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vtk-examples/Cxx/Utilities/ShareCamera


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ShareCamera.cxx

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkColorSeries.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkCylinderSource.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

#include <map>
#include <vector>

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;

  // We store background colors in a vector. Then we extract the red, green and
  // blue components later when coloring the reneder background.
  std::vector<vtkColor3ub> rendererColors;
  vtkNew<vtkColorSeries> colorSeries;
  colorSeries->SetColorSchemeByName("Brewer Qualitative Pastel2");
  rendererColors.push_back(colorSeries->GetColor(0));
  rendererColors.push_back(colorSeries->GetColor(1));
  rendererColors.push_back(colorSeries->GetColor(2));
  rendererColors.push_back(colorSeries->GetColor(3));

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;

  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Define viewport ranges
  double xmins[4] = {0, 0.5, 0, 0.5};
  double xmaxs[4] = {0.5, 1, 0.5, 1};
  double ymins[4] = {0, 0, 0.5, 0.5};
  double ymaxs[4] = {0.5, 0.5, 1, 1};

  vtkCamera* camera = nullptr;

  // Using the superclass for the sources
  std::vector<vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataAlgorithm>> sources;

  for (unsigned i = 0; i < 4; i++)
  {
    switch (i)
    {
    case 0: {
      // Create a sphere
      vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
      sphereSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
      sphereSource->Update();
      sources.push_back(sphereSource);
      break;
    }
    case 1: {
      // Create a cone
      vtkNew<vtkConeSource> coneSource;
      coneSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
      coneSource->Update();
      sources.push_back(coneSource);
      break;
    }
    case 2: {
      // Create a cube
      vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> cubeSource;
      cubeSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
      cubeSource->Update();
      sources.push_back(cubeSource);
      break;
    }
    default:
    case 3: {
      // Create a cylinder
      vtkNew<vtkCylinderSource> cylinderSource;
      cylinderSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
      cylinderSource->Update();
      sources.push_back(cylinderSource);
    }
    };

    vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper;
    mapper->SetInputConnection(sources[i]->GetOutputPort());

    vtkNew<vtkActor> actor;
    actor->SetMapper(mapper);
    actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Tomato").GetData());

    vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
    renderer->AddActor(actor);
    double r, g, b;
    r = rendererColors[i].GetRed() / 255.0;
    g = rendererColors[i].GetGreen() / 255.0;
    b = rendererColors[i].GetBlue() / 255.0;
    renderer->SetBackground(r, g, b);

    renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);

    if (i == 0)
    {
      camera = renderer->GetActiveCamera();
      camera->Azimuth(30);
      camera->Elevation(30);
    }
    else
    {
      renderer->SetActiveCamera(camera);
    }
    renderer->SetViewport(xmins[i], ymins[i], xmaxs[i], ymaxs[i]);

    renderer->ResetCamera();
  }

  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("ShareCamera");

  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ShareCamera)

find_package(VTK COMPONENTS 
  CommonColor
  CommonCore
  CommonExecutionModel
  FiltersSources
  InteractionStyle
  RenderingContextOpenGL2
  RenderingCore
  RenderingFreeType
  RenderingGL2PSOpenGL2
  RenderingOpenGL2
)

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

Download and Build ShareCamera

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

cd ShareCamera/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:

./ShareCamera

WINDOWS USERS

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