ReadPLY
VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/ReadPLY
Code¶
ReadPLY.cxx
#include <vtkPolyData.h> #include <vtkPLYReader.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) { std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " Filename(.ply)" << std::endl; return EXIT_FAILURE; } std::string inputFilename = argv[1]; vtkSmartPointer<vtkPLYReader> reader = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPLYReader>::New(); reader->SetFileName ( inputFilename.c_str() ); // 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(0.1804,0.5451,0.3412); // Sea green renderWindow->Render(); renderWindowInteractor->Start(); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) PROJECT(ReadPLY) find_package(VTK REQUIRED) include(${VTK_USE_FILE}) add_executable(ReadPLY MACOSX_BUNDLE ReadPLY.cxx) target_link_libraries(ReadPLY ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
Download and Build ReadPLY¶
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Click here to download ReadPLY and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ReadPLY.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd ReadPLY/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:
./ReadPLY
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.