function parser.
GetClassName	GetClassName()	Determine the type of a VTK variable.
GetDataRoot	vtkTesting	Find the path of VTK_DATA_ROOT.
LUTUtilities	vtkLookupTable vtkColorSeries	A utility class for vtkLookupTable allowing you to output the table contents or to compare tables.
MassProperties	vtkMassProperties	Compute volume and surface area of a closed, triangulated mesh.
MultipleRenderWindows	vtkRenderWindow	Multiple Render Windows
MultipleViewports	vtkRenderer::SetViewPort	Multiple Viewports.
OffScreenRendering	vtkImagingFactory vtkGraphicsFactory	Off Screen Rendering.
PCADemo	vtkPCAStatistics	Project 2D points onto the best 1D subspace (PCA Demo).
PCAStatistics	vtkPCAStatistics	Compute Principal Component Analysis (PCA) values.
PassThrought	vtkPassThrough	Pass input along to outpu.
PiecewiseFunction	vtkPiecewiseFunction	Interpolation using a piecewise function.
PointInPolygon	vtkPolygon	Point inside polygon test.
ReportRenderWindowCapabilities	vtkRenderWindow	Report the capabilities of a render window.
SaveSceneToFieldData	vtkCamera	Save a vtkCamera's state i a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData and restore it.
SaveSceneToFile	vtkCamera	Save a vtkCamera's state in a file and restore it.d.
Screenshot	vtkWindowToImageFilter
ShallowCopy		Shallow copy a VTK object.
ShareCamera	vtkRenderer vtkCamera	Share a camera between multiple renderers.
ShepardMethod	vtkShepardMethod	Shepard method interpolation.
SideBySideViewports	vtkRenderer::SetViewPort	Side by side viewports.
TimeStamp	vtkTimeStamp	Time stamp.
TimerLog	vtkTimerLog	Timer log.
Timer	vtkRenderWindowInteractor::CreateRepeatingTimer
Variant	vtkVariant	Convert between data types.
Vector	vtkVector	Mathematical vector class.
VersionMacros	Macro/#define's	Check VTK Version.
ViewportBorders		Draw a border around each viewport.
VisualDebugging		Update the screen from inside an algorithm.
ZBuffer	vtkRenderer	zbuffer.

Arrays¶

Events¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CameraModifiedEvent	vtkCameraWindow	Catch the camera modified event.
ObserveError	vtkCommand	Catch errors and warnings.
WindowModifiedEvent	vtkRenderWindow	Catch the window modified event.

CMake Techniques¶

Math Operations¶

Graphs¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AdjacencyMatrixToEdgeTable	vtkAdjacencyMatrixToEdgeTable	Convert an adjacency matrix to an edge table.
AdjacentVertexIterator	vtkAdjacentVertexIterator	Get all vertices connected to a specified vertex.
BoostBreadthFirstSearchTree	vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree	Breadth first search tree. Can also be used to convert a graph to a tree.
BreadthFirstDistance	vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearch	Distance from origin.
ColorEdges	vtkGraphLayoutView	Color edges.
ColorVertexLabels	vtkGraphLayoutView vtkRenderedGraphRepresentation	Set the color of vertex labels.
ColorVerticesLookupTable	vtkGraphLayoutView	Color vertices.
ConnectedComponents	vtkBoostConnectedComponents	Find connected components of a graph.
ConstructGraph	vtkMutableUndirectedGraph	Construct a graph.
ConstructTree	vtkTree vtkMutableDirectedGraph	Construct a tree.
DepthFirstSearchAnimation	vtkTreeDFSIterator	Depth First Search Animation.
DepthFirstSearchIterator	vtkTreeDFSIterator	Depth First Search iterator.
EdgeListIterator	vtkEdgeListIterator	Iterate over edges of a graph.
EdgeWeights	vtkGraph::GetEdgeData::AddArray	Edge weights.
GraphPoints	vtkGraph::SetPoints, vtkPassThroughLayoutStrategy	Manually set coordinates of vertices in a graph.
GraphToPolyData	vtkGraphToPolyData	Convert a graph to a PolyData.
InEdgeIterator	vtkInEdgeIterator	Iterate over edges incoming to a vertex.
LabelVerticesAndEdges	vtkGraphLayoutView	Label vertices and edges.
MinimumSpanningTree	vtkBoostPrimMinimumSpanningTree	Minimum spanning tree of a graph.
MutableGraphHelper	vtkMutableGraphHelper	Create either a vtkMutableDirectedGraph or vtkMutableUndirectedGraph.
NOVCAGraph	vtkUnstructuredGrid vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter vtkPolyLine	Create a graph & visualize it in ParaView/VisIt.
OutEdgeIterator	vtkOutEdgeIterator	Iterate over edges outgoing from a vertex.
RandomGraphSource	vtkRandomGraphSource	Create a random graph.
RemoveIsolatedVertices	vtkRemoveIsolatedVertices	Remove vertices of degree 0 from a vtkGraph.
ScaleVertices	vtkGraphLayoutView vtkRenderedGraphRepresentation	Size/scale vertices based on a data array.
SelectedVerticesAndEdges	vtkAnnotationLink	Get a list of selected vertices and edges.
SelectedVerticesAndEdgesObserver	vtkAnnotationLink	Get a list of selected vertices and edges using an observer of AnnotationChangedEvent.
ShortestPath	vtkDijkstraGraphGeodesicPath	Find the shortest path on a graph.
SideBySideGraphs	vtkGraphLayoutView	Display two graphs side by side.
TreeBFSIterator	vtkTreeBFSIterator	Breadth First Search iterator.
VertexSize	vtkGraphLayoutView vtkRenderedGraphRepresentation	Set the size of vertices.
VisualizeDirectedGraph	vtkGlyphSource2D	Visualize a directed graph.
VisualizeGraph	vtkGraphLayoutView vtkGraphLayoutStrategy vtkSimple2DLayoutStrategy	Visualize a graph.

