IsosurfaceSampling

VTKEx/Cxx/Visualization/IsosurfaceSampling

Description

This example illustrates how to create an isosurface and create point data on that isosurface that is sampled from another dataset. This example creates an isosurface of a sphere and then uses the vtkProbeFilter to compute point data from a sampled cylinder.

Note

All point data is sampled, even the normals. This example restores the original isosurface normals after the probe. The example has one optional command line argument that controls the sample resolution of the sphere and cylinder. The default is 50.

Question

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Code

IsosurfaceSampling.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSampleFunction.h>
#include <vtkSphere.h>
#include <vtkCylinder.h>
#include <vtkMarchingCubes.h>
#include <vtkProbeFilter.h>

#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>

#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkUnsignedCharArray.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int resolution = 50;
  if (argc > 1)
  {
    resolution = atoi(argv[1]);
  }

  // Create a sampled sphere
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphere> implicitSphere =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphere>::New();
  double radius = 1.0;
  implicitSphere->SetRadius(radius);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSampleFunction> sampledSphere =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSampleFunction>::New();
  sampledSphere->SetSampleDimensions(resolution, resolution, resolution);
  double xMin = -radius * 2.0;
  double xMax =  radius * 2.0;
  sampledSphere->SetModelBounds(xMin, xMax,
                                xMin, xMax,
                                xMin, xMax);
  sampledSphere->SetImplicitFunction(implicitSphere);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkMarchingCubes> isoSphere =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkMarchingCubes>:: New();
  isoSphere->SetValue(0,1.0);
  isoSphere->SetInputConnection(sampledSphere->GetOutputPort());

  // Create a sampled cylinder
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkCylinder> implicitCylinder =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkCylinder>::New();
  implicitCylinder->SetRadius(radius/2.0);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSampleFunction> sampledCylinder =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSampleFunction>::New();
  sampledCylinder->SetSampleDimensions(resolution, resolution, resolution);
  sampledCylinder->SetModelBounds(xMin, xMax,
                                  xMin, xMax,
                                  xMin, xMax);
  sampledCylinder->SetImplicitFunction(implicitCylinder);

  // Probe cylinder with the sphere isosurface
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkProbeFilter> probeCylinder =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkProbeFilter>::New();
  probeCylinder->SetInputConnection(0, isoSphere->GetOutputPort());
  probeCylinder->SetInputConnection(1, sampledCylinder->GetOutputPort());
  probeCylinder->Update();

  // Restore the original normals
  probeCylinder->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->SetNormals(
    isoSphere->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetNormals());

  std::cout << "Scalar range: "
            << probeCylinder->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange()[0] << ", "
            << probeCylinder->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange()[1] << std::endl;

  // Create a mapper and actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapSphere =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapSphere->SetInputConnection(probeCylinder->GetOutputPort());
  mapSphere->SetScalarRange(probeCylinder->GetOutput()->GetScalarRange());

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> sphere =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  sphere->SetMapper(mapSphere);

  // Visualize
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  renderer->AddActor(sphere);
  renderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

project(IsosurfaceSampling)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  vtkvtkCommonCore
  vtkvtkCommonDataModel
  vtkvtkFiltersCore
  vtkvtkImagingHybrid
  vtkvtkInteractionStyle
  vtkvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
  vtkvtkRenderingCore
  vtkvtkRenderingFreeType
  vtkvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  vtkvtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message("Skipping IsosurfaceSampling: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}")
  return ()
endif()
message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}")
if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0")
  # old system
  include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
  add_executable(IsosurfaceSampling MACOSX_BUNDLE IsosurfaceSampling.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(IsosurfaceSampling PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
  # include all components
  add_executable(IsosurfaceSampling MACOSX_BUNDLE IsosurfaceSampling.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(IsosurfaceSampling PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
  # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
  vtk_module_autoinit(
    TARGETS IsosurfaceSampling
    MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
    )
endif ()

Download and Build IsosurfaceSampling

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

cd IsosurfaceSampling/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:

./IsosurfaceSampling

WINDOWS USERS

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