C++ Examples¶

These are fully independent, compilable examples. There is significant overlap in the examples, but they are each intended to illustrate a different concept and be fully stand alone compilable.

VTK Classes Summary¶

This Python script, SelectExamples, will let you select examples based on a VTK Class and language. It requires Python 3.7 or later. The following tables will produce similar information.

• VTK Classes with Examples, this table is really useful when searching for example(s) using a particular class.

• VTK Classes with No Examples, please add examples in your area of expertise!

Tutorials¶

If you are new to VTK then these tutorials will help to get you started.

Hello World¶

Example Name	Description	Image
A hello world example	Cylinder example from the VTK Textbook and source code. A hello world example.

Simple Operations¶

Input and Output¶

Graph Formats¶

3D File Formats¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ConvertFile	Convert a file from one type to another
XGMLReader	Read a .gml file

Standard Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Description	Image
DEMReader	Read DEM (elevation map) files
DelimitedTextReader	Read a delimited file into a polydata.
DumpXMLFile	Report the contents of a VTK XML or legacy file
IndividualVRML	This example is used to get each actor and object from a scene and verify axes correspondence
ParticleReader	This example reads ASCII files where each line consists of points with its position (x,y,z) and (optionally) one scalar or binary files in RAW 3d file format.
ReadAllPolyDataTypes	Read any VTK polydata file.
ReadAllPolyDataTypesDemo	Read all VTK polydata file types.
ReadAllUnstructuredGridTypes	Read any VTK unstructuredgrid file.
ReadCML	Read Chemistry Markup Language files.
ReadExodusData	Read and view ExodusII data.
ReadOBJ	Read an OBJ (.obj) file.
ReadPDB	Read Protein Data Bank Files.
ReadPLOT3D	Read CFD (computational fluid dynamics) data produced by PLOT3D.
ReadPLY	Read PLY (.ply) files
ReadPlainTextTriangles	Read a plain text file into a polydata.
ReadSLC	Read VolVis file.
ReadSTL	Read stereo lithography STL (.stl) files
ReadTextFile	Read a plain text file into a polydata.
SimplePointsReader	Read a simple "xyz" file of points.
TransientHDFReader	Read transient data written inside a vtkhdf file.

Importers¶

Example Name	Description	Image
3DSImporter	Import a 3D Studio scene that includes multiple actors.
GLTFImporter	Import a glTF scene.
ImportPolyDataScene	Import a polydata scene using multiblock datasets.
ImportToExport	Import a scene and export the scene using vtkOBJExporter.
OBJImporter	Import an OBJ scene that includes actors, materials and textures.
VRMLImporter	Import a VRML 2.0 (WRL) file.
VRMLImporterDemo	Import a VRML 2.0 (WRL) file and add normals if necessary.

Output¶

Example Name	Description	Image
DelimitedTextWriter	Write data to a delimited file.
SimplePointsWriter	Write a simple ".xyz" file.
WritePLY	Write PLY (.ply) files.
WriteSTL	Write stereo lithography STL (.stl) files.

Exporters¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ExportPolyDataScene	Export a polydata scene using multiblock datasets.

VTK Formats¶

Input¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ReadImageData	Read a image data (.vti) file
ReadPolyData	Read a polygonal data (.vtp) file
ReadRectilinearGrid	Read a rectilinear grid (.vtr) file
ReadStructuredGrid	Read a structured grid (.vts) file
ReadUnknownTypeXMLFile	Read an XML file and later decide what kind it is
ReadUnstructuredGrid	Read an unstructured grid (.vtu) file

Output¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ExodusIIWriter	Write a time varying ExodusII file.
WriteVTI	Write a .vti file. VTI is an "ImageData".
WriteVTP	Write a .vtp file. VTP is a "PolyData". This format allows for the most complex geometric objects to be stored.
WriteVTU	Write a .vtu file. VTU is an "Unstructured Grid". This format allows for 3D data to be stored.
XMLPImageDataWriter	Write a .pvti file with 4 .vti pieces.
XMLPUnstructuredGridWriter	Write a .pvtu with 4 .vtu pieces.
XMLStructuredGridWriter	Write a .vts file from a vtkStructuredGrid.

Legacy VTK Formats¶

Example Name	Description	Image
GenericDataObjectReader	Read any type of legacy .vtk file.
ReadLegacyUnstructuredGrid	Read an unstructured grid that contains 11 linear cells.
StructuredGridReader	Read a structured grid (.vtk) file.
StructuredPointsReader	Read a structured points (.vtk) file.
WriteLegacyLinearCells	Write each linear cell into a legacy UnstructuredGrid file.
WriteXMLLinearCells	Write each linear cell into an XML UnstructuredGrid file (.vtu).

Image Format¶

Input¶

Example Name	Description	Image
HDRReader	Read a high-dynamic-range imaging file.
ImageReader2Factory	This class tries to find an appropriate reader. It is very convenient to use this when you don't know what kind of file to expect.
JPEGReader	Read a JPEG image.
MetaImageReader	Read .mha files.
PNGReader	Read a PNG image.
ReadBMP	Read BMP (.bmp) files.
ReadDICOM	Read DICOM file
ReadDICOMSeries	This example demonstrates how to read a series of DICOM images and scroll through slices
ReadPNM	Read PNM (.pnm) files.
ReadTIFF	Read TIFF (.tif) files.

Output¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ImageWriter	Write an imagefile based on the file extension.
JPEGWriter	Write a JPEG (.jpg) file.
MetaImageWriter	Write a .mha/.mhd + .raw file.
PNGWriter	Write a PNG (.png) file.
WriteBMP	Write a BMP (.bmp) file.
WritePNM	Write a PNM (.pnm) file.
WriteTIFF	Write a TIFF (.tif) file.

Geometric Objects¶

Example Name	Description	Image
Axes
ColoredLines
Cube	Manually build a polygonal cube.
Cube1	A nice simple example that demonstrates the operation of the VTK pipeline.
Dodecahedron	Create a dodecahedron using vtkPolyhedron.
EllipticalCylinder	Create an elliptical cylinder using extrusion.
EllipticalCylinderDemo	Show the base and extrusion vector.
GeometricObjectsDemo	A demonstration of all geometric objects that work the same way.
OpenVRCone	Show a cone in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVRCube	Show a cube in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVRCylinder	Show a cylinder in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVRFrustum	Show a frustum in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVROrientedArrow	Show an oriented arrow in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVROrientedCylinder	Show an oriented cylinder in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVRSphere	Show a sphere in VR using OpenVR.
OpenVRTessellatedBoxSource	Show a tesselated box in VR using OpenVR.
OpenXRCone	Show a cone in VR using OpenXR.
PlaneSourceDemo	Display the instance variables that define a vtkPlaneSource.
Planes
PlanesIntersection
PolygonIntersection	Compute the intersection of a line segment with a polygon.
ShrinkCube	Applying shrink filter to an object.
SourceObjectsDemo	Examples of source objects that procedurally generate polygonal models. These nine images represent just some of the capability of VTK. From upper left in reading order: sphere, cone, cylinder, cube, plane, text, random point cloud, disk (with or without hole), and line source. Other polygonal source objects are available; check subclasses of vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Cells¶

