# SurfacePlot

VTKExamples/Cxx/Plotting/SurfacePlot

### Description

This examples creates a vtkChartXYZ that contains a vtkPlotSurface.

### Code

SurfacePlot.cxx

    #include "vtkNew.h"
    #include "vtkPlotSurface.h"

    #include "vtkNamedColors.h"
    #include "vtkChartXYZ.h"
    #include "vtkPen.h"
    #include "vtkContextMouseEvent.h"
    #include "vtkContextView.h"
    #include "vtkContextScene.h"
    #include "vtkFloatArray.h"
    #include "vtkRenderer.h"
    #include "vtkRenderWindow.h"
    #include "vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h"
    #include "vtkTable.h"
    #include "vtkRegressionTestImage.h"
    #include "vtkUnsignedCharArray.h"
    #include "vtkVector.h"

    int main(int , char * [])
    {
      vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

      vtkNew<vtkChartXYZ> chart;
      chart->SetGeometry(vtkRectf(10.0, 10.0, 630, 470));

      vtkNew<vtkPlotSurface> plot;

      vtkNew<vtkContextView> view;
      view->GetRenderer()->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Silver").GetData());
      view->GetRenderWindow()->SetSize(640, 480);
      view->GetScene()->AddItem(chart);

      // Create a surface
      vtkNew<vtkTable> table;
      vtkIdType numPoints = 70;
      float inc = 9.424778 / (numPoints - 1);
      for (vtkIdType i = 0; i < numPoints; ++i)
      {
        vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arr;
        table->AddColumn(arr);
      }

      table->SetNumberOfRows(static_cast<vtkIdType>(numPoints));
      for (vtkIdType i = 0; i < numPoints; ++i)
      {
        float x = i * inc;
        for (vtkIdType j = 0; j < numPoints; ++j)
        {
          float y  = j * inc;
          table->SetValue(i, j, sin(sqrt(x*x + y*y)));
        }
      }

      // Set up the surface plot we wish to visualize and add it to the chart.
      plot->SetXRange(0, 10.0);
      plot->SetYRange(0, 10.0);
      plot->SetInputData(table);
      plot->GetPen()->SetColorF(colors->GetColor3d("Tomato").GetData());
      chart->AddPlot(plot);

      view->GetRenderWindow()->SetMultiSamples(0);
      view->GetInteractor()->Initialize();
      view->GetRenderWindow()->Render();

      // rotate
      vtkContextMouseEvent mouseEvent;
      mouseEvent.SetInteractor(view->GetInteractor());

      vtkVector2i pos;

      vtkVector2i lastPos;
      mouseEvent.SetButton(vtkContextMouseEvent::LEFT_BUTTON);
      lastPos.Set(100, 50);
      mouseEvent.SetLastScreenPos(lastPos);
      pos.Set(150, 100);
      mouseEvent.SetScreenPos(pos);

      vtkVector2d sP(pos.Cast<double>().GetData());
      vtkVector2d lSP(lastPos.Cast<double>().GetData());
      vtkVector2d screenPos(mouseEvent.GetScreenPos().Cast<double>().GetData());
      vtkVector2d lastScreenPos(mouseEvent.GetLastScreenPos().Cast<double>().GetData());

      chart->MouseMoveEvent(mouseEvent);

      view->GetInteractor()->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(SurfacePlot)

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

    add_executable(SurfacePlot MACOSX_BUNDLE SurfacePlot.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(SurfacePlot ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build SurfacePlot

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

    cd SurfacePlot/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:

    ./SurfacePlot

WINDOWS USERS

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