Graph Conversions¶

Data Structures¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AttachAttributes	vtkInformation	Attach attributes to a VTK array
CellLocatorVisualization	vtkCellLocator	Visualization of the tree of a vtkCellLocator.
CellLocator	vtkCellLocator	Project a point onto a mesh. Closest point on a mesh.Efficient 3D cell query.
CellTreeLocator	vtkCellTreeLocator	Points inside an object using vtkCellTreeLocator.
PointLocatorVisualization	vtkPointLocator	Visualization of the tree of a vtkPointLocator.
PointLocator	vtkPointLocator	Efficient 3D point query.
PointLocatorRadius	vtkPointLocator	Find all points within a radius of a specified point.

Timing Demonstrations¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
KDTreeTimingDemo	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel (doesn't seem correct)
ModifiedBSPTreeTimingDemo	vtkModifiedBSPTree	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel
OBBTreeTimingDemo	vtkOBBTree	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel
OctreeTimingDemo	vtkOctreePointLocator	Plot the runtime vs MaxPointsPerRegionOctree timing demo.

KD-Tree¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BuildLocatorFromKClosestPoints	vtkKdTree
ClosestNPoints	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Find the closest N points to a query point.
DataStructureComparison	vtkKdTree vtkOBBTree vtkOctreePointLocator vtkModifiedBSPTree	Illustrates, side by side, the differences between several spatial data structures
KDTreeAccessPoints	vtkKdTree	Access the points of a KDTree.
KDTreeFindPointsWithinRadius	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Find points within a specified radius of a query point.
KdTreePointLocatorClosestPoint	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Find the closest point to a query point.
KdTree	vtkKdTree
VisualizeKDTree	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Visualize levels of the tree.

Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) Tree¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
OBBTreeIntersectWithLine	vtkOBBTree	Intersect a line with a vtkOBBTree.
OBBTreeExtractCells	vtkOBBTree	Intersect a line with an OBB Tree and display all intersected cells.
VisualizeOBBTree	vtkOBBTree	Visualize levels of the tree.

Octree¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BuildOctree	vtkOctreePointLocator	Create an octree.
OctreeFindPointsWithinRadius	vtkOctreePointLocator	Find the points within a sphere of specified radius to a query point.
IncrementalOctreePointLocator	vtkIncrementalOctreePointLocator	Insert points into an octree without rebuilding it.
OctreeKClosestPoints	vtkOctreePointLocator	Find the K closest points to a query point.
OctreeClosestPoint	vtkOctreePointLocator	Find the closest point to a query point.
OctreeVisualize	vtkOctreePointLocator	Visualize levels of the tree.

Modified BSP Tree¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ModifiedBSPTreeIntersectWithLine	vtkModifiedBSPTree	Intersect a line with a modified BSP Tree.
ModifiedBSPTreeExtractCells	vtkModifiedBSPTree	Intersect a line with a modified BSP Tree and display all intersected cells.
VisualizeModifiedBSPTree	vtkModifiedBSPTree	Visualize levels of the tree.

HyperTreeGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
HyperTreeGridSource	vtkHyperTreeGridSource	Create a vtkHyperTreeGrid.

VTK Concepts¶

Rendering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AmbientSpheres	vtkProperty	Demonstrates the effect of ambient lighting on spheres.
CylinderRenderingProperties	vtkProperty	Change the properties of a cylinder.
DiffuseSpheres	vtkProperty	Demonstrates the effect of diffuse lighting on spheres.
Rainbow	vtkLookupTable	Use and manipulation of vtkLookupTables.
Rotations	vtkActor::RotateX,Y,Z vtkRenderer::EraseOff	Rotations of a cow about her axes.
SpecularSpheres	vtkProperty	Demonstrates the effect of specular lighting on spheres.
StippledLine	vtkTexture	Draw a stippled line.
WalkCow	vtkBYUReader vtkRenderWindow::EraseOff() vtkActor	This generates Figs. 3-31, 3-32, 3-33 found in VTKTextbook.pdf.

Lighting¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
LightActor	vtkLightActor	Display the location and direction of a light.
Light	vtkLight	Add a directional light to a scene.
Shadows	vtkShadowMapPass	Create shadows.
SpotLights	vtkLight	Create two positional(spot) lights.

Texture Mapping¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BackgroundTexture	vtkRenderer vtkTexture	Use a texture for the background of a vtkRenderer.
ClipArt	vtkTextureMapToPlane	Generate 3D clip art from an image.
ProjectedTexture	vtkProjectedTexture	Project a texture onto vtkPolyData.
TextureCutQuadric	vtkBooleanTexture vtkImplicitTextureCoords	Cut a quadric with boolean textures.
TextureCutSphere	vtkImplicitTextureCoords	Cut a sphere using texture coordinates.
TextureMapImageData	vtkImageCanvasSource2D	Texture map an ImageData.
TextureMapPlane	vtkTextureMapToPlane	Texture map a plane.
TextureMapQuad	vtkPolygon vtkPolyData	Texture map a quad.
TexturedSphere	vtkTextureMapToSphere	Texture a sphere.
TextureThreshold	vtkTexture vtkThresholdTextureCoords vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter	Demonstrate the use of scalar thresholds to show values of flow density on three planes.

Visualization¶

See this tutorial for a brief explanation of the VTK terminology of mappers, actors, etc.

