VRML

VTKExamples/Cxx/IO/VRML

Description

This example loads a wrl file and displays it on the screen. An example file is here.

Code

VRML.cxx

#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkVRMLImporter.h>
#include <vtkDataSet.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

int main ( int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if(argc != 2)
  {
    std::cout << "Required arguments: Filename" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }

  std::string filename = argv[1];
  std::cout << "Reading " << filename << std::endl;

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor = vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // VRML Import
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkVRMLImporter> importer = vtkSmartPointer<vtkVRMLImporter>::New();
  importer->SetFileName ( filename.c_str() );
  importer->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  importer->Update();

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(VRML)

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

add_executable(VRML MACOSX_BUNDLE VRML.cxx)

target_link_libraries(VRML ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

Download and Build VRML

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

cd VRML/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:

./VRML

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.