# Plane

VTKExamples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Plane

### Code

Plane.cxx

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

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      // Create a plane
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlaneSource> planeSource =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlaneSource>::New();
      planeSource->SetCenter(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
      planeSource->SetNormal(1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
      planeSource->Update();

      vtkPolyData* plane = planeSource->GetOutput();

      // Create a mapper and actor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      mapper->SetInput(plane);
    #else
      mapper->SetInputData(plane);
    #endif

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
      actor->SetMapper(mapper);

      // Create a renderer, render window and interactor
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
      renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
      renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

      // Add the actors to the scene
      renderer->AddActor(actor);
      renderer->SetBackground(.1,.2,.3); // Background color dark blue

      // Render and interact
      renderWindow->Render();
      renderWindowInteractor->Start();

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(Plane)

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

    add_executable(Plane MACOSX_BUNDLE Plane.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(Plane ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build Plane

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

    cd Plane/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:

    ./Plane

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.