Example Name	Description	Image
Cell3DDemonstration	Demonstrate the use of vtkCell3D to construct geometric objects. Sample objects are generated from the classes derived from vtkCell3D and displayed.
CellTypeSource	Generate tessellated cells.
ConvexPointSet	Generate a ConvexPointSet cell.
Hexahedron
LinearCellsDemo	Linear cell types found in VTK. The numbers define the ordering of the points making the cell.
LongLine	Manually create a polyline.
Point
PolyLine
Polygon
Polyhedron	Create an unstructured grid representation of a polyhedron (cube) and write it out to a file.
Pyramid
Quad
Tetrahedron
Triangle
Triangle strip
Vertex

Sources¶

Example Name	Description	Image
Arrow
Cone	Display a cone
ConeDemo	Disolay four different resolution cones.
Cylinder
Disk	A circle with a hole in it.
EarthSource	Create the Earth.
Frustum
Line
OrientedArrow	Orient an arrow along an arbitrary vector.
OrientedCylinder	Orient a cylinder along an arbitrary vector.
Plane
PlatonicSolids
PolyLine1	This example demonstrates how to create a polygon through several ordered points.
RegularPolygonSource
Sphere
TessellatedBoxSource	Generate a box with tessellated sides.
TextActor	2D "HUD-type" text

Non Linear¶

Example Name	Description	Image
IsoparametricCellsDemo	Nonlinear isoparametric cell types in VTK.
QuadraticHexahedron	Create and tessellate a nonlinear cell.
QuadraticHexahedronDemo	Interactively adjust chord error.
QuadraticTetra	Create and tessellate a nonlinear cell.
QuadraticTetraDemo	Interactively adjust chord error.

Parametric Objects¶

These examples demonstrate how to create an display one of the many vtkParametric objects. All of the classes listed can be used in an identical fashion.

Example Name	Description	Image
ParametricKuenDemo	Interactively change the parameters for a Kuen Surface.
ParametricObjectsDemo	Demonstrates the Parametric classes added by Andrew Maclean and additional classes added by Tim Meehan. The parametric spline is also included. Options are provided to display single objects, add backface, add normals and print out an image.
ParametricSuperEllipsoidDemo	Interactively change the parameters for a SuperEllipsoid Surface.
ParametricSuperToroidDemo	Interactively change the parameters for a SuperToroid Surface.

Implicit Functions and Iso-surfaces¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BandedPolyDataContourFilter	Create filled contours.
BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions	Demonstrate booleans of two different implicit functions
ContourTriangulator	Create a contour from a structured point set (image) and triangulate it.
CutWithCutFunction	Cut a surface with an implicit plane using vtkCutter.
CutWithScalars	Cut a surface with scalars.
DiscreteMarchingCubes	Generate surfaces from labeled data.
ExtractData	Implicit functions used to select data: Two ellipsoids are combined using the union operation used to select voxels from a volume. Voxels are shrunk 50 percent.
ExtractLargestIsosurface	Extract largest isosurface.
FilledContours	Create filled contours (using vtkClipPolyData).
Hello	Implicit modelling used to thicken a stroked font.
IceCream	How to use boolean combinations of implicit functions to create a model of an ice cream cone.
ImplicitDataSet	Convert an imagedata to an implicit function.
ImplicitQuadric	Create an ellipsoid using an implicit quadric.
ImplicitSphere	An implicit representation of a sphere.
ImplicitSphere1	Demonstrate sampling of a sphere implicit function.
IsoContours	Visualize different isocontours using a slider.
Lorenz	Visualizing a Lorenz strange attractor by integrating the Lorenz equations in a volume.
MarchingCases	Explore the Marching Cubes cases.
MarchingCasesA	The 256 possible cases have been reduced to 15 cases using symmetry.
MarchingCasesB	Marching cubes complementary cases. Cases 3c, 6c, 7c, 10c, 12c and 13c are displayed.
MarchingCasesC	Marching cubes, case 3 is rotated 90 degrees about the y-axis with no label.
MarchingCasesD	Marching cubes. Case 7 is rotated 180 degrees about the y-axis with no label.
MarchingCubes	Create a voxelized sphere.
MarchingSquares	Create a contour from a structured point set (image).
SampleFunction	Sample and visualize an implicit function.
ShepardInterpolation	Interpolate scalar data.
SmoothDiscreteMarchingCubes	Generate smooth surfaces from labeled data.

