# ProgrammableSource

VTKExamples/Cxx/Filtering/ProgrammableSource

### Description

Use a programmable source to generate the points for the Lorenz System

### Code

ProgrammableSource.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>

    #include "vtkSmartPointer.h"
    #include "vtkProgrammableSource.h"
    #include "vtkPolyData.h"
    #include "vtkVertexGlyphFilter.h"
    #include "vtkPoints.h"

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

    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_system
    static void Lorenz(void *arg)
    {
      double sigma = 10.0;  /* The Lorenz paramaters */
      double beta = 8.0 / 3.0;
      double rho = 28.0;
      double h = .001;      /* Integration step size */

      double x, y, z;
      double xx, yy, zz;
      x = 0.1;
      y = 0.1;
      z = 0.1;
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
      // Get to a stable starting point
      for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
      {
        xx = x + h * sigma * (y - x);
        yy = y + h * (x * (rho - z) - y);
        zz = z + h * (x * y - (beta * z));
        x = xx; y = yy; z = zz;
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < 500000; ++i)
      {
        xx = x + h * sigma * (y - x);
        yy = y + h * (x * (rho - z) - y);
        zz = z + h * (x * y - (beta * z));
        points->InsertNextPoint(xx, yy, zz);
        x = xx; y = yy; z = zz;
      }
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> pointsPolydata =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
      pointsPolydata->SetPoints(points);
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter> vertexFilter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      vertexFilter->SetInputConnection(pointsPolydata->GetProducerPort());
    #else
      vertexFilter->SetInputData(pointsPolydata);
    #endif
      vertexFilter->Update();
      vtkProgrammableSource * ps =
        static_cast<vtkProgrammableSource *>(arg);
      vtkPolyData *output = ps->GetPolyDataOutput();
      output->DeepCopy(vertexFilter->GetOutput());
    }

    int main (int, char *[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkProgrammableSource> source =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkProgrammableSource>::New();
      source->SetExecuteMethod(Lorenz, source);
      source->Update();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      mapper->SetInput(source->GetPolyDataOutput());
    #else
      mapper->SetInputData(source->GetPolyDataOutput());
    #endif

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

      // Setup render window, renderer, and interactor
      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(.4, .5, .7);
      renderWindow->Render();
      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(ProgrammableSource)

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

    add_executable(ProgrammableSource MACOSX_BUNDLE ProgrammableSource.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(ProgrammableSource ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build ProgrammableSource

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

    cd ProgrammableSource/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:

    ./ProgrammableSource

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