# ShallowCopy

VTKExamples/Cxx/Utilities/ShallowCopy

### Code

ShallowCopy.cxx

    #include <vtkPolyData.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    int main(int, char *[])
    {
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydataCopy = vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();

      polydataCopy->ShallowCopy(polydata);

      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(ShallowCopy)

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

    add_executable(ShallowCopy MACOSX_BUNDLE ShallowCopy.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(ShallowCopy ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build ShallowCopy

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

    cd ShallowCopy/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:

    ./ShallowCopy

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.