Java Examples¶

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It would be appreciated if there are any Java VTK experts who could convert any of the c++ examples to Java!

Hello World¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
A hello world example	vtkPolyDataMapper vtkActor vtkRenderer vtkRenderWindow vtkRenderWindowInteractor	Cylinder example from the VTK Textbook and source code. A hello world example.

Input and Output¶

Graph Formats¶

3D File Formats¶

Standard Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
DEMReader	vtkDEMReader	Read DEM (elevation map) files
ParticleReader	vtkParticleReader	This example reads ASCII files where each line consists of points with its position (x,y,z) and (optionally) one scalar or binary files in RAW 3d file format.
ReadCML	vtkCMLMoleculeReader	Read Chemistry Markup Language files.
ReadOBJ	vtkOBJReader	Read an OBJ (.obj) file.
ReadPLOT3D	vtkPLOT3DReader	Read PLOT3D data files.
ReadPLY	vtkPLYReader	Read PLY (.ply) files
ReadSLC	vtkSLCReader	Read an SLC volume file.
ReadSTL	vtkSTLReader	Read stereo lithography STL (.stl) files.
SimplePointsReader	vtkSimplePointsReader	Read a simple "xyz" file of points.

Importers¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ThreeDSImporter	vtk3DSImporter	Import a 3D Studio scene that includes multiple actors.
VRMLImporter	vtkVRMLImporter	Import a VRML 2.0 (WRL) file.

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
SimplePointsWriter	vtkSimplePointsWriter	Write a simple ".xyz" file
WritePLY	vtkPLYWriter	Write PLY (.ply) files.
WriteSTL	vtkSTLWriter	Write stereo lithography STL (.stl) files.

VTK Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ReadPolyData	vtkXMLPolyDataReader	Read VTK XML PolyData files.
ReadRectilinearGrid	vtkXMLRectilinearGridReader	Read VTK XML RectilinearGrid files.
ReadStructuredGrid	vtkXMLStructuredGridReader	Read VTK XML StructuredGrid files.
ReadVTP	vtkXMLPolyDataReader	Read a VTK XML PolyData file.

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
WriteVTP	vtkXMLPolyDataWriter	Write a VTK XML PolyData file.
WriteVTU	vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter	Write a .vtu file. VTU is an "Unstructured Grid". This format allows for 3D data to be stored.
XMLPImageDataWriter	vtkXMLPImageDataWriter	Write a .pvti file with 4 .vti pieces.
XMLPUnstructuredGridWriter	vtkXMLPUnstructuredGridWriter	Write a .pvtu with 4 .vtu pieces.
XMLStructuredGridWriter	vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter	Write a .vts file from a vtkStructuredGrid.

Legacy VTK Formats¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
StructuredPointsReader	vtkStructuredPointsReader	Read a structured points (.vtk) file.

Image Format¶

Input¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ReadBMP	vtkBMPReader	Read Windows BMP files.
ReadDICOM	vtkDICOMImageReader	Read DICOM images.
JPEGReader	vtkJPEGReader	Read a JPEG image.
ReadPNM	vtkPNMReader	Read PNM (.pnm) files.
ReadTIFF	vtkTIFFReader	Read TIFF (.tif) files.

Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
JPEGWriter	vtkJPEGWriter	Write a JPEG file.
PNGReader	vtkPNGReader	Read a PNG image.
WritePNM	vtkPNMWriter	Write a PNM (.pnm) file.
WriteTIFF	vtkTIFFWriter	Write a TIFF (.tif) file.

Annotation¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
TextOrigin	vtkTextOrigin	TextOrigin
MultiLineText	vtkMultiLineText	MultiLineText

CompositeData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CompositePolyDataMapper	vtkCompositePolyDataMapper	CompositePolyDataMapper

Filtering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Delaunay2D	vtkDelaunay2D	An example to generate set of points and to triangulate using Delaunay2D
Glyph2D	vtkGlyph2D	Example to copy a polydata to everypoint in the input set.
Glyph3D	vtkGlyph3D	This example applies an object at every point using vtkGlyph3D
PerlinNoise	vtkPerlinNoise	An implicit function that implements Perlin noise.
TransformPolyData	vtkTransformPolyDataFilter	Transforms points, associated normals and vectors for polygonal dataset
VertexGlyphFilter	vtkVertexGlyphFilter	Creates a set of points and adds a vertex at each point.
WarpTo	vtkWarpTo	Deform geometry by warping towards a point

