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# IronIsoSurface

VTKEx/Python/VisualizationAlgorithms/IronIsoSurface

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### Code

IronIsoSurface.py

    #!/usr/bin/env python

    import vtk

    def main():
        fileName = get_program_parameters()

        colors = vtk.vtkNamedColors()

        # Create the RenderWindow, Renderer and Interactor.
        #

        ren1 = vtk.vtkRenderer()

        renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
        renWin.AddRenderer(ren1)

        iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
        iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin)

        # Create the pipeline.
        #
        reader = vtk.vtkStructuredPointsReader()
        reader.SetFileName(fileName)

        iso = vtk.vtkContourFilter()
        iso.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())
        iso.SetValue(0, 128)

        isoMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
        isoMapper.SetInputConnection(iso.GetOutputPort())
        isoMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff()

        isoActor = vtk.vtkActor()
        isoActor.SetMapper(isoMapper)
        isoActor.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d("Banana"))

        outline = vtk.vtkOutlineFilter()
        outline.SetInputConnection(reader.GetOutputPort())

        outlineMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
        outlineMapper.SetInputConnection(outline.GetOutputPort())

        outlineActor = vtk.vtkActor()
        outlineActor.SetMapper(outlineMapper)

        # Add the actors to the renderer, set the background and size.
        #
        ren1.AddActor(outlineActor)
        ren1.AddActor(isoActor)
        ren1.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d("SlateGray"))
        renWin.SetSize(640, 512)

        # Render the image.
        #
        ren1.ResetCamera()
        ren1.GetActiveCamera().Azimuth(30)
        ren1.GetActiveCamera().Elevation(30)
        renWin.Render()
        iren.Start()

    def get_program_parameters():
        import argparse
        description = 'Marching cubes surface of iron-protein.'
        epilogue = '''
        '''
        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description, epilog=epilogue,
                                         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
        parser.add_argument('filename', help='ironProt.vtk.')
        args = parser.parse_args()
        return args.filename

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()