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Snippets

Description

Snippets are chunks of code that can be cut (snipped) and pasted into examples. We want each example to be stand-alone, so we do not keep the snippet code in a library.

Available snippets

Snippet Description
CameraPosition Output the camera position while moving the image.
CheckVTKVersion Check the VTK version returning true if the requested VTK version is >= the current version.
ChooseContrastingColor Given a color, find a contrasting color. If the given color is "light", use the lightColor otherwise use the darkColor
DrawViewportBorder Draw the borders of a vtkRenderer's viewports.
PointToGlyph Represent points as glyphs.
ReadPolyData Uses the appropriate vtkPolyData reader to read any vtkPolyData file.
RestoreSceneFromFieldData Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.
RestoreSceneFromFile Restores the saved vtkCamera view from a file.
SaveSceneToFieldData Stores the current vtkCamera location in a vtkDataSet's vtkFieldData.
SaveSceneToFile Stores the current vtkCamera location in a file.
WriteImage Take a screen shot and save it to a file.