GeometricObjects¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Arrow	vtkArrow	Arrow Visualization
Circle	vtkCircle	Circle Visualization
Cone	vtkCone	Cone Visualization
EllipticalCylinder	vtkEllipticalCylinder	EllipticalCylinder
ConvexPointSet	vtkConvexPointSet	ConvexPointSet Visualization
Frustum	vtkFrustum	Frustum Visualization
Disk	vtkDiskSource	Disk Visualization
Line	vtkLineSource	Line Visualization
LongLine	vtkLine	A visualization of a long line
OrientedCylinder	vtkOrientedCylinder	Oriented Cylinder visualization
OrientedArrow	vtkOrientedArrow	Oriented Arrow visualization.
Polygon	vtkPolygon	Polygon Visualization
PlanesIntersection	vtkPlanesIntersection	PlanesIntersection
RegularPolygonSource	vtkRegularPolygonSource	RegularPolygon Visualization
ParametricObjects	vtkParametricObjects	ParametricObjects Visualization
Pyramid	vtkPyramid	Pyramid Visualization
Quad	vtkQuad	Quad Visualization
ShrinkCube	vtkCubeSource vtkShrinkFilter	Applying shrink filter to an object.
Vertex	vtkVertex	Vertex Visualization
TextActor	vtkTextActor	TextActor Demonstration
Triangle	vtkTriangle	Triangle Visualization
TriangleStrip	vtkTriangleStrip	Triangle Strip Visualization

HyperTreeGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
HyperTreeGridSource	vtkHyperTreeGridSource	Demonstration of a hyper-tree grid source.

Geographic Visualization (Geovis)¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
EarthSource	vtkEarthSource	Earth Source Visualization
CompassWidget	vtkCompassWidget	CompassWidget Visualization
GeoAssignCoordinates	vtkGeoAssignCoordinates	Convert latitude and longitude coordinates to world coordinates.

Graphs¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
VisualizeGraph	vtkMutableUndirectedGraph	An example to construct a graph and visualize it.
GraphPoints	vtkGraph	Manually set the coordinates of vertices in a graph.
RandomGraphSource	vtkRandomGraphSource	A graph with random edges.

Working with Images¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Actor2D	vtkActor2D	A actor that draws 2D data
Cast	vtkImageCast	Image Data type Casting Filter.
ImageSinusoidSource	vtkImageSinusoidSource	Creates an image with sinusoidal pixel values.
StaticImage	vtkImageViewer2	Displays a 2D image
RTAnalyticSource	vtkRTAnalyticSource	Creates an image for regression testing

Image Processing¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Flip	vtkImageFlip	Flips an image.
ImageFFT	vtkImageFFT	Compute the Fast Fourier Transform of an image.
ImageTest	vtkImageReader2Factory	Use Java file dialog to select an image file to display.
ShotNoise	vtkImageCanvasSource2D vtkPNGWriter	Create an image using vtkImageCanvasSource2D and write it to a file.

Implicit Functions and Iso-surfaces¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
IceCream	vtkImplicitBoolean vtkSampleFunction	How to use boolean combinations of implicit functions to create a model of an ice cream cone.
ImplicitDataSet		Implicit functions, implicit data set.
ImplicitSphere	vtkSphere vtkAppendPolyData vtkTubeFilter	ImplicitFunctions, Append poly data, tube filter, sphere
SampleFunction	vtkSampleFunction	Sample an implicit function over a structured point set.

User Interaction¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Assembly	vtkAssembly	Combine/group actors into an assembly.
InteractorStyleTerrain	vtkInteractorStyleTerrain	Manipulate camera in scene with natural view up.
RubberBandPick	vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandPick	Pick props underneath a rubber band selection rectangle.
RubberBandZoom	vtkInteractorStyleRubberBandZoom	Zoom in by amount indicated by rubber band box.
TrackballActor	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor	Trackball actor mode.
TrackballCamera	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera	Trackball camera mode.
PickableOff	vtkActor	Disallow interaction with a specific actor.
StyleSwitch	vtkInteractorStyleSwitch	Choose between multiple interaction modes.