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AnnotatedCubeActor	vtkAnnotatedCubeActor	Annotated cube.
Arbitrary3DCursor	vtkPointWidget	Track a 3D cursor.
AssignCellColorsFromLUT	vtkNamedColors vtkPlaneSource vtkLookupTable vtkColorTransferFunction	Demonstrates how to assign colors to cells in a vtkPolyData structure using lookup tables.
BackfaceCulling	vtkActor	Backface culling.
BackgroundColor	vtkRenderer	Background color.
BackgroundGradient	vtkRenderer vtkRenderer	Background gradient.
BillboardTextActor3D	vtkBillboardTextActor3D	Label points with billboards.
BlobbyLogo	vtkImplicitModeller	Blobby logo from VTK textbook.
BluntStreamlines	vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter vtkStreamTracer	Demonstrates airflow around a blunt fin using streamlines.
CameraActor	vtkCameraActor	Visualize a camera (frustum) in a scene.
CameraModel1	vtkCameraActor	Illustrate camera movement.
CameraModel2	vtkCameraActor	Illustrate camera movement.
Camera	vtkCamera	Positioning and aiming the camera.
CaptionActor2D	vtkCaptionActor2D	Draw a caption/bubble pointing to a particular point.
ChooseTextColorDemo	vtkTextActor vtkNamedColors	Create a grid of random colored viewpports and pick a good text color.
ChooseTextColor	vtkTextActor vtkTextProperty::SetFontFamily vtkNamedColors	Choose a text color that contrasts with a background color.
CloseWindow	vtkRenderWindowInteractor vtkRenderWindow	Close a render window.
ColorActorEdges	vtkActor	Color the edges of an Actor.
ColorAnActor	vtkActor	Color an Actor.
ColorGlyphs	vtkGlyph3D vtkGlyph3D	Color glyphs.
ComplexV	vtkHedgeHog	ComplexV from the VTK Textbook.
CornerAnnotation	vtkCornerAnnotation	Write text in the corners of a window.
CorrectlyRenderTranslucentGeometry	vtkDepthSortPolyData	Correctly Rendering Translucent Geometry.
CubeAxesActor2D	vtkCubeAxesActor2D	This example uses the vtkCubeAxesActor2D to show your scene with axes to indicate the spatial extent of your data.
CubeAxesActor	vtkCubeAxesActor	Display three orthogonal axes with labels.
Cursor3D	vtkCursor3D
CursorShape	vtkRenderWindow	Change the shape of the cursor.
CurvatureBandsWithGlyphs	vtkCurvatures vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter vtkLookupTable vtkColorSeries vtkGlyph3D	Demonstrates the coloring of a surface by partitioning the gaussian curvature of a surface into bands and using arrows to display the normals on the surface.
CurvedReformation	vtkProbeFilter	Sample a volume with a curved surface. In medical imaging, this is often called curved multi planar reformation.
Cutter	vtkCutter
DepthSortPolyData	vtkDepthSortPolyData	Poly Data Depth Sorting.
DisplacementPlot	vtkColorTransferFunction vtkWarpVector vtkVectorDot	Show modal lines for a vibrating beam.
DisplayCoordinateAxes	vtkOrientationMarkerWidget	Display coordinate axes.
DisplayQuadricSurfaces	vtkQuadric vtkSampleFunction vtkContourFilter	Display Quadric Surfaces.
DistanceToCamera	vtkDistanceToCamera
DrawText	vtkTextActor vtkTextProperty	Display Text.
ElevationBandsWithGlyphs	vtkBandedPolyDataContourFilter vtkLookupTable vtkColorSeries vtkGlyph3D	Demonstrates the coloring of a surface by partitioning the elevation into bands and using arrows to display the normals on the surface.
ExtrudePolyDataAlongLine	vtkRuledSurfaceFilter	Extrude a 2D polydata along a line in 3D space.
FastSplatter	vtkFastSplatter	Convolve a splat image with every point in an input image.
FindCellIntersections	vtkCellLocator	Find the intersection of a line and the cells in an unstructured dataset
FlatShading	vtkActor
Follower	vtkFollower	Draw text that stays right side up.
FontFile	vtkTextProperty	Use an external font.
Glyph2D	vtkGlyph2D
Glyph3D	vtkGlyph3D
Glyph3DImage	vtkGlyph3DMapper	Glyph the points in a vtkImageData.
Glyph3DMapper	vtkGlyph3DMapper
Hanoi		Towers of Hanoi.
Hawaii	vtkElevationFilter vtkColorSeries vtkLookupTable	Visualize elevations by coloring the scalar values with a lookup table.
HedgeHog	vtkHedgeHog vtkStructuredGrid	Create oriented lines (hedgehogs) from vector data.
HideActor	vtkPropCollection vtkProp	visible
HideAllActors	vtkRenderer	Hide all actors.
ImageMapper	vtkImageMapper	Display an image in 2D.
ImageOrder	vtkRenderer	Determine the display order of a stack of images.
ImageOrientation	vtkInteractorStyleImage	Orientation of the view of an image.
ImageTransparency	vtkImageData	Set transparency of image pixels.
IsosurfaceSampling	vtkProbeFilter	Demonstrates how to create point data on an isosurface.
Kitchen	vtkStreamTracer vtkStructuredGrid	Demonstrates stream tracing in a kitchen.
LODProp3D	vtkLODProp3D	Level of detail rendering.
LabelContours	vtkLabeledDataMapper	Label Contours.
LabelPlacementMapper	vtkPointSetToLabelHierarchy vtkLabelPlacementMapper	Display a non-overlapping text label at each point.
