TextActor

VTKExamples/Java/GeometricObjects/TextActor


Java Program to Demostrate the use of vtkTextActor. TextActor can be set with properties such as FontSize, FontFamily, DisplayPosition and so on.

Author: Bharatesh Chakravarthi Affiliation: VE Lab, Chung Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.

Code

TextActor.java

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;


import vtk.vtkNativeLibrary;
import vtk.vtkPanel;
import vtk.vtkTextActor;
import vtk.vtkNamedColors;


public class TextActor extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
      private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
      private vtkPanel renWin;
      private JButton exitButton;

      // -----------------------------------------------------------------
      // Load VTK library and print which library was not properly loaded
      static {
        if (!vtkNativeLibrary.LoadAllNativeLibraries()) {
          for (vtkNativeLibrary lib : vtkNativeLibrary.values()) {
            if (!lib.IsLoaded()) {
              System.out.println(lib.GetLibraryName() + " not loaded");
            }
          }
        }
        vtkNativeLibrary.DisableOutputWindow(null);
      }
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------


       public TextActor() {
        super(new BorderLayout());


       vtkNamedColors Color = new vtkNamedColors(); 
       //For Actor Color
       double ActorColor[] = new double[4];
       //For Renderer Background Color
       double BgColor[] = new double[4];


       //Change Color Name to Use your own Color for Change Actor Color
       Color.GetColor("Red",ActorColor);
       //Change Color Name to Use your own Color for Renderer Background
       Color.GetColor("Black",BgColor);


      vtkTextActor Text = new vtkTextActor();
      Text.SetInput("Hello World");
      Text.SetDisplayPosition(20, 30);
      Text.GetTextProperty().SetFontSize(40);
      Text.GetTextProperty().SetFontFamilyToArial();
      Text.GetTextProperty().BoldOn();
      Text.GetTextProperty().ShadowOn();
      Text.GetTextProperty().GetShadowOffset();
      Text.GetTextProperty().SetColor(ActorColor);


      renWin = new vtkPanel();
      renWin.GetRenderer().AddActor(Text);
      renWin.resetCamera();
      renWin.GetRenderer().SetBackground(BgColor);

      // Add Java UI components
      exitButton = new JButton("Exit");
      exitButton.addActionListener(this);

      add(renWin, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      add(exitButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
      }

      /** An ActionListener that listens to the button. */
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        if (e.getSource().equals(exitButton)) {
          System.exit(0);
        }
      }

      public static void main(String s[]) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
          public void run() {
            JFrame frame = new JFrame("Text Actor");
            frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
            frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
            frame.getContentPane().add(new TextActor(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
            frame.setSize(400, 400);
            frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
            frame.setVisible(true);
          }
        });
      }
    }