ColoredPoints

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkVertexGlyphFilter.h>

#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkUnsignedCharArray.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>

#include <vtkNamedColors.h>

// For compatibility with new VTK generic data arrays
#ifdef vtkGenericDataArray_h
#define InsertNextTupleValue InsertNextTypedTuple
#endif

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint (0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint (1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint (0.0, 1.0, 0.0);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> pointsPolydata =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();

  pointsPolydata->SetPoints(points);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter> vertexFilter =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter>::New();
  vertexFilter->SetInputData(pointsPolydata);
  vertexFilter->Update();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
  polydata->ShallowCopy(vertexFilter->GetOutput());

  // Setup colors
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors> namedColors =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkNamedColors>::New();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnsignedCharArray> colors =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkUnsignedCharArray>::New();
  colors->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
  colors->SetName ("Colors");
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(namedColors->GetColor3ub("Tomato").GetData());
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(namedColors->GetColor3ub("Mint").GetData());
  colors->InsertNextTupleValue(namedColors->GetColor3ub("Peacock").GetData());

  polydata->GetPointData()->SetScalars(colors);

  // Visualization
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapper->SetInputData(polydata);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetPointSize(10);

  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(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(namedColors->GetColor3d("Burlywood").GetData());
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(ColoredPoints)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(ColoredPoints MACOSX_BUNDLE ColoredPoints.cxx )

target_link_libraries(ColoredPoints ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

cd ColoredPoints/build 

cmake ..

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

make

./ColoredPoints