CylinderExample
VTKExamples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/CylinderExample
Description¶
This example creates a minimal visualization program, demonstrating VTK's basic rendering and pipeline creation.
Note
This original C++ source code for this example is here.
Code¶
CylinderExample.cxx
#include <vtkActor.h> #include <vtkCamera.h> #include <vtkCylinderSource.h> #include <vtkNamedColors.h> #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h> #include <vtkProperty.h> #include <vtkRenderWindow.h> #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h> #include <vtkRenderer.h> #include <vtkSmartPointer.h> #include <array> int main(int, char *[]) { vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors> colors = vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors>::New(); // Set the background color. std::array<unsigned char, 4> bkg{{26, 51, 102, 255}}; colors->SetColor("BkgColor", bkg.data()); // This creates a polygonal cylinder model with eight circumferential facets // (i.e, in practice an octagonal prism). vtkSmartPointer<vtkCylinderSource> cylinder = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCylinderSource>::New(); cylinder->SetResolution(8); // The mapper is responsible for pushing the geometry into the graphics // library. It may also do color mapping, if scalars or other attributes are // defined. vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> cylinderMapper = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New(); cylinderMapper->SetInputConnection(cylinder->GetOutputPort()); // The actor is a grouping mechanism: besides the geometry (mapper), it // also has a property, transformation matrix, and/or texture map. // Here we set its color and rotate it around the X and Y axes. vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> cylinderActor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New(); cylinderActor->SetMapper(cylinderMapper); cylinderActor->GetProperty()->SetColor( colors->GetColor4d("Tomato").GetData()); cylinderActor->RotateX(30.0); cylinderActor->RotateY(-45.0); // The renderer generates the image // which is then displayed on the render window. // It can be thought of as a scene to which the actor is added vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New(); renderer->AddActor(cylinderActor); renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("BkgColor").GetData()); // Zoom in a little by accessing the camera and invoking its "Zoom" method. renderer->ResetCamera(); renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Zoom(1.5); // The render window is the actual GUI window // that appears on the computer screen vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New(); renderWindow->SetSize(300, 300); renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer); renderWindow->SetWindowName("Cylinder"); // The render window interactor captures mouse events // and will perform appropriate camera or actor manipulation // depending on the nature of the events. vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New(); renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow); // This starts the event loop and as a side effect causes an initial render. renderWindowInteractor->Start(); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR) project(CylinderExample) find_package(VTK COMPONENTS vtkCommonColor vtkCommonCore vtkFiltersSources vtkInteractionStyle vtkRenderingCore vtkRenderingFreeType vtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET) if (NOT VTK_FOUND) message("Skipping CylinderExample: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}") return () endif() message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}") if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0") # old system include(${VTK_USE_FILE}) add_executable(CylinderExample MACOSX_BUNDLE CylinderExample.cxx ) target_link_libraries(CylinderExample PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}) else () # include all components add_executable(CylinderExample MACOSX_BUNDLE CylinderExample.cxx ) target_link_libraries(CylinderExample PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}) # vtk_module_autoinit is needed vtk_module_autoinit( TARGETS CylinderExample MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES} ) endif ()
Download and Build CylinderExample¶
Click here to download CylinderExample and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball CylinderExample.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd CylinderExample/build
If VTK is installed:
cmake ..
If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:
cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..
Build the project:
make
and run it:
./CylinderExample
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.