Java Examples¶

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This table shows the VTK classes covered by the examples.

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This table shows VTK classes that do not have an example. Please add examples in your area of expertise!

Hello World¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
A hello world example	vtkPolyDataMapper vtkActor vtkRenderer vtkRenderWindow vtkRenderWindowInteractor	Cylinder example from the VTK Textbook and source code. A hello world example.

Annotation¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
TextOrigin	vtkTextOrigin	TextOrigin

MultiLineText	vtkMultiLineText	MultiLineText

CompositeData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
CompositePolyDataMapper	vtkCompositePolyDataMapper	CompositePolyDataMapper

Filtering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
Delaunay2D	vtkDelaunay2D	An example to generate set of points and to triangulate using Delaunay2D

Glyph2D	vtkGlyph2D	Example to copy a polydata to everypoint in the input set.

Glyph3D	vtkGlyph3D	This example applies an object at every point using vtkGlyph3D

GeometricObjects¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
Arrow	vtkArrow	Arrow Visualization

Circle	vtkCircle	Circle Visualization

Cone	vtkCone	Cone Visualization

EllipticalCylinder	vtkEllipticalCylinder	EllipticalCylinder

ConvexPointSet	vtkConvexPointSet	ConvexPointSet Visualization

Frustum	vtkFrustum	Frustum Visualization

Cube	vtkCube	Cube Visualization

Disk	vtkDisk	Disk Visualization

Line	vtkLine	Line Visualization

LongLine	vtkLine	A visualization of a long line

OrientedCylinder	vtkOrientedCylinder	Oriented Cylinder visualization

OrientedArrow	vtkOrientedArrow	Oriented Arrow visualization.

Polygon	vtkPolygon	Polygon Visualization

PlanesIntersection	vtkPlanesIntersection	PlanesIntersection
RegularPolygonSource	vtkRegularPolygonSource	RegularPolygon Visualization

ParametricObjects	vtkParametricObjects	ParametricObjects Visualization

Pyramid	vtkPyramid	Pyramid Visualization

Quad	vtkQuad	Quad Visualization

Vertex	vtkVertex	Vertex Visualization

TextActor	vtkTextActor	TextActor Demonstration

Triangle	vtkTriangle	Triangle Visualization

TriangleStrip	vtkTriangleStrip	Triangle Strip Visualization

HyperTreeGrid¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
HyperTreeGridSource	vtkHyperTreeGridSource	Demonstration of a hyper-tree grid source.

Geovis¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
EarthSource	vtkEarthSource	Earth Source Visualization

CompassWidget	vtkCompassWidget	CompassWidget Visualization

Graphs¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
VisualizeGraph	vtkMutableUndirectedGraph	An example to construct a graph and visualize it.

Images¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
StaticImage	vtkImageViewer2	Displays a 2D image

Input and Output¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
Read a polydata(.vtp) file	vtkXMLPolyDataReader	IO
Write a polygonal data (.vtp) file	vtkXMLPolyDataWriter	IO
JPEGWriter	vtkJPEGWriter	vtkJPEGWriter can be used to write JPEG files

Implicit Functions and Iso-surfaces¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
ImplicitDataSet		Implicit functions, implicit data set.
ImplicitSphere	vtkSphere vtkAppendPolyData vtkTubeFilter	ImplicitFunctions, Append poly data, tube filter, sphere

Data Structures¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
VisualizeKDTree	vtkKdTreePointLocator	Show the levels of a KD Tree.

Image Processing¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
ImageTest	vtkImageReader2Factory	use Java File Dialog to select Image File to Display
ShotNoise	vtkPNGWriter	Example program to write PNG files

Rendering¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
Cone6	vtkBoxWidget vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera	This example introduces 3D widgets. 3D widgets take advantage of the event/observer design pattern. Corresponds to the missing Step 6 Java example from VTK/Examples/Tutorial.

Lighting¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
SpotLight	vtkSpotLight	vtkSpotLight Demonstration

LightActor	vtkLightActor	vtkLightActor Demonstration

Parallel¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
ExodusIIWriter	vtkExodusIIWriter	Example Program to demonstrates how to use vtkExodusIIWriter

PolyData¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
Stripper	vtkStripper	Stripper
KochanekSpline	vtkKochanekSpline	KochanekSpline

ColorDisconnectedRegions	vtkColorDisconnectedRegions	ColorDisconnectedRegions

ColoredPoints	vtkUnsignedCharArray	Example to visualize Colored Points.

Outline	vtkOutline	Outline

RibbonFilter	vtkRibbonFilter	RibbonFilter

ColorCells	vtkColorCells	ColorCells

TubeFilter	vtkTubeFilter	TubeFilter

ConvexHullShrinkWrap	vtkConvexHullShrinkWrap	ConvexHullShrinkWrap

MeshQuality	vtkMeshQuality	MeshQuality

ColorCellsWithRGB	vtkColorCellsWithRGB	ColorCellsWithRGB

Reflection	vtkReflection	Reflection

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
AVI	vtkAVIWriter	An example to demonstrate how to make an AVI video using vtkAVIWriter

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
RenderView	vtkRenderView	An easier way to make objects appear on the screen using RenderView

Utilities¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
FullScreen	vtkRenderWindow	Example to Display Actors in a Full Screen Render Window

TimerLog	vtkTimerLog	Example to Demonstrate Timer support and logging.

Visualization¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
AnimDataCone	vtkRenderWindowInteractor	Animate a cone by modifying the polydata points - uses Interaction M key (Motion) to toggle animation.
Animation		Move a sphere across a scene

BackgroundColor		Example program to set the background color of the render window

BackgroundGradient		viewport having gradient background using the Background (bottom) and Background2 (top) colors.

ColorAnActor	vtkActor vtkCanvas	Switch style interaction adds C and A key actions for selecting Camera or Actor interaction, and T and J key actions for Trackball or Joystick interaction mode. Adds charEvent observer callback to restore the missing E and Q events to quit.

Cursor2D	vtkCursor2D	Generates a 2D Cursor Representation.

Cutter	vtkCutter	How to use vtkCutter by cutting through a cube.

Follower	vtkFollower	Draw text that stays right side up.

VectorFieldExample	vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader, vtkThresholdPoints, vtkGlyph3D	A vector field visualisation.
WireframeSphere	vtkSphere	A Wireframe Sphere Visualization.

Graphs¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
SelectGraphVertices	vtkAnnotationLink	Select Edges and vertices in a graph

SimpleOperations¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
DistanceBetweenPoints	vtkMath	Example Program to find squared distance and the Euclidean distance between two 3D points.
PerspectiveTransform	vtkPerspectiveTransform	It is used to describe the full range of homogeneous transformations. It was designed in particular to describe a camera-view of a scene

Swing Integration¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description	Image
JFrameRender	vtkRenderWindowPanel	Render a scene in a JFrame using a vtkRenderWindowPanel
SwingHandleMouseEvent	vtkRenderWindowPanel	Display in a JLabel the point the mouse is hovering over using a mouse listener

Widgets¶

Example Name	Classes Demonstrated	Description
AngleWidget	vtkAngleWidget	AngleWidget Demonstration

AngleWidget2D	vtkAngleWidget2D	AngleWidget2D Demonstration

BalloonWidget	vtkBalloonWidget	The balloon text describes each object when you hover it.

PlaneWidget	vtkPlaneWidget	A finite (bounded) plane that can be interactively placed in a scene.

SplineWidget	vtkSplineWidget	SplineWidget Demonstration