SimplePointsWriter
VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/SimplePointsWriter
Description
Note: For the opposite operation (reading a points file) see the SimplePointsReader example.
Code
SimplePointsWriter.cxx
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkSimplePointsWriter.h>
int main(int vtkNotUsed(argc), char* vtkNotUsed(argv)[])
{
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
sphereSource->Update();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSimplePointsWriter> writer =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSimplePointsWriter>::New();
writer->SetFileName("test.xyz");
writer->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
writer->Write();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(SimplePointsWriter)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(SimplePointsWriter MACOSX_BUNDLE SimplePointsWriter.cxx)
target_link_libraries(SimplePointsWriter ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build SimplePointsWriter
Click here to download SimplePointsWriter and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball SimplePointsWriter.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd SimplePointsWriter/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:
./SimplePointsWriter
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.