Working with 3D Data¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AlignFrames	Align coordinate frames.
AlignTwoPolyDatas	Align two vtkPolyData's.
AppendFilter	Append different types of data,
BooleanOperationPolyDataFilter	Perform boolean operations on two vtkPolyData objects.
Bottle	Rotationally symmetric objects.
CappedSphere	Rotate an arc to create a capped sphere.
CellCenters	Compute points at the center of every cell.
CellCentersDemo	Visualize points at the center of every cell.
CellEdgeNeighbors	Determine which cells share an edge with a specific cell.
CellPointNeighbors	Determine which cells share a single point with a specific cell.
CellsInsideObject	Extract cells inside a closed surface.
CenterOfMass	Compute the center of mass of the points.
Circle	Create a circle by cutting through a sphere.
CleanPolyData	Remove coincident points.
ColorCells	Color individual cells of a polydata with scalar index.
ColorCellsWithRGB	Color individual cells of a polydata with rgb colors.
ColoredPoints	Add three points to a polydata and associate a color with each of them.
CombinePolyData	Combine/Append PolyData.
ConnectivityFilter	Color any dataset type based on connectivity.
ConnectivityFilterDemo	Color any dataset type based on connectivity.
ContoursFromPolyData	Create contours from PolyData.
ContoursToSurface	Convert contours to a surface.
ConvexHull	Convex hull using vtkHull.
ConvexHullShrinkWrap	Convex hull using shrink wrapping.
CopyAllArrays	Copy all arrays from one vtkPolyData to another.
Curvatures	Compute Gaussian and Mean Curvatures.
CurvaturesAdjustEdges	Get the Gaussian and Mean curvatures of a surface with adjustments for edge effects.
CurvaturesDemo	Demonstrates how to get the Gaussian and Mean curvatures of a surface.
DataBounds	Get the minimum and maximum value in each dimension. (Axis aligned bounding box)
DataSetSurfaceFilter	Convert vtkUnstructuredGrid to vtkPolyData.
DecimatePolyline	Decimate polyline.
DeleteCells	Delete a cell from a vtkPolyData
DeletePoint
DetermineArrayDataTypes	Determine data types of arrays.
DistancePolyDataFilter	Compute the distance function from one vtkPolyData to another.
EmbedPointsIntoVolume	Embed points into a volume.
ExternalContour	Get the external contour of a PolyData object.
ExtractOutsideSurface	Extract the outer surface of a multiple surface polydata.
ExtractPolyLinesFromPolyData	Extract polylines from polydata.
ExtractSelection	Extract selected points.
ExtractSelectionOriginalId	Extract selection and find the correspondence between the new and original ids.
ExtractSelectionUsingCells	Extract cell, select cell.
ExtractSelectionUsingPoints	Extract points but bring cells that are still complete with them.
ExtractVisibleCells	Extract and highlight visible cells.
FieldData	Add Global Miscellaneous Data (FieldData) to a Polydata.
Finance	Visualization of multidimensional financial data. The gray/wireframe surface represents the total data population. The red surface represents data points delinquent on loan payment.
FinanceFieldData	Visualization of multidimensional financial data. The yellow surface represents the total data population. The red surface represents data points delinquent on loan payment.
FindAllArrayNames	Get the names of all of the data arrays.
FitSplineToCutterOutput	Fit a spline to cutter output.
GeometryFilter	Convert vtkUnstructuredGrid to vtkPolyData (another way).
GetMiscCellData	Get Miscellaneous Data from Cells in a Polydata.
GetMiscPointData	Get Miscellaneous Data from Points in a Polydata.
GradientFilter	Compute the gradient of a scalar field on a data set.
ImplicitBoolean	Operations include intersection and union.
ImplicitBooleanDemo	Demo Union, Difference and Intersection.
ImplicitModeller	Compute the distance from an object to every point on a uniform grid.
ImplicitPolyDataDistance	Compute the distance function in a space around a vtkPolyData.
InterpolateMeshOnGrid	Interpolate a mesh over a grid.
InterpolateTerrain	vtkProbeFilter Interpolate terrain.
IntersectionPolyDataFilter	Compute the intersection of two vtkPolyData objects.
IterateOverLines	Iterate through the lines of a PolyData.
KMeansClustering	KMeans Clustering
KochanekSpline	Create an Kochanek spline on a set of points.
KochanekSplineDemo	Interactively change the parameters of the Kochanek spline.
LinearExtrusion	Extrude a shape.
LoopBooleanPolyDataFilter	Perform boolean operations on two vtkPolyData objects.
MaskPoints	Select a subset (mask) of a point set.
MergePoints	Remove duplicate (merge) points.
MergeSelections	Merge selected points.
MiscCellData	Add Miscellaneous Data to Cells in a Polydata.
MiscPointData	Add Miscellaneous Data to Points in a Polydata.
MultiBlockMergeFilter	Combine MultiBlockDataSets.
NullPoint	Set everything in PointData at a specified index to NULL.
OrientedBoundingCylinder	Create an oriented cylinder that encloses a vtkPolyData. The axis of the cylinder is aligned with the longest axis of the vtkPolyData.
Outline	Draw the bounding box of the data.
PKMeansClustering	Parallel KMeans Clustering.
ParametricSpline	Create a Cardinal spline on a set of points.
PerlinNoise
PointCellIds	Generate point and cell id arrays.
PointInsideObject	Check if a point is inside an object.
PointInsideObject2	This uses a Delaunay triangulation to compute a volume. This gives more of an "is inside convex hull" effect than an "is inside object".
PointsProjectedHull	Convex hull of points projected onto the coordinate planes.
PolyDataCellNormals	Add/Get Normals to/from cells in a Polydata.
PolyDataContourToImageData	Generate a binarized image from a closed contour.
PolyDataExtractNormals	Extract Normals from a Polydata.
PolyDataGetPoint	Get point locations/coordinates from a vtkPolyData.
PolyDataIsoLines	Iso lines on the surface of a polydata
PolyDataPointNormals	Add/Get Normals to/from points in a Polydata.
PolyDataPointSampler	Sample the edges or surfaces of a polydata.
PolyDataToImageData	Generate a binarized volume from a closed surface.
ProcrustesAlignmentFilter	Align point sets.
ProgrammableFilter	Create a custom filter without subclassing.
ProgrammableSource	Create points using a programmable source. Generates points for a strange attractor.
ProjectSphere	Unroll a sphere or spherical-like model.
QuantizePolyDataPoints	Snap (quantize) points to a grid.
Reflection	Mirror a DataSet.
RemoveOutsideSurface	Remove the outer surface of a multiple surface polydata.
RemoveVertices
ResampleAppendedPolyData	Resample a flat terrain containing multiple objects.
ResamplePolyLine
ReverseSense	Flip normals.
RibbonFilter
RotationAroundLine	Rotation around a line.
RuledSurfaceFilter	Create a surface between lines.
SCurveSpline	Create an SCurve spline on a set of points.
SelectVisiblePoints	Select visible points.
SelectionSource	Specify a selection.
ShrinkPolyData	Move all items in a PolyData towards their centroid.
Silhouette
Spring	Rotation in combination with linear displacement and radius variation.
Stripper	Convert triangles to triangle strips.
ThinPlateSplineTransform
ThresholdCells	Thresholding Cells.
ThresholdPoints	Thresholding Points.
TransformFilter	Transform a data set.
TransformOrderDemo	Demonstrate how the order of applying transforms affects the result.
TransformPipeline	Combining the transformation, in order to manipulate a group of vtkActor. Shown in the example robot arm motion.
TransformPolyData	Apply a Transformation to a PolyData.
TriangleArea	Compute the area of all triangles in a polydata.
TriangleColoredPoints	Set the color of each point of a triangle. You will be able to interpolate the colors across the triangle.
TriangleSolidColor	Create a solid colored triangle.
TubeFilter	Give lines a thickness (produce a cylinder around lines.
VectorFieldNonZeroExtraction	Extract non-zero vectors from a vtkImageData.
VertexConnectivity	Get a list of vertices attached (through an edge) to a vertex.
WarpScalar	Move vertices along normals.
WarpSurface	Warp a surface along its normal.
WarpTo	Bend an object.
WarpVector

Data Types¶

Example Name	Description	Image
CompositePolyDataMapper
Generate2DAMRDataSetWithPulse	Generates sample 2-D AMR dataset.
Generate3DAMRDataSetWithPulse	Generates sample 3-D AMR dataset.
MultiBlockDataSet	Demonstrates how to make and use VTK's MultiBlock type data
OverlappingAMR	Demonstrates how to create and populate a VTK's Overlapping AMR Grid type Data

Data Type Conversions¶

Point Cloud Operations¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ColorIsosurface	Color an isosurface with a data array.
CompareExtractSurface	Compare three extract surface algorithms.
DensifyPoints	Add points to a point cloud.
DownsamplePointCloud	Down sample a point cloud. Remove points so that there are no points within a tolerance of any point.
ExtractClusters	From a set of randomly distributed spheres, extract connected clusters.
ExtractEnclosedPoints	Extract points inside a vtkPolyData surface.
ExtractPointsDemo	Extract points inside an implicit function.
ExtractSurface	Create a surface from unorganized points using point filters.
ExtractSurfaceDemo	Create a surface from unorganized points using point filters (DEMO).
FitImplicitFunction	Extract points within a distance to an implicit function.
MaskPointsFilter	Extract points within an image mask.
NormalEstimation	Estimate the normals of a random points that lie on a sphere.
PointOccupancy	Show which voxels contain points.
PointSource	Generate a random point cloud.
PoissonExtractSurface	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using the PoissonReconstruction algorithm.
PowercrustExtractSurface	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using the Powercrust algorithm.
RadiusOutlierRemoval	Remove outliers.
SignedDistance	Compute signed distance to a point cloud.
UnsignedDistance	Compute unsigned distance to a point cloud.

