ParametricObjects
VTKExamples/Python/GeometricObjects/ParametricObjects
Description¶
See Parametric Equations for Surfaces by Andrew Maclean for an excellent description of these beautiful parametric surfaces.
You can edit the following code by selecting any one of the functions and the corresponding object will be displayed.
Code¶
ParametricObjects.py
#!/usr/bin/env python import vtk class ParametricObjects(object): def ParametricObjects(self): # Select one of the following functions. # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricBoy() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricConicSpiral() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricCrossCap() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricDini() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricEllipsoid() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricEnneper() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricFigure8Klein() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricKlein() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricMobius() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricRandomHills() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricRoman() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricSpline() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid() # parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricSuperToroid() parametricObject = vtk.vtkParametricTorus() parametricSource = vtk.vtkParametricFunctionSource() parametricSource.SetParametricFunction(parametricObject) # mapper mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() mapper.SetInputConnection(parametricSource.GetOutputPort()) # actor actor = vtk.vtkActor() actor.SetMapper(mapper) # ------------------------------------------------------------ # Create the RenderWindow, Renderer and Interactor # ------------------------------------------------------------ ren = vtk.vtkRenderer() renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow() iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor() renWin.AddRenderer(ren) iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin) # add actors ren.AddViewProp(actor) ren.SetBackground(1, 1, 1) # Background color white # enable user interface interactor iren.Initialize() renWin.Render() iren.Start() if __name__ == "__main__": po = ParametricObjects() po.ParametricObjects()