ReadSTL
VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/ReadSTL
Code¶
ReadSTL.cxx
#include <vtkPolyData.h> #include <vtkSTLReader.h> #include <vtkSmartPointer.h> #include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h> #include <vtkActor.h> #include <vtkRenderWindow.h> #include <vtkRenderer.h> #include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h> int main ( int argc, char *argv[] ) { if ( argc != 2 ) { cout << "Required parameters: Filename" << endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; } std::string inputFilename = argv[1]; vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader> reader = vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader>::New(); reader->SetFileName(inputFilename.c_str()); reader->Update(); // Visualize vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New(); mapper->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort()); vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New(); actor->SetMapper(mapper); vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New(); vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New(); renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer); vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New(); renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow); renderer->AddActor(actor); renderer->SetBackground(.3, .6, .3); // Background color green renderWindow->Render(); renderWindowInteractor->Start(); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) PROJECT(ReadSTL) find_package(VTK REQUIRED) include(${VTK_USE_FILE}) add_executable(ReadSTL MACOSX_BUNDLE ReadSTL.cxx) target_link_libraries(ReadSTL ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build ReadSTL¶
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Click here to download ReadSTL and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ReadSTL.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd ReadSTL/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:
./ReadSTL
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.