Working with Meshes¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AddCell	Add a cell to an existing mesh.
BoundaryEdges	Find the edges that are used by only one face.
CellEdges	Get edges of cells.
ClosedSurface	Check if a surface is closed.
ColorDisconnectedRegions	Color each disconnected region of a vtkPolyData a different color.
ColorDisconnectedRegionsDemo	Color each disconnected region of a vtkPolyData a different color for any vtkPolyData.
ColoredElevationMap	Color a mesh by height.
Decimation	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
DeformPointSet	Deform a point set with a control polyhedra.
DelaunayMesh	Two-dimensional Delaunay triangulation of a random set of points. Points and edges are shown highlighted with sphere glyphs and tubes.
DijkstraGraphGeodesicPath	Find the shortest path between two points on a mesh.
ElevationFilter	Color a mesh by height.
ExtractEdges
FillHoles	Close holes in a mesh.
FitToHeightMap	Drape a polydata over an elevation map.
GreedyTerrainDecimation	Create a mesh from an ImageData
HighlightBadCells
IdentifyHoles	Close holes in a mesh and identify the holes.
ImplicitSelectionLoop	Select a region of a mesh with an implicit function.
InterpolateFieldDataDemo	Resample a fine grid and interpolate field data.
LargestRegion	Extract the largest connected region in a polydata.
MatrixMathFilter	Compute various quantities on cell and points in a mesh.
MeshQuality
OBBDicer	Breakup a mesh into pieces.
PointInterpolator	Plot a scalar field of points onto a PolyData surface.
PolygonalSurfaceContourLineInterpolator	Interactively find the shortest path between two points on a mesh.
QuadricClustering	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
QuadricDecimation	Reduce the number of triangles in a mesh.
SelectPolyData	Select a region of a mesh.
SimpleElevationFilter	Color a mesh by dotting a vector from the origin to each point with a specified vector.
SmoothPolyDataFilter	Laplacian smoothing.
SpecifiedRegion	Extract a specific (specified) connected region in a polydata.
SplitPolyData	Breakup a mesh into pieces and save the pieces into files
Subdivision	Increase the number of triangles in a mesh.
SubdivisionDemo	Subdivision of any vtkPolyData
Triangulate	Convert all polygons in a mesh to triangles.
WeightedTransformFilter
WindowedSincPolyDataFilter	Smooth a mesh (windowed sinc filter).

Clipping¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BoxClipStructuredPoints	Clip vtkStructuredPoints with a box. The results are unstructured grids with tetrahedra.
BoxClipUnstructuredGrid	Clip a vtkUnstructuredGrid with a box. The results are unstructured grids with tetrahedra.
CapClip	Cap a clipped polydata with a polygon.
ClipClosedSurface	Clip a surface with multiple planes.
ClipDataSetWithPolyData	Clip a vtkRectilinearGrid with arbitrary polydata. In this example, use a vtkConeSource to generate polydata to slice the grid, resulting in an unstructured grid. Contrast this with the next example.
ClipFrustum	Clip a vtkPolyData with the vtkCamera's view frustum.
GenericClip
ImplicitDataSetClipping	Clip using an implicit data set.
SolidClip	Create a "solid" clip. The "ghost" of the part clipped away is also shown.
TableBasedClipDataSetWithPolyData	Clip a vtkRectilinearGrid with arbitrary polydata. In this example, use a vtkConeSource to generate polydata to slice the grid, resulting in an unstructured grid. Contrast this with the previous example.
TableBasedClipDataSetWithPolyData2	Clip a vtkRectilinearGrid with a checkerboard pattern.

Working with Structured 3D Data¶

This section includes vtkImageData vtkStructuredGrid and vtkRectilinearGrid.

"ImageData" is not the traditional "flat, 2D image" you are used to. It is a special VTK data structure in the collection of 3D data structures provided by VTK. Here is an overview of these data structures. Image data can represent at typical 2D image, but also, a 3D volume.

• Demonstration of structured data types
• Get the linear point id of a point in a grid

vtkImageData¶

Example Name	Description	Image
CellIdFromGridCoordinates	Get the id of a cell from its grid coordinates.
ClipVolume	Clip a volume and produce a vtkUnhstructuredGrid.
ExtractVOI	Extract a volume of interest (subvolume).
GetCellCenter	Get the coordinates of the center of a cell.
ImageIterator
ImageIteratorDemo	Demonstrate using an iterator to access pixels in a region.
ImageNormalize	Normalize an image.
ImageReslice	Resize a vtkImageData.
ImageTranslateExtent	Change the extent of a vtkImageData.
ImageWeightedSum	Add two or more images.
IntersectLine	Intersect a line with all cells of a vtkImageData.
IterateImageData	Iterating over a vtkImageData.

Conversions¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ImageDataGeometryFilter	Convert a vtkImageData to a vtkPolyData
ImageDataToPointSet	Convert a vtkImageData to a vtkStructuredGrid.

vtkExplicitStructuredGrid¶

Example Name	Description	Image
CreateESGrid	Create an explicit structured grid and convert this to an unstructured grid or vice versa.
LoadESGrid	Load a VTU file and convert the dataset to an explicit structured grid.

vtkStructuredGrid¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BlankPoint	Blank a point of a vtkStructuredGrid.
GetLinearPointId	Get the linear point id of a point in a grid.
SGrid	Creating a structured grid dataset of a semi-cylinder. Vectors are created whose magnitude is proportional to radius and oriented in tangential direction.
StructuredGrid	Reads and writes points into a structured grid. The grid is also colored by point data and how to iterate through the structured grid is demonstrated.
StructuredGridOutline	Visualize the outline of a structured grid.
VisualizeStructuredGrid	Visualize the points of a structured grid.
VisualizeStructuredGridCells	Visualize the cells of a structured grid.

vtkStructuredPoints¶

Example Name	Description	Image
StructuredPointsToUnstructuredGrid	Convert a vtkStructuredPoints to a vtkUnstructuredGrid.
Vol	Creating a image data dataset. Scalar data is generated from the equation for a sphere. Volume dimensions are 26 x 26 x 26.

vtkRectilinearGrid¶

Example Name	Description	Image
RGrid	Creating a rectilinear grid dataset. The coordinates along each axis are defined using an instance of vtkDataArray.
RectilinearGrid	Create a rectilinear grid.
RectilinearGridToTetrahedra	Convert a vtkRectilinearGrid to a vtkUnstructuredGrid mesh.
VisualizeRectilinearGrid	Visualize the cells of a rectilinear grid.

