TubesFromSplines

VTKEx/Cxx/VisualizationAlgorithms/TubesFromSplines

Description¶

This example shows how to interpolate a set of points and generate tubes around the resulting polyline. Scalars associated with the points are also interpolated and used to vary the radius of the tube.

Note

This example was inspired by a question asked by ''Adam Sankowski''.

Question

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Code¶

TubesFromSplines.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

#include <vtkParametricFunctionSource.h>
#include <vtkTupleInterpolator.h>
#include <vtkTubeFilter.h>
#include <vtkParametricSpline.h>

#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>

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

int main(int, char *[])
{
  auto points =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertPoint(0,1,0,0);
  points->InsertPoint(1,2,0,0);
  points->InsertPoint(2,3,1,0);
  points->InsertPoint(3,4,1,0);
  points->InsertPoint(4,5,0,0);
  points->InsertPoint(5,6,0,0);

  // Fit a spline to the points
  auto spline =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSpline>::New();
  spline->SetPoints(points);
  auto functionSource =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricFunctionSource>::New();
  functionSource->SetParametricFunction(spline);
  functionSource->SetUResolution(10 * points->GetNumberOfPoints());
  functionSource->Update();

  // Interpolate the scalars
  double rad;
  auto interpolatedRadius =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkTupleInterpolator> ::New();
  interpolatedRadius->SetInterpolationTypeToLinear();
  interpolatedRadius->SetNumberOfComponents(1);
  rad = .2; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(0,&rad);
  rad = .2; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(1,&rad);
  rad = .2; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(2,&rad);
  rad = .1; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(3,&rad);
  rad = .1; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(4,&rad);
  rad = .1; interpolatedRadius->AddTuple(5,&rad);

  // Generate the radius scalars
  auto tubeRadius =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDoubleArray>::New();
  unsigned int n = functionSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfPoints();
  tubeRadius->SetNumberOfTuples(n);
  tubeRadius->SetName("TubeRadius");
  auto tMin = interpolatedRadius->GetMinimumT();
  auto tMax = interpolatedRadius->GetMaximumT();
  double r;
  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
  {
    auto t = (tMax - tMin) / (n - 1) * i + tMin;
    interpolatedRadius->InterpolateTuple(t, &r);
    tubeRadius->SetTuple1(i, r);
  }

  // Add the scalars to the polydata
  auto tubePolyData = functionSource->GetOutput();
  tubePolyData->GetPointData()->AddArray(tubeRadius);
  tubePolyData->GetPointData()->SetActiveScalars("TubeRadius");

  // Create the tubes
  auto tuber =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkTubeFilter>::New();
  tuber->SetInputData(tubePolyData);
  tuber->SetNumberOfSides(20);
  tuber->SetVaryRadiusToVaryRadiusByAbsoluteScalar();

  //--------------
  // Setup actors and mappers
  auto lineMapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  lineMapper->SetInputData(tubePolyData);
  lineMapper->SetScalarRange(tubePolyData->GetScalarRange());

  auto tubeMapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  tubeMapper->SetInputConnection(tuber->GetOutputPort());
  tubeMapper->SetScalarRange(tubePolyData->GetScalarRange());

  auto lineActor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  lineActor->SetMapper(lineMapper);
  lineActor->GetProperty()->SetLineWidth(3);
  auto tubeActor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  tubeActor->SetMapper(tubeMapper);
  tubeActor->GetProperty()->SetOpacity(.6);

  // Setup render window, renderer, and interactor
  auto colors =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors>::New();
  auto renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  renderer->UseHiddenLineRemovalOn();
  auto renderWindow =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetSize(640, 480);

  auto renderWindowInteractor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  renderer->AddActor(lineActor);
  renderer->AddActor(tubeActor);
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("SlateGray").GetData());

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

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt¶

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

project(TubesFromSplines)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  vtkvtkCommonColor
  vtkvtkCommonComputationalGeometry
  vtkvtkCommonCore
  vtkvtkCommonDataModel
  vtkvtkFiltersCore
  vtkvtkFiltersSources
  vtkvtkInteractionStyle
  vtkvtkRenderingContextOpenGL2
  vtkvtkRenderingCore
  vtkvtkRenderingFreeType
  vtkvtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  vtkvtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message("Skipping TubesFromSplines: ${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(TubesFromSplines MACOSX_BUNDLE TubesFromSplines.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(TubesFromSplines PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
  # include all components
  add_executable(TubesFromSplines MACOSX_BUNDLE TubesFromSplines.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(TubesFromSplines PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
  # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
  vtk_module_autoinit(
    TARGETS TubesFromSplines
    MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
    )
endif ()

Download and Build TubesFromSplines¶

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

cd TubesFromSplines/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:

./TubesFromSplines

WINDOWS USERS

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