Working with Meshes¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AddCell	vtkPolyData	Add a cell to an existing mesh.
BoundaryEdges	vtkFeatureEdges	Find the edges that are used by only one face.
DelaunayMesh	vtkDelaunay2D vtkMinimalStandardRandomSequence vtkExtractEdges vtkGlyph3D vtkTubeFilter	Two-dimensional Delaunay triangulation of a random set of points. Points and edges are shown highlighted with sphere glyphs and tubes.

Working with 3D Data¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Bottle	vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter	Sweeps polygonal data creating "skirt" from free edges and lines, and lines from vertices
CellCenters	vtkCellCenters	Compute points at the center of every cell.
CenterOfMass	vtkCenterOfMass	Compute the center of mass of the points.
ProjectSphere	vtkProjectSphereFilter	Unroll a sphere or spherical-like model.
Spring	vtkRotationalExtrusionFilter	Rotation in combination with linear displacement and radius variation.

Working with Structured 3D Data¶

This section includes vtkImageData vtkStructuredGrid and vtkRectilinearGrid.

"ImageData" is not the traditional "flat, 2D image" you are used to. It is a special VTK data structure in the collection of 3D data structures provided by VTK. Here is an overview of these data structures. Image data can represent at typical 2D image, but also, a 3D volume.

vtkImageData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ImageNormalize	vtkImageNormalize	Normalizes the scalar components for each point.
ImageWeightedSum	vtkImageWeightedSum	Add two or more images.

vtkStructuredPoints¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
StructuredPointsToUnstructuredGrid	vtkStructuredPoints vtkUnstructuredGrid	Convert a vtkStructuredPoints to a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
Vol	vtkStructuredPoints vtkContourFilter	Creating a image data dataset. Scalar data is generated from the equation for a sphere. Volume dimensions are 26 x 26 x 26.

vtkStructuredGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BlankPoint	vtkStructuredGrid	Blank a point of a vtkStructuredGrid.
StructuredGridOutline	vtkStructuredGridOutlineFilter	Creates a wireframe outline for structured grid.

This section includes vtkImageData, vtkStructuredGrid and vtkRectilinearGrid.

"ImageData" is not the traditional "flat, 2D image" you are used to. It is a special VTK data structure in the collection of 3D data structures provided by VTK. Here is an overview of these data structures. Image data can represent at typical 2D image, but also, a 3D volume.

vtkRectilinearGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
RectilinearGrid	vtkRectilinearGrid	A dataset that is topologically regular with variable spacing in the three coordinate directions
RectilinearGridToTetrahedra	vtkRectilinearGridToTetrahedra	Convert a vtkRectilinearGrid to a vtkUnstructuredGrid mesh.
VisualizeRectilinearGrid	vtkRectilinearGrid vtkShrinkFilter	Visualize the cells of a rectilinear grid.

Point Cloud Operations¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
FitImplicitFunction	vtkFitImplicitFunction	Extract points within a distance to an implicit function.

Data Structures¶

KD-Tree¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
VisualizeKDTree	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Show the levels of a KD Tree.

Octree¶

Rendering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AmbientSpheres	vtkProperty	Demonstrates the effect of ambient lighting on spheres.
ColoredSphere	vtkSphereSource vtkElevationFilter	A simple sphere.
Cone6	vtkBoxWidget vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera	This example introduces 3D widgets. 3D widgets take advantage of the event/observer design pattern. Corresponds to the missing Step 6 Java example from VTK/Examples/Tutorial.
Mace		An example of multiple inputs and outputs.
SpecularSpheres	vtkProperty	Demonstrates the effect of specular lighting on spheres.

