XMLStructuredGridWriter
VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/XMLStructuredGridWriter
Code
XMLStructuredGridWriter.cxx
#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter.h>
#include <vtkStructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
int main ( int, char *[] )
{
// Create a grid
vtkSmartPointer<vtkStructuredGrid> structuredGrid =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkStructuredGrid>::New();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
points->InsertNextPoint(0, 0, 0);
points->InsertNextPoint(1, 0, 0);
points->InsertNextPoint(0, 1, 0);
points->InsertNextPoint(1, 1, 0);
points->InsertNextPoint(0, 2, 0);
points->InsertNextPoint(1, 2, 1);
// Specify the dimensions of the grid
structuredGrid->SetDimensions(2,3,1);
structuredGrid->SetPoints(points);
// Write file
vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter> writer =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter>::New();
writer->SetFileName("output.vts");
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
writer->SetInput(structuredGrid);
#else
writer->SetInputData(structuredGrid);
#endif
writer->Write();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(XMLStructuredGridWriter)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(XMLStructuredGridWriter MACOSX_BUNDLE XMLStructuredGridWriter.cxx)
target_link_libraries(XMLStructuredGridWriter ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build XMLStructuredGridWriter
Click here to download XMLStructuredGridWriter and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball XMLStructuredGridWriter.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd XMLStructuredGridWriter/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:
./XMLStructuredGridWriter
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.