# OBBDicer

VTKExamples/Cxx/Meshes/OBBDicer

### Description

The vtkOBBDicer filter breaks up an input mesh into a number of pieces. The resulting mesh contains scalar point data that can be used to extract the individual pieces with a filter like vtkThresholdFilter. This examples displays the output of vtkOBBDicer with a different color for each piece.

### Code

OBBDicer.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <vtkActor.h>
    #include <vtkOBBDicer.h>
    #include <vtkOutlineCornerFilter.h>
    #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
    #include <vtkProperty.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkSphereSource.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> inputPolyData;
      if(argc > 1)
      {
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader>::New();
        reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
        reader->Update();
        inputPolyData = reader->GetOutput();
      }
      else
      {
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
        sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(30);
        sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(15);
        sphereSource->Update();
        inputPolyData = sphereSource->GetOutput();
      }

      // Create pipeline
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBBDicer> dicer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBBDicer>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      dicer->SetInput(inputPolyData);
    #else
      dicer->SetInputData(inputPolyData);
    #endif
      dicer->SetNumberOfPieces(4);
      dicer->SetDiceModeToSpecifiedNumberOfPieces();
      dicer->Update();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> inputMapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
      inputMapper->SetInputConnection(dicer->GetOutputPort());
      inputMapper->SetScalarRange(0, dicer->GetNumberOfActualPieces());

      std::cout << "Asked for: "
                << dicer->GetNumberOfPieces() << " pieces, got: "
                << dicer->GetNumberOfActualPieces() << std::endl;

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> inputActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      inputActor->SetMapper(inputMapper);
       inputActor->GetProperty()->SetInterpolationToFlat();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkOutlineCornerFilter> outline =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkOutlineCornerFilter>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      outline->SetInput(inputPolyData);
    #else
      outline->SetInputData(inputPolyData);
    #endif

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> outlineMapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
      outlineMapper->SetInputConnection(outline->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> outlineActor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      outlineActor->SetMapper(outlineMapper);
      outlineActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(0, 0, 0);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

      // Add the actors to the renderer, set the background and size
      renderer->AddActor(outlineActor);
      renderer->AddActor(inputActor);
      renderer->SetBackground(.2, .3, .4);

      // Render the image
      renderWindow->Render();

      interactor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(OBBDicer)

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

    add_executable(OBBDicer MACOSX_BUNDLE OBBDicer.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(OBBDicer ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build OBBDicer

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

    cd OBBDicer/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:

    ./OBBDicer

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.