Lighting¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
SpotLight	vtkSpotLight	vtkSpotLight Demonstration
LightActor	vtkLightActor	vtkLightActor Demonstration

Math Operations¶

Parallel¶

PolyData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Stripper	vtkStripper	Stripper
KochanekSpline	vtkKochanekSpline	KochanekSpline
ColorDisconnectedRegions	vtkColorDisconnectedRegions	ColorDisconnectedRegions
ColoredPoints	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Example to visualize Colored Points.
Outline	vtkOutline	Outline
RibbonFilter	vtkRibbonFilter	RibbonFilter
ColorCells	vtkColorCells	ColorCells
TubeFilter	vtkTubeFilter	TubeFilter
ConvexHullShrinkWrap	vtkConvexHullShrinkWrap	ConvexHullShrinkWrap
MeshQuality	vtkMeshQuality	MeshQuality
ColorCellsWithRGB	vtkColorCellsWithRGB	ColorCellsWithRGB
Reflection	vtkReflection	Reflection
RotationAroundLine	vtkTransform vtkTransformPolyDataFilter	Rotation around a line.
RuledSurfaceFilter	vtkRuledSurfaceFilter	Create a surface between lines.
ThinPlateSplineTransform	vtkThinPlateSplineTransform	A nonlinear warp transformation.
TriangleColoredPoints	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Adding color to each vertex of a triangle
TransformPipeline	vtkTransform	Combining the transformation, in order to manipulate a group of vtkActor. Shown in the example robot arm motion.
TransformFilter	vtkTransformFilter	Transforms points, associated normals and vectors

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
RenderView	vtkRenderView	An easier way to make objects appear on the screen using RenderView

Texture Mapping¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
TexturePlane	vtkTexture	Example of texture mapping.
TexturedSphere	vtkTexturedSphereSource	Texture a sphere.

Utilities¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
BrownianPoints	vtkBrownianPoints	Produce a random vector at each point in a dataset.
DiscretizableColorTransferFunction	vtkDiscretizableColorTransferFunction	Discretizable Color Transfer Function.
FullScreen	vtkRenderWindow	Example to Display Actors in a Full Screen Render Window.
FunctionParser	vtkFunctionParser	String function parser.
GetDataRoot	vtkTesting	Find the path of VTK_DATA_ROOT.
TimerLog	vtkTimerLog	Example to Demonstrate Timer support and logging.
ColorLookupTable	vtkLookupTable	Color Lookup Table.
PassThrough	vtkPassThrough	Shallow copies the input into the output.
PiecewiseFunction	vtkPiecewiseFunction	Interpolation using a piecewise function.
ReportRenderWindowCapabilities	vtkRenderWindow	Report the capabilities of a render window.
Screenshot	vtkWindowToImageFilter	Use a vtkWindow as input to image pipeline.

