Two ways to add data object for a vtkView. 1) Create a representation object, set the inputs for it by calling SetInputConnection() or SetInput(), then add representation for the view. 2) Use AddRepresentationFromInputConnection or AddRepresentationFromInput to create representation automatically. 1) Python from vtk import * surfaceRepresentation = vtkRenderedSurfaceRepresentation() sphere = Read more…
vtkGraphLayoutView is a subclass of vtkGraphLayoutView which has own renderer, renderWindow, command observer, actor and etc. The following code shows how to use it to display a 2D image. from vtk import * def main(): # create a random graph source = vtkRandomGraphSource() source.SetNumberOfVertices(100) source.SetNumberOfEdges(110) source.StartWithTreeOn() source.Update() arcParallelStrategy = vtkArcParallelEdgeStrategy() Read more…
I write a article about how to create a local coordinate system for a dependent 3d model, LOCAL COORDINATE SYSTEM We can real value in world coordinate system of vector or point on 3D model. For example, I want to know unit vector on model’s X axis or point’s coordinate Read more…
We want to know the world coordinate of a point on a 3D widget event though we don’t know the widget’s position on the world coordinate system. I get a matrix from an actor and create a temporal vtkTransform object, then the function TransformDoublePoint can give me the real coordinate Read more…
Some hotkeys of RenderWindowIterator are useful for developers to debug. The content comes from VTKUsersGuide.pdf Keypress j / Keypress t — Toggle between joystick (position sensitive) and trackball (motion sensitive) styles. In joystick style, motion occurs continuously as long as a mouse button is pressed. In trackball style, motion occurs Read more…
The article shows how to clip a cone by a plane. The vtkClipPolyData object provides a major algorithm to process the 3D model. Here is python script that describes all details about it. #!/usr/bin/env python import vtk cone = vtk.vtkConeSource() coneMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() coneMapper.SetInputConnection( cone.GetOutputPort() ) coneActor = vtk.vtkActor() coneActor.SetMapper( Read more…
vtkRandomGraphSource can be used to create a random graph which includes points and edges. vtkGraphLayoutView is a vtkRenderView which has its own renderer and iterator, we can use it to display graph view. from vtk import * # create a random graph source = vtkRandomGraphSource() source.SetNumberOfVertices(100) source.SetNumberOfEdges(110) source.StartWithTreeOn() #create a Read more…
I often use the function AddInputData or AddInputConnection of vtkAppendPolydata that inherits vtkDataObjectAlgorithm to add multiple polydatas form a big one. That’s a very easy way to combine a few of different polydatas to only one. But I found that it can give me a strange result if I use Read more…
Environment: macOS Mojave 10.14 Qt Creator 4.41 Qt 5.9.2 Clang 7.0 apple, 64 bits VTK 8.1.1 Our project shows: Add 3D model in VTK widget means we need to intergrate VTK and Qt development environment. Here are a few notes about it. I put a cone in QVTKOpenGLWidget, and there Read more…