LabeledDataMapper	vtkLabeledDataMapper	Display the point ID at each point.
LabeledMesh	vtkLabeledDataMapper	Label Mesh.
LegendScaleActor	vtkLegendScaleActor	Display the scale of a scene.
Legend	vtkLegendBoxActor
LineWidth	vtkActor vtkProperty	Change the width/thickness of lines in an actor.
Motor	vtkBYUReader vtkStructuredPointsReader vtkTexture vtkImplicitTextureCoords	Texture cut used to reveal internal structure of a motor. Two cut planes are used in combination with transparent texture.
MovableAxes	vtkFollower vtkAxesActor vtkAssembly	Movable axes.
MoveActor	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor	Moving an Actor.
MoveCamera	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera	Moving the Camera.
MultipleActors	vtkActor	Multiple Actors.
NamedColors	vtkNamedColors	Demonstrate the use of the vtkNamedColors class.
NamedColorPatches	vtkNamedColors	Creates a HTML file called VTKNamedColorPatches
NoShading	vtkActor
NormalsDemo	vtkPolyDataNormals	Demo different ooption to generate normals.
Office	vtkPointSource vtkStreamTracer	Using random point seeds to create streamlines.
OfficeTube	vtkStreamTracer vtkTubeFilter	The stream polygon. Sweeping a polygon to form a tube.
Opacity	vtkActor	Transparency, transparent.
OrientedGlyphs	vtkGlyph3D	Create oriented glyphs from vector data.
PineRootConnectivity	vtkMCubesReader vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter	Applying the connectivity filter to remove noisy isosurfaces.
PineRootDecimation	vtkMCubesReader vtkDecimatePro vtkConnectivityFilter	Applying the decimation and connectivity filters to remove noisy isosurfaces and reduce data size.
PlateVibration	vtkWarpVector vtkVectorDot	Demonstrates the motion of a vibrating beam.
PointDataSubdivision	vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter	Demonstrates the effect of applying these filters on various sources.
PointSize	vtkActor
ProgrammableGlyphFilter	vtkProgrammableGlyphFilter	Generate a custom glyph at each point.
QuadraticSurface	vtkQuadric	Display a quadratic surface.
QuadricLODActor	vtkQuadricLODActor	Level of detail adjustment.
RandomProbe	vtkProbeFilter	Demonstrates how to probe a dataset with random points and select points inside the data set.
RenderLargeImage	vtkRenderLargeImage	Render a large image, larger than a window.
RenderView	vtkRenderView	A little bit easier rendering.
ReverseAccess	vtkActor	Demonstrates how to access the source (e.g. vtkSphereSource) of an actor reversely.
RotateActor	vtkActor	Rotate an Actor.
ScalarBarActorColorSeries	vtkScalarBarActor vtkColorSeries	Display a color bar with a color series lookup table.
ScalarBarActor	vtkScalarBarActor	Display a color bar.
ScalarVisibility	vtkDataSetMapper	Switch between coloring the actor and coloring the data.
ScaleGlyphs	vtkGlyph3D vtkGlyph3D	Scale glyphs.
SceneBounds	vtkRenderer	Get the bounds of the whole scene.
SelectWindowRegion	vtkInteractorStyleRubberBand2D	Select a region of a window.
StreamLines	vtkStreamTracer	Streamlines.
StreamlinesWithLineWidget	vtkCallbackCommand vtkLineWidget	Using the vtkLineWidget to produce streamlines in the combustor dataset. The StartInteractionEvent turns the visibility of the streamlines on; the InteractionEvent causes the streamlines to regenerate themselves.
TensorAxes	vtkPointLoad vtkTensorGlyph	Display the scaled and oriented principal axes of the stress tensor.
TensorEllipsoids	vtkPointLoad vtkTensorGlyph	Display the scaled and oriented principal axes as tensor ellipsoids representing the stress tensor.
TensorGlyph	vtkTensorGlyph	Draw a rotated/scaled glyph at each point.
TextSource	vtkTextSource	Display text.
TransformActorCollection	vtkActorCollection	Transform an actor collection.
TransformActor	vtkActor	Transform an Actor.
TubesFromSplines	vtkTubeFilter vtkParametricFunctionSource vtkTupleInterpolator	Create tubes from interpolated points and scalars.
TubesWithVaryingRadiusAndColors	vtkTubeFilter	Create tubes with varying radius and colors.
VectorOfActors	vtkActor	Multiple Actors in a Vector.
VectorText	vtkVectorText	Display high resolution text.
VertexGlyphFilter	vtkVertexGlyphFilter	Add a vertex to each point.
VelocityProfile	vtkMultiBlockPLOT3DReader vtkStructuredGridGeometryFilter vtkAppendPolyData vtkWarpVector	Warping the geometry of three planes to show flow momentum.
Visualize2DPoints	vtkPolyDataMapper2D vtkProperty2D	Visualize a 2D Set of Points.
VisualizeImageData	vtkDataSetMapper	Visualize the points of an ImageData.
VisualizeVTP	vtkXMLPolyDataReader vtkPolyDataMapper	Visualize a VTP File.
WindowSize	vtkRenderWindow:SetSize	Change the size of a window.
WindowTitle	vtkRenderWindow	Change the title of a window.
Wireframe	vtkActor
KochSnowflake	vtkPolyData vtkPolyLine vtkTriangle vtkLookupTable	Use recursion to represent a Koch snowflake fractal.