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# SolidClip

VTKEx/CSharp/Meshes/SolidClip

### Description

This example clips a mesh and applies a backface property to that mesh that appears to have a solid interior.

A tutorial on how to setup a Windows Forms Application utilizing ActiViz.NET can be found here: Setup a Windows Forms Application to use ActiViz.NET
Note: As long as ActiViz.NET is not build with VTK version 6.0 or higher you must define the preprocessor directive VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5.

Other languages

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### Code

SolidClip.cs

    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Windows.Forms;
    using System.Diagnostics;

    using Kitware.VTK;

    namespace ActiViz.Examples {
       public partial class Form1 : Form {
          public Form1() {
             InitializeComponent();
          }

          private void renderWindowControl1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
             try {
                SolidClip();
             }
             catch(Exception ex) {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Exception", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
             }
          }

          private void SolidClip() {
             // Create a superquadric
             vtkSuperquadricSource superquadricSource = vtkSuperquadricSource.New();
             superquadricSource.SetPhiRoundness(3.1);
             superquadricSource.SetThetaRoundness(2.2);

             // Define a clipping plane
             vtkPlane clipPlane = vtkPlane.New();
             clipPlane.SetNormal(1.0, -1.0, -1.0);
             clipPlane.SetOrigin(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);

             // Clip the source with the plane
             vtkClipPolyData clipper = vtkClipPolyData.New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
             clipper.SetInputConnection(superquadricSource.GetOutputPort());
    #else
             clipper.SetInputData(superquadricSource);
    #endif
             clipper.SetClipFunction(clipPlane);

             //Create a mapper and actor
             vtkPolyDataMapper superquadricMapper = vtkPolyDataMapper.New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION_5
             superquadricMapper.SetInputConnection(clipper.GetOutputPort());
    #else
             superquadricMapper.SetInputData(clipper);
    #endif
             vtkActor superquadricActor = vtkActor.New();
             superquadricActor.SetMapper(superquadricMapper);

             // Create a property to be used for the back faces. Turn off all
             // shading by specifying 0 weights for specular and diffuse. Max the
             // ambient.
             vtkProperty backFaces = vtkProperty.New();
             backFaces.SetSpecular(0.0);
             backFaces.SetDiffuse(0.0);
             backFaces.SetAmbient(1.0);
             backFaces.SetAmbientColor(1.0000, 0.3882, 0.2784);

             superquadricActor.SetBackfaceProperty(backFaces);
             // get a reference to the renderwindow of our renderWindowControl1
             vtkRenderWindow renderWindow = renderWindowControl1.RenderWindow;
             // renderer
             vtkRenderer renderer = renderWindow.GetRenderers().GetFirstRenderer();
             // add our actor to the renderer
             renderer.AddActor(superquadricActor);
          }
       }
    }