# VectorNorm

VTKExamples/Cxx/Math/VectorNorm

### Code

VectorNorm.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkPoints.h>
    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkFloatArray.h>
    #include <vtkPointData.h>
    #include <vtkVectorNorm.h>

    // For compatibility with new VTK generic data arrays
    #ifdef vtkGenericDataArray_h
    #define InsertNextTupleValue InsertNextTypedTuple
    #endif

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
      points->InsertNextPoint(1,2,3);
      points->InsertNextPoint(4,5,6);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
      polydata->SetPoints(points);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> distances =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
      distances->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
      distances->SetName("Distances");

      float v1[3] = {1,2,3};
      float v2[3] = {4,5,6};
      distances->InsertNextTupleValue(v1);
      distances->InsertNextTupleValue(v2);

      polydata->GetPointData()->SetVectors(distances);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkVectorNorm> vectorNorm =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkVectorNorm>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      vectorNorm->SetInputConnection(polydata->GetProducerPort());
    #else
      vectorNorm->SetInputData(polydata);
    #endif
      vectorNorm->Update();

      vtkFloatArray* scalars = vtkFloatArray::SafeDownCast ( vectorNorm->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars() );

      for(vtkIdType i = 0; i < scalars->GetNumberOfTuples(); i++)
      {
        std::cout << "Value " << i << " : " << scalars->GetValue(i) << std::endl;
      }

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(VectorNorm)

    find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
    include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

    add_executable(VectorNorm MACOSX_BUNDLE VectorNorm.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(VectorNorm ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build VectorNorm

Click here to download VectorNorm and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball VectorNorm.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

    cd VectorNorm/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:

    ./VectorNorm

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.