Hexahedron

VTKExamples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Hexahedron

Description¶

The hexahedron is a primary three-dimensional cell consisting of six quadrilateral faces, twelve edges, and eight vertices. The hexahedron is defined by an ordered list of eight points. The faces and edges must not intersect any other faces and edges, and the hexahedron must be convex.

Code¶

Hexahedron.cxx

#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkHexahedron.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  // Setup the coordinates of eight points 
  // (the two faces must be in counter clockwise order as viewd from the outside)
  double P0[3] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double P1[3] = {1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
  double P2[3] = {1.0, 1.0, 0.0};
  double P3[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0};
  double P4[3] = {0.0, 0.0, 1.0};
  double P5[3] = {1.0, 0.0, 1.0};
  double P6[3] = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0};
  double P7[3] = {0.0, 1.0, 1.0};


  // Create the points
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint(P0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P1);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P2);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P3);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P4);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P5);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P6);
  points->InsertNextPoint(P7);

  // Create a hexahedron from the points
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkHexahedron> hex = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkHexahedron>::New();
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(0,0);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(1,1);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(2,2);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(3,3);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(4,4);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(5,5);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(6,6);
  hex->GetPointIds()->SetId(7,7);

  // Add the hexahedron to a cell array
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray> hexs = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray>::New();
  hexs->InsertNextCell(hex);

  // Add the points and hexahedron to an unstructured grid
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnstructuredGrid> uGrid =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnstructuredGrid>::New();
  uGrid->SetPoints(points);
  uGrid->InsertNextCell(hex->GetCellType(), hex->GetPointIds());

  // Visualize
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> mapper = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  mapper->SetInputConnection(uGrid->GetProducerPort());
#else
  mapper->SetInputData(uGrid);
#endif

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(.2, .3, .4);

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(Hexahedron)

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

add_executable(Hexahedron MACOSX_BUNDLE Hexahedron.cxx )

target_link_libraries(Hexahedron ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build Hexahedron¶

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

cd Hexahedron/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:

./Hexahedron

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.