Working with Unstructured 3D Data¶

This section includes vtkUnstructuredGrid.

vtkUnstructuredGrid¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ClipUnstructuredGridWithPlane	Clip a UGrid with a plane.
ClipUnstructuredGridWithPlane2	Clip a UGrid with a plane.
UGrid	Creation of an unstructured grid.

Registration¶

Example Name	Description	Image
IterativeClosestPointsTransform	Iterative Closest Points (ICP) Transform.
LandmarkTransform	Landmark Transform.

Medical¶

Example Name	Description	Image
GenerateCubesFromLabels	Create cubes from labeled volume data.
GenerateModelsFromLabels	Create models from labeled volume data.
MedicalDemo1	Create a skin surface from volume data.
MedicalDemo2	Create a skin and bone surface from volume data.
MedicalDemo3	Create skin, bone and slices from volume data.
MedicalDemo4	Create a volume rendering.
TissueLens	Cut a volume with a sphere.

Surface reconstruction¶

Example Name	Description	Image
Delaunay3D	Create a solid mesh from Unorganized Points.
Delaunay3DDemo	Interactively adjust Alpha for Delaunay3D.
ExtractSurface	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters.
ExtractSurfaceDemo	Create a surface from Unorganized Points using Point filters (DEMO).
GaussianSplat	Create a surface from Unorganized Points (Gaussian Splat).
SurfaceFromUnorganizedPoints	Create a surface from Unorganized Points.
SurfaceFromUnorganizedPointsWithPostProc	Create a surface from Unorganized Points (with post processing).
TriangulateTerrainMap	Generate heights (z values) on a 10x10 grid (a terrain map) and then triangulate the points to form a surface.

Utilities¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BoundingBox	Bounding Box construction.
BoundingBoxIntersection	Box intersection and Inside tests.
Box	Intersect a box with a ray.
BrownianPoints	Produce a random vector at each point in a dataset.
CardinalSpline	Cardinal spline Interpolation.
Casting	Casting VTK objects.
CheckVTKVersion	Check VTK Version and provide alternatives for different VTK versions
ColorLookupTable	Color Lookup Table.
ColorMapToLUT	Use vtkDiscretizableColorTransferFunction to generate a VTK colormap.
ColorTransferFunction	Color Transfer Function.
CommandSubclass	Instead of using a callback function, it is more powerful to subclass vtkCommand.
ConstrainedDelaunay2D	Perform a 2D Delaunay triangulation on a point set respecting a specified boundary.
Coordinate	Coordinate system conversions.
DeepCopy	Deep copy a VTK object.
Delaunay2D	Perform a 2D Delaunay triangulation on a point set.
DetermineActorType	Determine the type of an actor.
DiscretizableColorTransferFunction	Discretizable Color Transfer Function.
ExtractFaces	Extract faces froam vtkUnstructuredGrid.
FileOutputWindow	Write errors to a log file instead of the usual vtk pop-up window.
FilenameFunctions	Do things like get the file extension, strip the file extension, etc.
FilterSelfProgress	Monitor a filters progress.
ForLoop	Demonstrating various ways of implementing a for loop in VTK.
FrameRate	Get the frame rate of the rendering.
FullScreen	Maximize/full screen a vtkRenderWindow.
FunctionParser	String function parser.
GetClassName	Determine the type of a VTK variable.
GetDataRoot	Find the path of VTK_DATA_ROOT.
LUTUtilities	A utility class for vtkLookupTable allowing you to output the table contents or to compare tables.
MassProperties	Compute volume and surface area of a closed, triangulated mesh.
MultipleRenderWindows	Multiple Render Windows.
MultipleViewports	Multiple Viewports.
OffScreenRendering	Off Screen Rendering.
PCADemo	Project 2D points onto the best 1D subspace using PCA values.
PCAStatistics	Compute Principal Component Analysis (PCA) values.
PassThrough	Pass input along to outpu.
PiecewiseFunction	Interpolation using a piecewise function.
PointInPolygon	Point inside polygon test.
RenderScalarToFloatBuffer	Demonstrates how to render scalars in a vtkPolyData object into a vtkFloatArray buffer for further processing.
RescaleReverseLUT	Demonstrate how to adjust a colormap so that the colormap scalar range matches the scalar range on the object. You can optionally reverse the colors.
ResetCameraOrientation	Reset camera orientation to a previously saved orientation.
ReportRenderWindowCapabilities	Report the capabilities of a render window.
SaveSceneToFieldData	Save a vtkCamera's state in a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData and restore it.
SaveSceneToFile	Save a vtkCamera's state in a file and restore it.
Screenshot
ShallowCopy	Shallow copy a VTK object.
ShareCamera	Share a camera between multiple renderers.
ShepardMethod	Shepard method interpolation.
SideBySideViewports	Side by side viewports.
TimeStamp	Time stamp.
Timer
TimerLog	Timer log.
Variant	Convert between data types.
Vector	Mathematical vector class.
ViewportBorders	Draw a border around each viewport.
VisualDebugging	Update the screen from inside an algorithm.
ZBuffer	zbuffer.

Arrays¶

Events¶

Example Name	Description	Image
CameraModifiedEvent	Catch the camera modified event.
ObserveError	Catch errors and warnings.
WindowModifiedEvent	Catch the window modified event.

CMake Techniques¶

Math Operations¶

Graphs¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AdjacencyMatrixToEdgeTable	Convert an adjacency matrix to an edge table.
AdjacentVertexIterator	Get all vertices connected to a specified vertex.
BoostBreadthFirstSearchTree	Breadth first search tree. Can also be used to convert a graph to a tree.
BreadthFirstDistance	Distance from origin.
ColorEdges	Color edges.
ColorVertexLabels	Set the color of vertex labels.
ColorVerticesLookupTable	Color vertices.
ConnectedComponents	Find connected components of a graph.
ConstructGraph	Construct a graph.
ConstructTree	Construct a tree.
CreateTree	Create a tree and label the vertices and edges.
DepthFirstSearchAnimation	Depth First Search Animation.
DepthFirstSearchIterator	Depth First Search iterator.
EdgeListIterator	Iterate over edges of a graph.
EdgeWeights	Edge weights.
GraphPoints	Manually set coordinates of vertices in a graph.
GraphToPolyData	Convert a graph to a PolyData.
InEdgeIterator	Iterate over edges incoming to a vertex.
LabelVerticesAndEdges	Label vertices and edges.
MinimumSpanningTree	Minimum spanning tree of a graph.
MutableGraphHelper	Create either a vtkMutableDirectedGraph or vtkMutableUndirectedGraph.
NOVCAGraph	Create a graph & visualize it in ParaView/VisIt.
OutEdgeIterator	Iterate over edges outgoing from a vertex.
RandomGraphSource	Create a random graph.
RemoveIsolatedVertices	Remove vertices of degree 0 from a vtkGraph.
ScaleVertices	Size/scale vertices based on a data array.
SelectedVerticesAndEdges	Get a list of selected vertices and edges.
SelectedVerticesAndEdgesObserver	Get a list of selected vertices and edges using an observer of AnnotationChangedEvent.
ShortestPath	Find the shortest path on a graph.
SideBySideGraphs	Display two graphs side by side.
TreeBFSIterator	Breadth First Search iterator.
VertexSize	Set the size of vertices.
VisualizeDirectedGraph	Visualize a directed graph.
VisualizeGraph	Visualize a graph.

