Actor2D

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkVertexGlyphFilter.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkActor2D.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper2D.h>
#include <vtkProperty2D.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint(10,10,0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(100,100,0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(200,200,0);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
  polydata->SetPoints(points);

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter> glyphFilter =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter>::New();
  glyphFilter->SetInputData(polydata);
  glyphFilter->Update();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper2D> mapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper2D>::New();
  mapper->SetInputConnection(glyphFilter->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->Update();

  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor2D> actor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor2D>::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 actor to the scene
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderWindow->SetSize(300,300);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(0,1,0);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetPointSize(3);

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

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3 FATAL_ERROR)

project(Actor2D)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  vtkCommonCore
  vtkCommonDataModel
  vtkFiltersGeneral
  vtkFiltersSources
  vtkInteractionStyle
  vtkRenderingCore
  vtkRenderingFreeType
  vtkRenderingOpenGL2 QUIET)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message("Skipping Actor2D: ${VTK_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE}")
  return ()
endif()
message (STATUS "VTK_VERSION: ${VTK_VERSION}")
if (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "8.90.0")
  # old system
  include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
  add_executable(Actor2D MACOSX_BUNDLE Actor2D.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(Actor2D PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else ()
  # include all components
  add_executable(Actor2D MACOSX_BUNDLE Actor2D.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(Actor2D PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
  # vtk_module_autoinit is needed
  vtk_module_autoinit(
    TARGETS Actor2D
    MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
    )
endif () 

cd Actor2D/build 

cmake ..

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

make

./Actor2D