RenderView
VTKExamples/Cxx/Views/RenderView
Description
Here is a little bit easier way to get your objects to appear on the screen.
'''NOTE: This examples requires the Views library (which requires the InfoVis and Rendering libraries).'''
Code
RenderView.cxx
#include <vtkRenderView.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
int main(int, char*[])
{
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
sphereSource->Update();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
mapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
actor->SetMapper(mapper);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderView> renderView =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderView>::New();
renderView->SetInteractionMode(vtkRenderView::INTERACTION_MODE_3D);
renderView->GetRenderer()->AddActor(actor);
renderView->Update();
renderView->ResetCamera();
renderView->GetInteractor()->Start();
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
PROJECT(RenderView)
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
add_executable(RenderView MACOSX_BUNDLE RenderView.cxx)
target_link_libraries(RenderView ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build RenderView
Click here to download RenderView and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball RenderView.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd RenderView/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:
./RenderView
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.