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# ProjectSphere

VTKEx/Java/Visualization/ProjectSphere

### Description

vtkProjectSphereFilter object is a filter to 'unroll' a sphere. The unroll longitude is -180.

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### Code

ProjectSphere.java

    import vtk.vtkActor;
    import vtk.vtkNamedColors;
    import vtk.vtkNativeLibrary;
    import vtk.vtkRenderWindow;
    import vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor;
    import vtk.vtkRenderer;
    import vtk.vtkProjectSphereFilter;
    import vtk.vtkElevationFilter;
    import vtk.vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid;
    import vtk.vtkParametricFunctionSource;
    import vtk.vtkPolyData;
    import vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper;

    public class ProjectSphere
    {
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------
      // 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 args[])
      {
        vtkNamedColors colors = new vtkNamedColors();

        //Renderer Background Color
        double leftRenderercolor[] = new double[4];
        double rightRenderercolor[] = new double[4];

        colors.GetColor("Tan", leftRenderercolor);
        colors.GetColor("LightSlateGray", rightRenderercolor);

        vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid surface = new vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid();
        surface.SetN1(2.0);
        surface.SetN2(0.5);

        vtkParametricFunctionSource source = new vtkParametricFunctionSource();
        source.SetParametricFunction(surface);

        vtkElevationFilter elevationFilter = new vtkElevationFilter();
        elevationFilter.SetInputConnection(source.GetOutputPort());
        elevationFilter.SetLowPoint(0.0, 0.0, -4.0);
        elevationFilter.SetHighPoint(0.0, 0.0, 4.0);
        elevationFilter.Update();

        // Deep copy the point data since in some versions of VTK, the ProjectSphereFilter modifies the input point data
        vtkPolyData pd1 = new vtkPolyData();
        pd1.DeepCopy(elevationFilter.GetOutput());

        vtkProjectSphereFilter sphereProject1 = new vtkProjectSphereFilter();
        sphereProject1.SetInputConnection(elevationFilter.GetOutputPort());
        sphereProject1.Update();

        vtkPolyDataMapper mapper1 = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
        mapper1.SetInputConnection(sphereProject1.GetOutputPort());
        mapper1.SetScalarRange(sphereProject1.GetOutput().GetPointData().GetScalars().GetRange());

        vtkActor actor1 = new vtkActor();
        actor1.SetMapper(mapper1);

        vtkPolyDataMapper mapper2 = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
        mapper2.SetInputData(pd1);
        mapper2.SetScalarRange(pd1.GetPointData().GetScalars().GetRange());

        vtkActor actor2 = new vtkActor();
        actor2.SetMapper(mapper2);

        // A render window
        vtkRenderWindow renderWindow = new vtkRenderWindow();

        // Define viewport ranges
        // (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
        double leftViewport[] = new double[] {0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 1.0};
        double rightViewport[] = new double[] {0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0};

        // Setup both renderers
        vtkRenderer leftRenderer = new vtkRenderer();
        renderWindow.AddRenderer(leftRenderer);
        leftRenderer.SetViewport(leftViewport);
        leftRenderer.SetBackground(.6, .5, .4);

        vtkRenderer rightRenderer = new vtkRenderer();
        renderWindow.AddRenderer(rightRenderer);
        rightRenderer.SetViewport(rightViewport);
        rightRenderer.SetBackground(.4, .5, .6);

        leftRenderer.AddActor(actor2);
        rightRenderer.AddActor(actor1);

        vtkRenderWindowInteractor iren = new vtkRenderWindowInteractor();
        iren.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

        leftRenderer.GetActiveCamera().Azimuth(30);
        leftRenderer.GetActiveCamera().Elevation(-30);
        leftRenderer.ResetCamera();

        renderWindow.SetSize(640, 480);
        renderWindow.Render();

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