Graph Conversions¶

Data Structures¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AttachAttributes	Attach attributes to a VTK array
CellLocator	Project a point onto a mesh. Closest point on a mesh.Efficient 3D cell query.
CellLocatorVisualization	Visualization of the tree of a vtkCellLocator.
CellTreeLocator	Points on an object using vtkCellTreeLocator.
PointLocator	Efficient 3D point query.
PointLocatorRadius	Find all points within a radius of a specified point.
PointLocatorVisualization	Visualization of the tree of a vtkPointLocator.

Timing Demonstrations¶

Example Name	Description	Image
KDTreeTimingDemo	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel (doesn't seem correct)
ModifiedBSPTreeTimingDemo	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel
OBBTreeTimingDemo	Plot the runtime vs MaxLevel
OctreeTimingDemo	Plot the runtime vs MaxPointsPerRegionOctree timing demo.

KD-Tree¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BuildLocatorFromKClosestPoints
ClosestNPoints	Find the closest N points to a query point.
DataStructureComparison	Illustrates, side by side, the differences between several spatial data structures
KDTree
KDTreeAccessPoints	Access the points of a KDTree.
KDTreeFindPointsWithinRadius	Find points within a specified radius of a query point.
KDTreeFindPointsWithinRadiusDemo	Find points within a range of radii.
KdTreePointLocatorClosestPoint	Find the closest point to a query point.
OctreeFindPointsWithinRadiusDemo	Find points within a range of radii.
PointLocatorFindPointsWithinRadiusDemo	Find points within a range of radii.
StaticLocatorFindPointsWithinRadiusDemo	Find points within a range of radii.
VisualizeKDTree	Visualize levels of the tree.

Oriented Bounding Box (OBB) Tree¶

Example Name	Description	Image
OBBTreeExtractCells	Intersect a line with an OBB Tree and display all intersected cells.
OBBTreeIntersectWithLine	Intersect a line with a vtkOBBTree.
VisualizeOBBTree	Visualize levels of the tree.

Octree¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BuildOctree	Create an octree.
IncrementalOctreePointLocator	Insert points into an octree without rebuilding it.
OctreeClosestPoint	Find the closest point to a query point.
OctreeFindPointsWithinRadius	Find the points within a sphere of specified radius to a query point.
OctreeKClosestPoints	Find the K closest points to a query point.
OctreeVisualize	Visualize levels of the tree.

Modified BSP Tree¶

Example Name	Description	Image
ModifiedBSPTreeExtractCells	Intersect a line with a modified BSP Tree and display all intersected cells.
ModifiedBSPTreeIntersectWithLine	Intersect a line with a modified BSP Tree.
VisualizeModifiedBSPTree	Visualize levels of the tree.

HyperTreeGrid¶

Example Name	Description	Image
HyperTreeGridSource	Create a vtkHyperTreeGrid.

VTK Concepts¶

Rendering¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AmbientSpheres	Demonstrates the effect of ambient lighting on spheres.
CameraBlur	Example of a scene rendered with focal depth.
ColoredSphere	A simple sphere.
Cone3	Four frames of output, based on the VTK example Cone3.cxx.
Cone4	Modifying properties and transformation matrix based on the VTK example Cone4.cxx.
DiffuseSpheres	Demonstrates the effect of diffuse lighting on spheres.
FlatVersusGouraud	Flat and Gouraud shading. Different shading methods can dramatically improve the look of an object represented with polygons. On the top, flat shading uses a constant surface normal across each polygon. On the bottom, Gouraud shading interpolates normals from polygon vertices to give a smoother look.
GradientBackground	Demonstrates the background shading options.
HiddenLineRemoval	Hidden lines removed.
InterpolateCamera	Use vtkCameraInterpolator to generate a smooth interpolation between camera views.
LayeredActors	Demonstrates the use of two linked renderers. The orientation of objects in the non active layer is linked to those in the active layer.
Mace	An example of multiple inputs and outputs.
Model	Illustrative diagram of graphics objects.
MotionBlur	Example of motion blur.
MultipleLayersAndWindows	Demonstrates the use of four renderers in two layers.
OutlineGlowPass	Demonstrates how to render a object in a scene with a glowing outline.
PBR_Anisotropy	Render spheres with different anisotropy values.
PBR_Clear_Coat	Render a cube with custom texture mapping and a coat normal texture.
PBR_Edge_Tint	Render spheres with different edge colors using a skybox as image based lighting.
PBR_HDR_Environment	Renders spheres with different materials using a skybox as image based lighting.
PBR_Mapping	Render a cube with custom texture mapping.
PBR_Materials	Renders spheres with different materials using a skybox as image based lighting.
PBR_Materials_Coat	Render spheres with different coat materials using a skybox as image based lighting.
PBR_Skybox	Demonstrates physically based rendering, a skybox and image based lighting.
PBR_Skybox_Texturing	Demonstrates physically based rendering, a skybox, image based lighting and texturing.
PBR_Skybox_Anisotropy	Demonstrates physically based rendering, a skybox, image based lighting, and anisotropic texturing.
Rainbow	Use and manipulation of vtkLookupTables.
Rotations	Rotations of a cow about her axes.
RotationsA	Perform six rotations of a cow about her x-axis (Figure 3-31a).
RotationsB	Perform six rotations of a cow about her y-axis (Figure 3-31b).
RotationsC	Perform six rotations of a cow about her z-axis (Figure 3-31c).
RotationsD	First a rotation of a cow about her x-axis, then six rotations about her y-axis (Figure 3-31d).
Shadows	Draw model with shadows.
SpecularSpheres	Demonstrates the effect of specular lighting on spheres.
StippledLine	Draw a stippled line.
StringToImageDemo	Demonstrates how to generate images from strings.
StripFran	Triangle strip examples. (a) Structured triangle mesh consisting of 134 strips each of 390 triangles. (b) Unstructured triangle mesh consisting of 2227 strips of average length 3.94, longest strip 101 triangles. Images are generated by displaying every other triangle strip.
TransformSphere	The addition of a transform filter to ColoredSphere.
TransparentBackground	Demonstrates the use of two renderers. Notice that the second (and subsequent) renderers will have a transparent background.
WalkCow	This generates Figs. 3-32, 3-33 found in VTKTextbook.pdf.
WalkCowA	This generates Fig. 3-33a found in VTKTextbook.pdf.
WalkCowB	This generates Fig. 3-33b found in VTKTextbook.pdf.
WebGPU_PointCloudMapper	Demonstrates how to use the WebGPU point cloud mapper.

