SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver

VTKExamples/Cxx/Qt/SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver

Description

Although this example includes ui_SideBySideRenderWindowsQt.h, this file is not distributed, it is created by Qt at compile time.

Code

SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver.cxx

#include <QApplication>
#include <QSurfaceFormat>

#include "QVTKOpenGLWidget.h"
#include "SideBySideRenderWindowsQt.h"

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
  // needed to ensure appropriate OpenGL context is created for VTK rendering.
  QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(QVTKOpenGLWidget::defaultFormat());

  // QT Stuff
  QApplication app( argc, argv );

  SideBySideRenderWindowsQt sideBySideRenderWindowsQt;
  sideBySideRenderWindowsQt.show();

  return app.exec();
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

if(POLICY CMP0020)
  cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
endif()

PROJECT(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver)

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

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  # Instruct CMake to run moc automatically when needed.
  set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
  find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED QUIET)
else()
  find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
  include(${QT_USE_FILE})
endif()

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})

file(GLOB UI_FILES *.ui)
file(GLOB QT_WRAP *.h)
file(GLOB CXX_FILES *.cxx)

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  qt5_wrap_ui(UISrcs ${UI_FILES} )
  # CMAKE_AUTOMOC in ON so the MOC headers will be automatically wrapped.
  add_executable(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver MACOSX_BUNDLE
    ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${QT_WRAP})
  qt5_use_modules(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver Core Gui)
  target_link_libraries(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  QT4_WRAP_UI(UISrcs ${UI_FILES})
  QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOCSrcs ${QT_WRAP})
  add_executable(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver MACOSX_BUNDLE ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${MOCSrcs})
  target_link_libraries(SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
endif()

Download and Build SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver

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

 cd SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver/build

This example requires Qt and VTK.

If VTK and Qt are 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 ..

If Qt is not found on your system, you will need to tell CMake where to find qmake:

cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/something/qmake  ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./SideBySideRenderWindowsQtDriver

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time. You may also need to add a Qt related path.