Cutter
VTKExamples/Python//Cutter
Description¶
This example demonstrates how to use vtkCutter by cutting through a cube.
- Contributed by Jothy
Code¶
Cutter.py
#!/usr/bin/env python # A simple script to demonstrate the vtkCutter function import vtk #Create a cube cube=vtk.vtkCubeSource() cube.SetXLength(40) cube.SetYLength(30) cube.SetZLength(20) cubeMapper=vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() cubeMapper.SetInputConnection(cube.GetOutputPort()) #create a plane to cut,here it cuts in the XZ direction (xz normal=(1,0,0);XY =(0,0,1),YZ =(0,1,0) plane=vtk.vtkPlane() plane.SetOrigin(10,0,0) plane.SetNormal(1,0,0) #create cutter cutter=vtk.vtkCutter() cutter.SetCutFunction(plane) cutter.SetInputConnection(cube.GetOutputPort()) cutter.Update() cutterMapper=vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() cutterMapper.SetInputConnection( cutter.GetOutputPort()) #create plane actor planeActor=vtk.vtkActor() planeActor.GetProperty().SetColor(1.0,1,0) planeActor.GetProperty().SetLineWidth(2) planeActor.SetMapper(cutterMapper) #create cube actor cubeActor=vtk.vtkActor() cubeActor.GetProperty().SetColor(0.5,1,0.5) cubeActor.GetProperty().SetOpacity(0.5) cubeActor.SetMapper(cubeMapper) #create renderers and add actors of plane and cube ren = vtk.vtkRenderer() ren.AddActor(planeActor) ren.AddActor(cubeActor) #Add renderer to renderwindow and render renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow() renWin.AddRenderer(ren) renWin.SetSize(600, 600) iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor() iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin) ren.SetBackground(0,0,0) renWin.Render() iren.Start()