# ImplicitDataSetClipping

VTKExamples/Cxx/PolyData/ImplicitDataSetClipping

### Description

This example demonstrates how to clip one object with another.

### Code

ImplicitDataSetClipping.cxx

    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <vtkVersion.h>

    #include <vtkActor.h>
    #include <vtkBox.h>
    #include <vtkCamera.h>
    #include <vtkCellData.h>
    #include <vtkClipPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkCubeSource.h>
    #include <vtkDataSetWriter.h>
    #include <vtkIdFilter.h>
    #include <vtkIdTypeArray.h>
    #include <vtkImplicitDataSet.h>
    #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
    #include <vtkProperty.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
    #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
    #include <vtkRenderer.h>
    #include <vtkSphereSource.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>

    void WritePolyData(vtkPolyData* const polyData, const std::string& filename)
    {
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
        writer->SetInput(polyData);
    #else
        writer->SetInputData(polyData);
    #endif
        writer->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
        writer->Write();
    }

    void WriteDataSet(vtkDataSet* const dataSet, const std::string& filename)
    {
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetWriter> writer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetWriter>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
        writer->SetInput(dataSet);
    #else
        writer->SetInputData(dataSet);
    #endif
        writer->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
        writer->Write();
    }

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
      sphereSource->SetCenter(.75, 0, 0);

      unsigned int res = 10;
      sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(res);
      sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(res);
      sphereSource->Update();

      std::cout << "The sphere has " << sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfPoints()
                << " points." << " and " << sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells()
                << " cells. " << std::endl;

      // Add ids to the points and cells of the sphere
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkIdFilter> cellIdFilter =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkIdFilter>::New();
      cellIdFilter->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
      cellIdFilter->SetCellIds(true);
      cellIdFilter->SetPointIds(false);
      cellIdFilter->SetIdsArrayName("CellIds");
      cellIdFilter->Update();

      WriteDataSet(cellIdFilter->GetOutput(), "CellIdFilter.vtp");

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkIdFilter> pointIdFilter =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkIdFilter>::New();
      pointIdFilter->SetInputConnection(cellIdFilter->GetOutputPort());
      pointIdFilter->SetCellIds(false);
      pointIdFilter->SetPointIds(true);
      pointIdFilter->SetIdsArrayName("PointIds");
      pointIdFilter->Update();

     vtkDataSet* sphereWithIds = pointIdFilter->GetOutput();

      WriteDataSet(sphereWithIds, "BothIdFilter.vtp");

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkCubeSource> cubeSource =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkCubeSource>::New();
      cubeSource->Update();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkBox> implicitCube =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkBox>::New();
      implicitCube->SetBounds(cubeSource->GetOutput()->GetBounds());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipPolyData> clipper =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkClipPolyData>::New();
      clipper->SetClipFunction(implicitCube);
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      clipper->SetInput(sphereWithIds);
    #else
      clipper->SetInputData(sphereWithIds);
    #endif
      clipper->InsideOutOn();
      clipper->Update();

      WriteDataSet(clipper->GetOutput(), "clipper.vtp");

      // Get the clipped cell ids
      vtkPolyData* clipped = clipper->GetOutput();

      std::cout << "There are " << clipped->GetNumberOfPoints() << " clipped points." << std::endl;
      std::cout << "There are " << clipped->GetNumberOfCells() << " clipped cells." << std::endl;

      vtkIdTypeArray* clippedCellIds = vtkIdTypeArray::SafeDownCast(clipped->GetCellData()->GetArray("CellIds"));

      for(vtkIdType i = 0; i < clippedCellIds->GetNumberOfTuples(); i++)
      {
        std::cout << "Clipped cell id " << i << " : " << clippedCellIds->GetValue(i) << std::endl;
      }

      // Create a mapper and actor for clipped sphere
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> clippedMapper =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
      clippedMapper->SetInputConnection(clipper->GetOutputPort());
      clippedMapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> clippedActor =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      clippedActor->SetMapper(clippedMapper);
      clippedActor->GetProperty()->SetRepresentationToWireframe();

      // Create a mapper and actor for cube
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> cubeMapper =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
      cubeMapper->SetInputConnection(cubeSource->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> cubeActor =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      cubeActor->SetMapper(cubeMapper);
      cubeActor->GetProperty()->SetRepresentationToWireframe();
      cubeActor->GetProperty()->SetOpacity(0.5);

      //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 actor to the scene
      renderer->AddActor(clippedActor);
      renderer->AddActor(cubeActor);
      renderer->SetBackground(.2, .3, .4);

      // Generate an interesting view
      //
      renderer->ResetCamera();
      renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Azimuth(-30);
      renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Elevation(30);
      renderer->GetActiveCamera()->Dolly(1.1);
      renderer->ResetCameraClippingRange();

      //Render and interact
      renderWindow->Render();
      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(ImplicitDataSetClipping)

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

    add_executable(ImplicitDataSetClipping MACOSX_BUNDLE ImplicitDataSetClipping.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(ImplicitDataSetClipping ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build ImplicitDataSetClipping

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

    cd ImplicitDataSetClipping/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:

    ./ImplicitDataSetClipping

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.