Lighting¶

Example Name	Description	Image
Light	Add a directional light to a scene.
LightActor	Display the location and direction of a light.
ShadowsLightsDemo	Show lights casting shadows.
SpotLights	Create two positional(spot) lights.

Shaders¶

Example Name	Description	Image
BozoShader	Modify the shader to load and use noise functions for color selection.
BozoShaderDemo	Show the bozo shader on a variety of polydata models.
ColorByNormal	Modify the shader to color based on model normal.
CubeMap	Modify the Vertex and Frament shaders to apply a 6-sided cube map.
MarbleShader	Modify the shader to load and use noise functions for color selection.
MarbleShaderDemo	Explore parameter space with sliders.
SpatterShader	Modify the shader to load and use noise functions for color selection.
SphereMap	Modify the Vertex and Frament shaders to apply a spherical map.

Annotation¶

Example Name	Description	Image
MultiLineText	Display multiline text.
TextOrigin	The 3D text always faces the active camera.
XYPlot	Display line probes.

Texture Mapping¶

Example Name	Description	Image
AnimateVectors	One frame from a vector field animation using texture maps (animVectors.tcl).
BackgroundTexture	Use a texture for the background of a vtkRenderer.
ClipArt	Generate 3D clip art from an image.
ProjectedTexture	Project a texture onto ovtkPolyData.
TextureCutQuadric	Cut a quadric with boolean textures.
TextureCutSphere	Cut a sphere using texture coordinates.
TextureMapImageData	Texture map an ImageData.
TextureMapPlane	Texture map a plane.
TextureMapQuad	Texture map a quad.
TexturePlane	Example of texture mapping.
TextureThreshold	Demonstrate the use of scalar thresholds to show values of flow density on three planes.
TexturedSphere	Texture a sphere.

Tutorial¶

If you are new to VTK then these tutorials will help to get you started.

Tutorial	Description	Image
Step 1	Create a cone, render it and rotate it through 360°.
Step 2	Adding an observer.
Step 3	Using multiple renderers within a render window.
Step 4	The creation of multiple actors and the manipulation of their properties and transformations.
Step 5	Introducing the concept of interaction.
Step 6	Using a 3D widget.

Visualization¶

See this tutorial for a brief explanation of the VTK terminology of mappers, actors, etc.