Arrays¶

Video¶

Visualization¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AnimDataCone	vtkRenderWindowInteractor	Animate a cone by modifying the polydata points - uses Interaction M key (Motion) to toggle animation.
Animation		Move a sphere across a scene
BackfaceCulling		Turn on/off fast culling of polygons based on orientation of normal with respect to camera.
AnnotatedCubeActor	vtkAnnotatedCubeActor	A 3D cube with face labels.
BackgroundColor		Example program to set the background color of the render window
BackgroundGradient		viewport having gradient background using the Background (bottom) and Background2 (top) colors.
BlobbyLogo	vtkImplicitModeller	Blobby logo from VTK textbook.
Camera	vtkCamera	A virtual camera for 3D rendering.
CameraActor	vtkCameraActor	A frustum to represent a camera.
ColorAnActor	vtkActor vtkCanvas	Switch style interaction adds C and A key actions for selecting Camera or Actor interaction, and T and J key actions for Trackball or Joystick interaction mode. Adds charEvent observer callback to restore the missing E and Q events to quit.
CornerAnnotation	vtkCornerAnnotation	Write text in the corners of a window.
ColorActorEdges	vtkActor	Color the edges of an Actor.
ComplexV	vtkHedgeHog	ComplexV from the VTK Textbook.
CubeAxesActor	vtkCubeAxesActor	Display three orthogonal axes with labels.
CubeAxesActor2D	vtkCubeAxesActor2D	This example uses the vtkCubeAxesActor2D to show your scene with axes to indicate the spatial extent of your data.
Cursor2D	vtkCursor2D	Generates a 2D Cursor Representation.
Cursor3D	vtkCursor3D	Generates a 3D Cursor Representation
CursorShape		Change the shape of the cursor.
Cutter	vtkCutter	How to use vtkCutter by cutting through a cube.
DrawText	vtkTextActor vtkTextProperty	Display Text.
DisplayCoordinateAxes	vtkOrientationMarkerWidget	Display coordinate axes.
DistanceToCamera	vtkDistanceToCamera	Calculate distance from points to the camera.
Follower	vtkFollower	Draw text that stays right side up.
SpikeFran	vtkGlyph3D	Glyphs indicate surface normals on model of human face. Glyph positions are randomly selected.
ImageOrientation	vtkInteractorStyleImage	Orientation of the view of an image.
Legend	vtkLegendBoxActor	Draw symbols with text.
LegendScaleActor	vtkLegendScaleActor	Display the scale of a scene.
LoopShrink	vtkShrinkFilter	A network with a loop.
LineWidth	vtkActor vtkProperty	Change the width/thickness of lines in an actor.
MoveActor	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballActor	Moving an Actor.
MoveCamera	vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera	Moving the Camera.
MultipleActors	vtkActor	Multiple Actors.
MultipleViewports	vtkRenderer	Multiple Viewports.
Opacity	vtkActor	Transparency, transparent.
OrientedGlyphs	vtkGlyph3D	Copies oriented and scaled glyph geometry to every input point
VectorFieldExample	vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkGlyph3D	A vector field visualisation.
NoShading	vtkActor
ProteinRibbons	vtkProteinRibbonFilter	Display pdb ribbons.
RandomProbe	vtkProbeFilter	Demonstrates how to probe a dataset with random points and select points inside the data set.
ScalarBarActor	vtkScalarBarActor	Display a color bar.
ScalarBarActorColorSeries	vtkScalarBarActor vtkColorSeries	Display a color bar with a color series lookup table.
ScalarVisibility	vtkDataSetMapper	Switch between coloring the actor and coloring the data.
SideBySideViewports	vtkRenderer	Side by side viewports.
VisualizeImageData	vtkDataSetMapper vtkImageData	Visualize the points of an ImageData.
VisualizeVTP	vtkXMLPolyDataReader vtkPolyDataMapper	Visualize a VTP File.
WindowSize	vtkRenderWindow	Change the size of a window.
WireframeSphere	vtkSphere	A Wireframe Sphere Visualization.

Volume Rendering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
SimpleRayCast	vtkFixedPointVolumeRayCastMapper	Volume rendering of a high potential iron protein.

Graphs¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
SelectGraphVertices	vtkAnnotationLink	Select Edges and vertices in a graph

SimpleOperations¶

Swing Integration¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
JFrameRender	vtkRenderWindowPanel	Render a scene in a JFrame using a vtkRenderWindowPanel
SwingHandleMouseEvent	vtkRenderWindowPanel	Display in a JLabel the point the mouse is hovering over using a mouse listener

Widgets¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AngleWidget	vtkAngleWidget	AngleWidget Demonstration
AngleWidget2D	vtkAngleWidget2D	AngleWidget2D Demonstration
BalloonWidget	vtkBalloonWidget	The balloon text describes each object when you hover it.
CaptionWidget	vtkCaptionWidget	Widget for placing a caption (text plus leader)
DistanceWidget	vtkDistanceWidget	Measures the distance between two points.
ImagePlaneWidget	vtkImagePlaneWidget	3D widget for reslicing image data.
ImageTracerWidgetNonPlanar	vtkImageTracerWidget	3D widget for tracing on planar props.
LogoWidget	vtkLogoWidget	2D widget for placing and manipulating a logo
OrientationMarkerWidget	vtkOrientationMarkerWidget	Display a polydata as an orientation icon.
PlaneWidget	vtkPlaneWidget	A finite (bounded) plane that can be interactively placed in a scene.
SeedWidget	vtkSeedWidget	Places multiple seed points, where a user moves the cursor to and clicks it.
SplineWidget	vtkSplineWidget	SplineWidget Demonstration
TextWidget	vtkTextWidget	Widget for placing text on overlay plane.