Planes

VTKExamples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Planes

Code

Planes.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPlanes.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  // one way
  {
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera> camera =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera>::New();
  double planesArray[24];

  camera->GetFrustumPlanes(1, planesArray);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlanes> planes =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlanes>::New();
  planes->SetFrustumPlanes(planesArray);
  }

  // another way
  {
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  sphereSource->Update();
  double bounds[6];
  sphereSource->GetOutput()->GetBounds(bounds);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlanes> planes =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlanes>::New();
  planes->SetBounds(bounds);
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(Planes)

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

add_executable(Planes MACOSX_BUNDLE Planes.cxx)

target_link_libraries(Planes ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build Planes

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

cd Planes/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:

./Planes

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.