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# Glyph3D

VTKEx/Java/Filtering/Glyph3D

### Description

This example applies an object at every point using vtkGlyph3D We use a cube for the demo.

Other languages

See (Cxx), (Python)

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### Code

Glyph3D.java

    import vtk.vtkNativeLibrary;
    import vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor;
    import vtk.vtkNamedColors;
    import vtk.vtkRenderWindow;
    import vtk.vtkRenderer;
    import vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper;
    import vtk.vtkActor;
    import vtk.vtkPoints;
    import vtk.vtkPolyData;
    import vtk.vtkGlyph3D;
    import vtk.vtkInteractorStyleImage;
    import vtk.vtkCubeSource;

    public class Glyph3D
    {
        // -----------------------------------------------------------------
        // 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 static void main(String s[])
        {
            vtkNamedColors Color = new vtkNamedColors();

            //For Renderer Background Color
            double BgColor[] = new double[4];

            //For Actor Color
            double ActorColor[] = new double[4];

            //Change Color Name to Use your own Color for Renderer Background
            Color.GetColor("DarkSeaGreen",BgColor);

            //Change Color Name to Use your own Color for Actor
            Color.GetColor("Yellow",ActorColor);

            vtkPoints Points = new vtkPoints();
            Points.InsertNextPoint(0, 0, 0);
            Points.InsertNextPoint(1, 1, 1);
            Points.InsertNextPoint(2, 2, 2);

            vtkPolyData PolyData = new vtkPolyData();
            PolyData.SetPoints(Points);

            // Create anything you want here, we will use a cube for the demo.
            vtkCubeSource CubeSource = new vtkCubeSource();

            vtkGlyph3D Glyph3D = new vtkGlyph3D();
            Glyph3D.SetSourceConnection(CubeSource.GetOutputPort());
            Glyph3D.SetInputData(PolyData);
            Glyph3D.Update();

            vtkPolyDataMapper Mapper = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
            Mapper.SetInputConnection(Glyph3D.GetOutputPort());
            Mapper.Update();

            vtkActor Actor = new vtkActor();
            Actor.SetMapper(Mapper);
            Actor.GetProperty().SetColor(ActorColor);

            // Create the renderer, render window and interactor.
            vtkRenderer ren = new vtkRenderer();
            vtkRenderWindow renWin = new vtkRenderWindow();
            renWin.AddRenderer(ren);
            vtkRenderWindowInteractor iren = new vtkRenderWindowInteractor();
            iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin);

            // Visualise the arrow
            ren.AddActor(Actor);
            vtkInteractorStyleImage Style = new vtkInteractorStyleImage();
            iren.SetInteractorStyle(Style);

            ren.SetBackground(BgColor);
            ren.ResetCamera();

            renWin.SetSize(300,300);
            renWin.Render();

            iren.Initialize();
            iren.Start();

        }
    }