OrientationMarkerWidget

VTKEx/Python/Widgets/OrientationMarkerWidget

Description

Draws two cubes. One of them can be clicked to be rotated, and will rotate the second one. The second one has annotations on it, and can also be moved.

Other languages

See (Cxx), (Java)

Question

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Code

OrientationMarkerWidget.py

# Contributed by Eric E Monson

import vtk


def main():
    colors = vtk.vtkNamedColors()

    colors.SetColor('bkg', [0.2, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0])

    # create a rendering window and renderer
    ren = vtk.vtkRenderer()
    renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
    renWin.AddRenderer(ren)

    # create a renderwindowinteractor
    iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
    iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin)

    cube = vtk.vtkCubeSource()
    cube.SetXLength(200)
    cube.SetYLength(200)
    cube.SetZLength(200)
    cube.Update()
    cm = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
    cm.SetInputConnection(cube.GetOutputPort())
    ca = vtk.vtkActor()
    ca.SetMapper(cm)
    ca.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d("BurlyWood"))

    # assign actor to the renderer
    ren.AddActor(ca)
    ren.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d('bkg'))

    axesActor = vtk.vtkAnnotatedCubeActor()
    axesActor.SetXPlusFaceText('R')
    axesActor.SetXMinusFaceText('L')
    axesActor.SetYMinusFaceText('H')
    axesActor.SetYPlusFaceText('F')
    axesActor.SetZMinusFaceText('P')
    axesActor.SetZPlusFaceText('A')
    axesActor.GetTextEdgesProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d("Yellow"))
    axesActor.GetTextEdgesProperty().SetLineWidth(2)
    axesActor.GetCubeProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d("Blue"))
    axes = vtk.vtkOrientationMarkerWidget()
    axes.SetOrientationMarker(axesActor)
    axes.SetInteractor(iren)
    axes.EnabledOn()
    axes.InteractiveOn()
    ren.ResetCamera()

    # enable user interface interactor
    iren.Initialize()
    renWin.Render()
    ren.GetActiveCamera().SetPosition(-151.5, 540.1, 364.0)
    ren.GetActiveCamera().SetViewUp(0.2, 0.6, -0.8)
    renWin.Render()
    iren.Start()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()