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BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions

vtk-examples/Cxx/ImplicitFunctions/BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions


Description

Demonstration on how to perform boolean operations with implicit functions.

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Code

BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkBox.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkContourFilter.h>
#include <vtkImplicitBoolean.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSampleFunction.h>
#include <vtkSphere.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // Define colors.
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
  vtkColor3d actorColor = colors->GetColor3d("AliceBlue");
  vtkColor3d EdgeColour = colors->GetColor3d("SteelBlue");
  vtkColor3d BackgroundColour = colors->GetColor3d("Silver");

  // Create a sphere.
  vtkNew<vtkSphere> sphere;
  sphere->SetCenter(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  sphere->SetRadius(1);

  // Create a box.
  vtkNew<vtkBox> box;
  box->SetBounds(-1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1);

  // Combine the two implicit functions.
  vtkNew<vtkImplicitBoolean> boolean;
  boolean->SetOperationTypeToDifference();
  // boolean->SetOperationTypeToUnion()
  // boolean->SetOperationTypeToIntersection()
  boolean->AddFunction(box);
  boolean->AddFunction(sphere);
  // The sample function generates a distance function from the implicit
  // function.This is then contoured to get a polygonal surface.
  vtkNew<vtkSampleFunction> sample;
  sample->SetImplicitFunction(boolean);
  sample->SetModelBounds(-1, 2, -1, 1, -1, 1);
  sample->SetSampleDimensions(40, 40, 40);
  sample->ComputeNormalsOff();

  // Contour
  vtkNew<vtkContourFilter> surface;
  surface->SetInputConnection(sample->GetOutputPort());
  surface->SetValue(0, 0.0);

  // Create a mapper and an actor.
  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
  mapper->SetInputConnection(surface->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();
  vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->EdgeVisibilityOn();
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(actorColor.GetData());
  actor->GetProperty()->SetEdgeColor(EdgeColour.GetData());

  // A renderer and render window.
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  renderer->SetBackground(BackgroundColour.GetData());
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions");

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Add the actor.
  renderer->AddActor(actor);

  // Start
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetPosition(5.0, -4.0, 1.6);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetViewUp(0.1, 0.5, 0.9);
  renderer->GetActiveCamera()->SetDistance(6.7);
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonDataModel
  FiltersCore
  ImagingHybrid
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions: 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(BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions MACOSX_BUNDLE BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions

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

cd BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions/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:

./BooleanOperationImplicitFunctions

WINDOWS USERS

Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.