Plane
VTKExamples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Plane
Code
Plane.cxx
#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkPlaneSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
int main(int, char *[])
{
// Create a plane
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlaneSource> planeSource =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlaneSource>::New();
planeSource->SetCenter(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
planeSource->SetNormal(1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
planeSource->Update();
vtkPolyData* plane = planeSource->GetOutput();
// Create a mapper and actor
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
mapper->SetInput(plane);
#else
mapper->SetInputData(plane);
#endif
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
actor->SetMapper(mapper);
// Create a renderer, render window 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);
// Add the actors to the scene
renderer->AddActor(actor);
renderer->SetBackground(.1,.2,.3); // Background color dark blue
// Render and interact
renderWindow->Render();
renderWindowInteractor->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(Plane)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(Plane MACOSX_BUNDLE Plane.cxx)
target_link_libraries(Plane ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build Plane
Click here to download Plane and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball Plane.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd Plane/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:
./Plane
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.