# AreaPicking

VTKExamples/Cxx/Picking/AreaPicking

### Description

This example creates 3 points+vertices. Currently, the address of the picked prop is 0 (this is not correct). A red bounding box is drawn around every picked prop.

- For '''vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera''' - use 'p' to pick at the current mouse position

- For '''vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick''' - use 'r' and left-mouse to draw a selection box used to pick

### Code

AreaPicking.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
    #include <vtkPoints.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>
    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkCellArray.h>
    #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
    #include <vtkActor.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera.h>
    #include <vtkInteractorStyleTrackball.h>
    #include <vtkAreaPicker.h>
    #include <vtkCallbackCommand.h>
    #include <vtkProp3DCollection.h>

    void PickCallbackFunction ( vtkObject* caller, long unsigned int eventId, void* clientData, void* callData );

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      // Create a set of points
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray> vertices =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray>::New();
      vtkIdType pid[1];
      pid[0] = points->InsertNextPoint ( 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 );
      vertices->InsertNextCell ( 1,pid );
      pid[0] = points->InsertNextPoint ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 );
      vertices->InsertNextCell ( 1,pid );
      pid[0] = points->InsertNextPoint ( 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 );
      vertices->InsertNextCell ( 1,pid );

      // Create a polydata
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
      polydata->SetPoints ( points );
      polydata->SetVerts ( vertices );

      // Visualize
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      mapper->SetInput(polydata);
    #else
      mapper->SetInputData(polydata);
    #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<vtkAreaPicker> areaPicker =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkAreaPicker>::New();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
      renderWindowInteractor->SetPicker(areaPicker);

      renderer->AddActor(actor);
      renderer->SetBackground(0,0,0.2); // Background color dark blue

      renderWindow->Render();

      // For vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick - use 'r' and left-mouse to draw a selection box used to pick
      //vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick> style =
        //vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick>::New();

      // For vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera - use 'p' to pick at the current mouse position
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera> style =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera>::New(); //like paraview
      style->SetCurrentRenderer(renderer);
      renderWindowInteractor->SetInteractorStyle( style );

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkCallbackCommand> pickCallback =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkCallbackCommand>::New();
      pickCallback->SetCallback ( PickCallbackFunction );

      areaPicker->AddObserver ( vtkCommand::EndPickEvent, pickCallback );

      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

    void PickCallbackFunction(vtkObject* caller,
                              long unsigned int vtkNotUsed(eventId),
                              void* vtkNotUsed(clientData),
                              void* vtkNotUsed(callData))
    {
      std::cout << "Pick." << std::endl;
      vtkAreaPicker* areaPicker = static_cast<vtkAreaPicker*>(caller);
      vtkProp3DCollection* props = areaPicker->GetProp3Ds();

      for(vtkIdType i = 0; i < props->GetNumberOfItems(); i++)
      {
        vtkProp3D* prop = props->GetNextProp3D();
        std::cout << "Picked prop: " << prop << std::endl;
      }
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(AreaPicking)

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

    add_executable(AreaPicking MACOSX_BUNDLE AreaPicking.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(AreaPicking ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build AreaPicking

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The generation of tar files has not been ported to the new VTKExamples. Some tarballs may be missing or out-of-date.

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

    cd AreaPicking/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:

    ./AreaPicking

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.