ImageDataToPointSet
Repository source: ImageDataToPointSet
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Code¶
ImageDataToPointSet.cxx
#include <vtkImageData.h>
#include <vtkImageDataToPointSet.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter.h>
namespace {
void CreateImage(vtkImageData* image);
}
int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkImageData> image;
  CreateImage(image);
  vtkNew<vtkImageDataToPointSet> imageDataToPointSet;
  imageDataToPointSet->SetInputData(image);
  imageDataToPointSet->Update();
  vtkNew<vtkXMLStructuredGridWriter> writer;
  writer->SetInputConnection(imageDataToPointSet->GetOutputPort());
  writer->SetFileName("Test.vts");
  writer->Write();
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
namespace {
void CreateImage(vtkImageData* image)
{
  // Create an image
  image->SetDimensions(3, 3, 1);
  image->AllocateScalars(VTK_UNSIGNED_CHAR, 1);
  int dims[3];
  image->GetDimensions(dims);
  for (int i = 0; i < dims[0]; i++)
  {
    for (int j = 0; j < dims[1]; j++)
    {
      unsigned char* pixel =
          static_cast<unsigned char*>(image->GetScalarPointer(i, j, 0));
      pixel[0] = 1;
    }
  }
}
} // namespace
CMakeLists.txt¶
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)
project(ImageDataToPointSet)
find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersGeneral
  IOXML
)
if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "ImageDataToPointSet: Unable to find the VTK build folder.")
endif()
# Prevent a "command line is too long" failure in Windows.
set(CMAKE_NINJA_FORCE_RESPONSE_FILE "ON" CACHE BOOL "Force Ninja to use response files.")
add_executable(ImageDataToPointSet MACOSX_BUNDLE ImageDataToPointSet.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(ImageDataToPointSet PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS ImageDataToPointSet
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
Download and Build ImageDataToPointSet¶
Click here to download ImageDataToPointSet and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball ImageDataToPointSet.tar has been downloaded and extracted,
cd ImageDataToPointSet/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:
./ImageDataToPointSet
WINDOWS USERS
Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.