# FastSplatter

VTKExamples/Cxx/Visualization/FastSplatter

### Code

FastSplatter.cxx

    #include <vtkImageData.h>
    #include <vtkImageShiftScale.h>
    #include <vtkFastSplatter.h>
    #include <vtkImageViewer2.h>
    #include <vtkPoints.h>
    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <cmath>

    const int SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE = 100;

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      // For the purposes of this example we'll build the splat image by
      // hand.

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> splatImage =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();
      splatImage->SetDimensions(SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE, SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE, 1);
      splatImage->AllocateScalars(VTK_FLOAT,1);

      for (int i = 0; i < SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE; ++i)
      {
        for (int j = 0; j < SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE; ++j)
        {
          double xCoord = 1 - fabs(  (i - SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE/2)
                                   / (SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE/2.0) );
          double yCoord = 1 - fabs(  (j - SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE/2)
                                   / (SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE/2.0) );

          splatImage->SetScalarComponentFromDouble(i, j, 0, 0,
                                                   xCoord * yCoord );
        }
      }

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> splatPoints =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();

      points->SetNumberOfPoints( 5 );
      double point[3];

      point[0] = 0;
      point[1] = 0;
      point[2] = 0;
      points->SetPoint( 0, point );

      point[0] = 1;
      point[1] = 1;
      point[2] = 0;
      points->SetPoint( 1, point );

      point[0] = -1;
      point[1] = 1;
      point[2] = 0;
      points->SetPoint( 2, point );

      point[0] = 1;
      point[1] = -1;
      point[2] = 0;
      points->SetPoint( 3, point );

      point[0] = -1;
      point[1] = -1;
      point[2] = 0;
      points->SetPoint( 4, point );

      splatPoints->SetPoints(points);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkFastSplatter> splatter =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkFastSplatter>::New();
      splatter->SetInputData(splatPoints );
      splatter->SetInputData(1, splatImage );
      splatter->SetOutputDimensions( 2*SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE,
                                     2*SPLAT_IMAGE_SIZE,
                                     1 );

      // The image viewers and writers are only happy with unsigned char
      // images.  This will convert the floats into that format.
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageShiftScale> resultScale =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageShiftScale>::New();
      resultScale->SetOutputScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
      resultScale->SetShift(0);
      resultScale->SetScale(255);
      resultScale->SetInputConnection( splatter->GetOutputPort() );

      splatter->Update();
      resultScale->Update();

      // Set up a viewer for the image.  vtkImageViewer and
      // vtkImageViewer2 are convenient wrappers around vtkActor2D,
      // vtkImageMapper, vtkRenderer, and vtkRenderWindow.  All you need
      // to supply is the interactor and hooray, Bob's your uncle.
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageViewer2> imageViewer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageViewer2>::New();
      imageViewer->SetInputConnection( resultScale->GetOutputPort() );
      imageViewer->SetColorLevel(127);
      imageViewer->SetColorWindow(255);

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> iren =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      imageViewer->SetupInteractor(iren);

      imageViewer->Render();
      imageViewer->GetRenderer()->ResetCamera();

      imageViewer->Render();
      iren->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(FastSplatter)

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

    add_executable(FastSplatter MACOSX_BUNDLE FastSplatter.cxx )

    target_link_libraries(FastSplatter ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build FastSplatter

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

    cd FastSplatter/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:

    ./FastSplatter

WINDOWS USERS

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