NOVCAGraph

VTKExamples/Python/Graphs/NOVCAGraph

Description

  • Contributed by Sanjaya Gajurel

Code

NOVCAGraph.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Sanjaya Gajurel, Computational Scientist, Case Western Reserve University, April 2015
import sys
import vtk
import os
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Script Entry Point
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":

    print "vtkGraph: Building a graph using Unstructured Grid & dumping it in a vtk file, vertex.vtu, to be visualized using ParaView"

    pointSource = vtk.vtkPointSource()
    pointSource.Update()

    # Create an integer array to store vertex id data & link it with its degree value as a scalar.
    degree  = vtk.vtkIntArray()
    degree.SetNumberOfComponents(1)
    degree.SetName("degree")
    degree.SetNumberOfTuples(7)
    degree.SetValue(0,2)
    degree.SetValue(1,1)
    degree.SetValue(2,3)
    degree.SetValue(3,3)
    degree.SetValue(4,4)
    degree.SetValue(5,2)
    degree.SetValue(6,1)

    pointSource.GetOutput().GetPointData().AddArray(degree)

   # Assign co-ordinates for vertices
    Points = vtk.vtkPoints()
    Points.InsertNextPoint(0,1,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(0,0,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(1,1,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(1,0,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(2,1,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(2,0,0)
    Points.InsertNextPoint(3,0,0)

    # Establish the specified edges using CellArray
    line = vtk.vtkCellArray()
    line.Allocate(8)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(0)
    line.InsertCellPoint(1)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(0)
    line.InsertCellPoint(2)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(3)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(4)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(3)
    line.InsertCellPoint(4)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(3)
    line.InsertCellPoint(5)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(4)
    line.InsertCellPoint(5)
    line.InsertNextCell(2)
    line.InsertCellPoint(4)
    line.InsertCellPoint(6)

    # Add the vertices and edges to unstructured Grid
    G = vtk.vtkUnstructuredGrid()
    G.GetPointData().SetScalars(degree)
    G.SetPoints(Points)
    G.SetCells(vtk.VTK_LINE, line)

    # Dump the graph in VTK unstructured format (.vtu)
    gw = vtk.vtkXMLUnstructuredGridWriter()
    gw.SetFileName("vertex.vtu")
    gw.SetInput(G)
    gw.Write()
    print '---> ',

    print "Feed the vertex.vtu file in ParaView/VisIt."