# SplitPolyData

VTKExamples/Cxx/Meshes/SplitPolyData

### Description

The vtkOBBDicer filter breaks up an input mesh into a number of pieces. The resulting mesh contains scalar point data that can be used to extract the individual pieces with a filter like vtkThresholdFilter. This example stores each piece into a .vtp file.

### Code

SplitPolyData.cxx

    #include <vtkVersion.h>
    #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

    #include <vtkOBBDicer.h>
    #include <vtkSphereSource.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataReader.h>
    #include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>
    #include <vtkThreshold.h>
    #include <vtkGeometryFilter.h>

    #include <vtksys/SystemTools.hxx>
    #include <sstream>

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      std::string filename;
      std::string extension;

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> inputPolyData;
      if(argc > 1)
      {
        filename = vtksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutExtension(std::string(argv[1]));
        extension = vtksys::SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(std::string(argv[1]));
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader> reader =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataReader>::New();
        reader->SetFileName(argv[1]);
        reader->Update();
        inputPolyData = reader->GetOutput();
      }
      else
      {
        filename = "sphere";
        extension = ".vtp";
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
          vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
        sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(30);
        sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(15);
        sphereSource->Update();
        inputPolyData = sphereSource->GetOutput();
      }

      // Create pipeline
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBBDicer> dicer =
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkOBBDicer>::New();
    #if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
      dicer->SetInput(inputPolyData);
    #else
      dicer->SetInputData(inputPolyData);
    #endif
      dicer->SetNumberOfPieces(4);
      dicer->SetDiceModeToSpecifiedNumberOfPieces();
      dicer->Update();

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold> selector =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold>::New();
      selector->SetInputArrayToProcess(0, 0, 0, 0, "vtkOBBDicer_GroupIds");
      selector->SetInputConnection(dicer->GetOutputPort());
      selector->AllScalarsOff();
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter> geometry =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkGeometryFilter>::New();
      geometry->SetInputConnection(selector->GetOutputPort());

      vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer =
        vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();
      writer->SetInputConnection(geometry->GetOutputPort());
      for (int i = 0; i < dicer->GetNumberOfActualPieces(); ++i)
      {
        std::stringstream pieceName;
        pieceName << filename << "_" << i + 1 << extension;
        selector->ThresholdBetween(i, i);
        writer->SetFileName(pieceName.str().c_str());
        writer->Write();
      }
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

### CMakeLists.txt

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

    PROJECT(SplitPolyData)

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

    add_executable(SplitPolyData MACOSX_BUNDLE SplitPolyData.cxx)

    target_link_libraries(SplitPolyData ${VTK_LIBRARIES})

### Download and Build SplitPolyData

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

    cd SplitPolyData/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:

    ./SplitPolyData

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.