Example Name	Description	Image
AlphaFrequency	Linearly extrude fonts to show letter frequencies in text.
AnatomicalOrientation	Show a labelled set of anatomical planes transecting a human figure.
AnnotatedCubeActor	Annotated cube.
Arbitrary3DCursor	Track a 3D cursor.
AssignCellColorsFromLUT	Demonstrates how to assign colors to cells in a vtkPolyData structure using lookup tables.
AxisActor	Generate a single axis.
BackfaceCulling	Backface culling.
BackgroundColor	Background color.
BackgroundGradient	Background gradient.
BillboardTextActor3D	Label points with billboards.
BlobbyLogo	Blobby logo from VTK textbook.
Blow	Ten frames from a blow molding finite element analysis.
BluntStreamlines	Demonstrates airflow around a blunt fin using streamlines.
Camera	Positioning and aiming the camera.
CameraActor	Visualize a camera (frustum) in a scene.
CameraModel1	Illustrate camera movement around the focal point.
CameraModel2	Illustrate camera movement centered at the camera position.
CaptionActor2D	Draw a caption/bubble pointing to a particular point.
CarotidFlow	Visualizing blood flow in the human carotid arteries. Streamtubes of flow velocity are generated.
CarotidFlowGlyphs	Visualizing blood flow in human carotid arteries. Cone glyphs indicate flow direction and magnitude.
ChooseTextColor	Choose a text color that contrasts with a background color.
ChooseTextColorDemo	Create a grid of random colored viewpports and pick a good text color.
ClipSphereCylinder	A plane clipped with a sphere and an ellipse. The two transforms place each implicit function into the appropriate position. Two outputs are generated by the clipper.
CloseWindow	Close a render window.
CollisionDetection	Collison between two spheres.
ColorActorEdges	Color the edges of an Actor.
ColorAnActor	Color an Actor.
ColorGlyphs	Color glyphs.
ColorSeriesPatches	Creates a HTML file called VTKColorSeriesPatches
ColoredAnnotatedCube	How to color the individual faces of an annotated cube.
CombineImportedActors	Combine actors from a scene into one actor.
CombustorIsosurface	Generate an isosurface of constant flow density.
ComplexV	ComplexV from the VTK Textbook.
ContourQuadric	Contouring a quadric function.
CornerAnnotation	Write text in the corners of a window.
CorrectlyRenderTranslucentGeometry	Correctly Rendering Translucent Geometry.
CreateBFont	A scanned image clipped with a scalar value of 1/2 its maximum intensity produces a mixture of quadrilaterals and triangles.
CreateColorSeriesDemo	Create a custom vtkColorSeries.
CubeAxesActor	Display three orthogonal axes with labels.
CubeAxesActor2D	This example uses the vtkCubeAxesActor2D to show your scene with axes to indicate the spatial extent of your data.
Cursor2D
Cursor3D
CursorShape	Change the shape of the cursor.
CurvatureBandsWithGlyphs	Demonstrates the coloring of a surface by partitioning the gaussian curvature of a surface into bands and using arrows to display the normals on the surface.
CurvedReformation	Sample a volume with a curved surface. In medical imaging, this is often called curved multi planar reformation.
CutStructuredGrid	Cut through structured grid with plane. The cut plane is shown solid shaded. A computational plane of constant k value is shown in wireframe for comparison. The colors correspond to flow density. Cutting surfaces are not necessarily planes: implicit functions such as spheres, cylinders, and quadrics can also be used.
Cutter	How to use vtkCutter by cutting through a cube.
DataSetSurface	Cutting a hexahedron with a plane. The red line on the surface shows the cut.
DecimateFran	Examples of decimation algorithm. (a) Decimation of laser digitizer data.
DecimateHawaii	Examples of decimation algorithm. (b) Decimation of terrain data.
DepthSortPolyData	Poly Data Depth Sorting.
DisplacementPlot	Show modal lines for a vibrating beam.
DisplayCoordinateAxes	Display coordinate axes.
DisplayQuadricSurfaces	Display Quadric Surfaces.
DistanceToCamera
DrawText	Display Text.
EdgePoints	Generate points along an edge.
ElevationBandsWithGlyphs	Demonstrates the coloring of a surface by partitioning the elevation into bands and using arrows to display the normals on the surface.
ExponentialCosine	Carpet plots. Visualization of an exponential cosine function. Function values are indicated by surface displacement. Colors indicate derivative values.
ExtrudePolyDataAlongLine	Extrude a 2D polydata along a line in 3D space.
FastSplatter	Convolve a splat image with every point in an input image.
FindCellIntersections	Find the intersection of a line and the cells in an unstructured dataset
FireFlow	Combine geometry from a VRML file and a solution from a vtkUnstructuredGrid file.
FireFlowDemo	Combine geometry from a VRML file and a solution from a vtkUnstructuredGrid file (interactive).
FlatShading
FlyingHeadSlice	Flying edges used to generate contour lines.
Follower	Draw text that stays right side up.
FontFile	Use an external font.
FrogBrain	The frog’s brain. Model extracted without smoothing (left) and with smoothing (right).
FroggieSurface	Construct surfaces from a segmented frog dataset. Up to fifteen different surfaces may be extracted. You can turn on and off surfaces and control the camera position.
FroggieView	View surfaces of a segmented frog dataset using preprocessed *.vtk tissue files. You can turn on and off surfaces, control their opacity through the use of sliders and control the camera position.
FrogSlice	Photographic slice of frog (upper left), segmented frog (upper right) and composite of photo and segmentation (bottom). The purple color represents the stomach and the kidneys are yellow.
Glyph2D
Glyph3D
Glyph3DImage	Glyph the points in a vtkImageData.
Glyph3DMapper
Hanoi	Towers of Hanoi.
HanoiInitial	Towers of Hanoi - Initial configuration.
HanoiIntermediate	Towers of Hanoi - Intermediate configuration.
Hawaii	Visualize elevations by coloring the scalar values with a lookup table.
HeadBone	Marching cubes surface of human bone.
HeadSlice	Marching squares used to generate contour lines.
HedgeHog	Create oriented lines (hedgehogs) from vector data.
HideActor	visible
HideAllActors	Hide all actors.
HyperStreamline	Example of hyperstreamlines, the four hyperstreamlines shown are integrated along the minor principle stress axis. A plane (colored with a different lookup table) is also shown.
IronIsoSurface	Marching cubes surface of iron-protein.
IsosurfaceSampling	Demonstrates how to create point data on an isosurface.
Kitchen	Demonstrates stream tracing in a kitchen.
KochSnowflake	Use recursion to represent a Koch snowflake fractal.
LODProp3D	Level of detail rendering.
LOx	Streamtubes created by using the computational grid just in front of the post as a source for seeds.
LOxGrid	Portion of computational grid for the LOx post.
LOxSeeds	Streamlines seeded with spherical cloud of points. Four separate cloud positions are shown.
LabelContours	Label Contours.
LabelPlacementMapper	Display a non-overlapping text label at each point.
LabeledDataMapper	Display the point ID at each point.
LabeledMesh	Label Mesh.
Legend
LegendScaleActor	Display the scale of a scene.
LineWidth	Change the width/thickness of lines in an actor.
LoopShrink	A network with a loop. VTK 5.0 does not allow you to execute a looping visualization network; this was possible in previous versions of VTK.
Morph3D	Interpolate between datasets.
Motor	Texture cut used to reveal internal structure of a motor. Two cut planes are used in combination with transparent texture.
MovableAxes	Movable axes.
MoveActor	Moving an Actor.
MoveCamera	Moving the Camera.
MultipleActors	Multiple Actors.
NamedColorPatches	Creates a HTML file called VTKNamedColorPatches
NamedColors	Demonstrate the use of the vtkNamedColors class.
NoShading
NormalsDemo	Demo different options to generate normals.
Office	Using random point seeds to create streamlines.
OfficeA	Corresponds to Fig 9-47(a) in the VTK textbook.
OfficeTube	The stream polygon. Sweeping a polygon to form a tube.
Opacity	Transparency, transparent.
OrientedGlyphs	Create oriented glyphs from vector data.
PineRootConnectivity	Applying the connectivity filter to remove noisy isosurfaces.
PineRootConnectivityA	The isosurface, with no connectivity filter applied.
PineRootDecimation	Applying the decimation and connectivity filters to remove noisy isosurfaces and reduce data size.
PlateVibration	Demonstrates the motion of a vibrating beam.
PointDataSubdivision	Demonstrates the use of the vtkLinearSubdivisionFilter and vtkButterflySubdivisionFilter.
PointSize
ProbeCombustor	Probing data in a combustor. Probes are regular arrays of 50 by 50 points that are then passed through a contouring filter.
ProgrammableGlyphFilter	Generate a custom glyph at each point.
ProteinRibbons	Display pdb ribbons.
PseudoVolumeRendering	Here we use 20 cut planes, each with an opacity of of 0.25. They are then rendered back-to-front to simulate volume rendering.
QuadraticSurface	Display a quadratic surface.
QuadricLODActor	Level of detail adjustment.
QuadricVisualization	Visualizing a quadric function.
RandomProbe	Demonstrates how to probe a dataset with random points and select points inside the data set.
RenderLargeImage	Render a large image, larger than a window.
RenderView	A little bit easier rendering.
ReverseAccess	Demonstrates how to access the source (e.g. vtkSphereSource) of an actor reversely.
RotateActor	Rotate an Actor.
ScalarBarActor	Display a color bar.
ScalarBarActorColorSeries	Display a color bar with a color series lookup table.
ScalarVisibility	Switch between coloring the actor and coloring the data.
ScaleGlyphs	Scale glyphs.
SceneBounds	Get the bounds of the whole scene.
SelectWindowRegion	Select a region of a window.
SingleSplat	Elliptical splatting. (a) Single elliptical splat with eccentricity E=10. Cone shows orientation of vector.
SpikeFran	Glyphs indicate surface normals on model of human face. Glyph positions are randomly selected.
SplatFace	Elliptical splatting. (b) Surface reconstructed using elliptical splats into 100^3 volume followed by isosurface extraction. Points regularly subsampled and overlaid on original mesh.
Stocks	Two views from the stock visualization script. The top shows closing price over time; the bottom shows volume over time.
StreamLines	Seed streamlines with vectors from a structured grid.
StreamlinesWithLineWidget	Using the vtkLineWidget to produce streamlines in the combustor dataset. The StartInteractionEvent turns the visibility of the streamlines on; the InteractionEvent causes the streamlines to regenerate themselves.
StructuredDataTypes	Demonstration of structured data types.
TensorAxes	Display the scaled and oriented principal axes of the stress tensor.
TensorEllipsoids	Display the scaled and oriented principal axes as tensor ellipsoids representing the stress tensor.
TensorGlyph	Draw a rotated/scaled glyph at each point.
TextSource	Display text.
TransformActor	Transform an Actor.
TransformActorCollection	Transform an actor collection.
TubesFromSplines	Create tubes from interpolated points and scalars.
TubesWithVaryingRadiusAndColors	Create tubes with varying radius and colors.
VectorField
VectorOfActors	Multiple Actors in a Vector.
VectorText	Display high resolution text.
VelocityProfile	Warping the geometry of three planes to show flow momentum.
VertexGlyphFilter	Add a vertex to each point.
Visualize2DPoints	Visualize a 2D Set of Points.
VisualizeImageData	Visualize the points of an ImageData.
VisualizeVTP	Visualize a VTP File.
VoxelsOnBoundary	Extract voxels on the border of an isosurface.
WarpCombustor	Carpet plots of combustor flow energy in a structured grid. Colors and plane displacement represent energy values.
WindowSize	Change the size of a window.
WindowTitle	Change the title of a window.
Wireframe