ColorByNormal

VTKExamples/Cxx/Shaders/ColorByNormal

Description¶

This example modifies the shader to color based on model normal To do this we have to modify the vertex shader to pass the normal in model coordinates through to the fragment shader. By default the normal is converted to View coordinates and then passed on. We keep that, but add a varying for the original normal. Then we modify the fragment shader to set the diffuse color based on that normal.

Cite

This example was inspired by the test TestUserShader.

Code¶

ColorByNormal.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkOpenGLPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkPLYReader.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataNormals.h>
#include <vtkTriangleMeshPointNormals.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>

#include <vtksys/SystemTools.hxx>
#include <vtkBYUReader.h>
#include <vtkOBJReader.h>
#include <vtkPLYReader.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataReader.h>
#include <vtkSTLReader.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

namespace
{
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> ReadPolyData(const char *fileName);
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polyData =
    ReadPolyData(argc > 1 ? argv[1] : "");

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors> colors =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors>::New();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkOpenGLPolyDataMapper> mapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkOpenGLPolyDataMapper>::New();
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->SetSize(640, 480);
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderer->AddActor(actor);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>  interactor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangleMeshPointNormals> norms =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangleMeshPointNormals>::New();
  norms->SetInputData(polyData);

  mapper->SetInputConnection(norms->GetOutputPort());
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetAmbientColor(0.2, 0.2, 1.0);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetDiffuseColor(1.0, 0.65, 0.7);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetSpecularColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetSpecular(0.5);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetDiffuse(0.7);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetAmbient(0.5);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetSpecularPower(20.0);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetOpacity(1.0);

  // Modify the shader to color based on model normal
  // To do this we have to modify the vertex shader
  // to pass the normal in model coordinates
  // through to the fragment shader. By default the normal
  // is converted to View coordinates and then passed on.
  // We keep that, but add a varying for the original normal.
  // Then we modify the fragment shader to set the diffuse color
  // based on that normal. First lets modify the vertex
  // shader
  mapper->AddShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Vertex,
    "//VTK::Normal::Dec", // replace the normal block
    true, // before the standard replacements
    "//VTK::Normal::Dec\n" // we still want the default
    "  varying vec3 myNormalMCVSOutput;\n", //but we add this
    false // only do it once
    );
  mapper->AddShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Vertex,
    "//VTK::Normal::Impl", // replace the normal block
    true, // before the standard replacements
    "//VTK::Normal::Impl\n" // we still want the default
    "  myNormalMCVSOutput = normalMC;\n", //but we add this
    false // only do it once
    );
  mapper->AddShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Vertex,
    "//VTK::Color::Impl", // dummy replacement for testing clear method
    true,
    "VTK::Color::Impl\n",
    false
    );
  mapper->ClearShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Vertex,     // clear our dummy replacement
    "//VTK::Color::Impl",
    true
    );

  // now modify the fragment shader
  mapper->AddShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Fragment,  // in the fragment shader
    "//VTK::Normal::Dec", // replace the normal block
    true, // before the standard replacements
    "//VTK::Normal::Dec\n" // we still want the default
    "  varying vec3 myNormalMCVSOutput;\n", //but we add this
    false // only do it once
    );
  mapper->AddShaderReplacement(
    vtkShader::Fragment,  // in the fragment shader
    "//VTK::Normal::Impl", // replace the normal block
    true, // before the standard replacements
    "//VTK::Normal::Impl\n" // we still want the default calc
    "  diffuseColor = abs(myNormalMCVSOutput);\n", //but we add this
    false // only do it once
    );

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetPosition(1.0,1.0, -1.0);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetFocalPoint(0,1,0);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetViewUp(0,1,0);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(30.0);
  renderer->ResetCamera();
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Zoom(1.3);
  renderWindow->Render();

  interactor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace
{
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> ReadPolyData(const char *fileName)
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polyData;
  std::string extension = vtksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(std::string(fileName));
  if (extension == ".ply")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPLYReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPLYReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else if (extension == ".vtp")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else if (extension == ".obj")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBJReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBJReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else if (extension == ".stl")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else if (extension == ".vtk")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else if (extension == ".g")
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkBYUReader> reader =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkBYUReader>::New();
    reader->SetGeometryFileName (fileName);
    reader->Update();
    polyData = reader->GetOutput();
  }
  else
  {
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> source =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
    source->Update();
    polyData = source->GetOutput();
  }
  return polyData;
}
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(ColorByNormal)

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

add_executable(ColorByNormal MACOSX_BUNDLE ColorByNormal.cxx )

target_link_libraries(ColorByNormal ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build ColorByNormal¶

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

cd ColorByNormal/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:

./ColorByNormal

WINDOWS USERS

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