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ShadowsLightsDemo

vtk-examples/Cxx/Visualization/ShadowsLightsDemo



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ShadowsLightsDemo.cxx

// The scene consists of:
// 1) four actors: a rectangle, a box, a cone and a sphere.
//    The box, the cone and the sphere are above the rectangle.
// 2) Two spotlights, one in the direction of the box, another one in the
//    direction of the sphere.
//    Both lights are above the box, the cone and  the sphere.

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkCameraPass.h>
#include <vtkConeSource.h>
#include <vtkCubeSource.h>
#include <vtkLight.h>
#include <vtkLightActor.h>
#include <vtkLightCollection.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkOpaquePass.h>
#include <vtkOpenGLRenderer.h>
#include <vtkPlaneSource.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataNormals.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderPassCollection.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkSequencePass.h>
#include <vtkShadowMapBakerPass.h>
#include <vtkShadowMapPass.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

namespace {
// For each spotlight, add a light frustum wireframe representation and a cone
// wireframe representation, colored with the light color.
void AddLightActors(vtkRenderer* r);
} // namespace

int main(int, char*[])
{
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->SetSize(400, 400);
  renderWindow->SetMultiSamples(0);

  renderWindow->SetAlphaBitPlanes(1);
  interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  vtkNew<vtkOpenGLRenderer> renderer;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetSize(640, 480);

  vtkNew<vtkSequencePass> seq;

  vtkNew<vtkRenderPassCollection> passes;

  vtkNew<vtkShadowMapPass> shadows;
  passes->AddItem(shadows->GetShadowMapBakerPass());
  passes->AddItem(shadows);

  vtkNew<vtkOpaquePass> opaque;
  passes->AddItem(opaque);

  seq->SetPasses(passes);

  vtkNew<vtkCameraPass> cameraP;
  cameraP->SetDelegatePass(seq);

  // Tell the renderer to use our render pass pipeline.
  vtkOpenGLRenderer* glrenderer =
      dynamic_cast<vtkOpenGLRenderer*>(renderer.GetPointer());
  glrenderer->SetPass(cameraP);

  vtkNew<vtkNamedColors> colors;
  vtkColor3d boxColor = colors->GetColor3d("Tomato");
  vtkColor3d rectangleColor = colors->GetColor3d("Beige");
  vtkColor3d coneColor = colors->GetColor3d("Peacock");
  vtkColor3d sphereColor = colors->GetColor3d("Banana");

  vtkNew<vtkPlaneSource> rectangleSource;
  rectangleSource->SetOrigin(-5.0, 0.0, 5.0);
  rectangleSource->SetPoint1(5.0, 0.0, 5.0);
  rectangleSource->SetPoint2(-5.0, 0.0, -5.0);
  rectangleSource->SetResolution(100, 100);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> rectangleMapper;
  rectangleMapper->SetInputConnection(rectangleSource->GetOutputPort());

  rectangleMapper->SetScalarVisibility(0);

  vtkNew<vtkActor> rectangleActor;
  rectangleActor->SetMapper(rectangleMapper);
  rectangleActor->SetVisibility(1);
  rectangleActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(rectangleColor.GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkCubeSource> boxSource;
  boxSource->SetXLength(2.0);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataNormals> boxNormals;
  boxNormals->SetInputConnection(boxSource->GetOutputPort());
  boxNormals->ComputePointNormalsOff();
  boxNormals->ComputeCellNormalsOn();
  boxNormals->Update();
  boxNormals->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->SetNormals(nullptr);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> boxMapper;
  boxMapper->SetInputConnection(boxNormals->GetOutputPort());
  boxMapper->SetScalarVisibility(0);

  vtkNew<vtkActor> boxActor;
  boxActor->SetMapper(boxMapper);
  boxActor->SetVisibility(1);
  boxActor->SetPosition(-2.0, 2.0, 0.0);
  boxActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(boxColor.GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkConeSource> coneSource;
  coneSource->SetResolution(24);
  coneSource->SetDirection(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> coneMapper;
  coneMapper->SetInputConnection(coneSource->GetOutputPort());
  coneMapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();

  vtkNew<vtkActor> coneActor;
  coneActor->SetMapper(coneMapper);
  coneActor->VisibilityOn();
  coneActor->SetPosition(0.0, 1.0, 1.0);
  coneActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(coneColor.GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource;
  sphereSource->SetThetaResolution(32);
  sphereSource->SetPhiResolution(32);

  vtkNew<vtkPolyDataMapper> sphereMapper;
  sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  sphereMapper->ScalarVisibilityOff();

  vtkNew<vtkActor> sphereActor;
  sphereActor->SetMapper(sphereMapper);

  sphereActor->VisibilityOn();
  sphereActor->SetPosition(2.0, 2.0, -1.0);
  sphereActor->GetProperty()->SetColor(sphereColor.GetData());

  renderer->AddViewProp(rectangleActor);
  renderer->AddViewProp(boxActor);
  renderer->AddViewProp(coneActor);
  renderer->AddViewProp(sphereActor);

  // Spotlights.

  // Lighting the box.
  vtkNew<vtkLight> l1;
  l1->SetPosition(-4.0, 4.0, -1.0);
  l1->SetFocalPoint(boxActor->GetPosition());
  l1->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("White").GetData());
  l1->PositionalOn();
  renderer->AddLight(l1);
  l1->SwitchOn();

  // Lighting the sphere.
  vtkNew<vtkLight> l2;
  l2->SetPosition(4.0, 5.0, 1.0);
  l2->SetFocalPoint(sphereActor->GetPosition());
  l2->SetColor(colors->GetColor3d("Magenta").GetData());
  l2->PositionalOn();
  renderer->AddLight(l2);
  l2->SwitchOn();

  AddLightActors(renderer);

  renderer->SetBackground2(colors->GetColor3d("Black").GetData());
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("Silver").GetData());
  renderer->SetGradientBackground(true);

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

  renderer->ResetCamera();

  auto camera = renderer->GetActiveCamera();
  camera->Azimuth(40.0);
  camera->Elevation(10.0);

  renderWindow->Render();

  interactor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

namespace {
// For each spotlight, add a light frustum wireframe representation and a cone
// wireframe representation, colored with the light color.
void AddLightActors(vtkRenderer* r)
{
  vtkLightCollection* lights = r->GetLights();
  lights->InitTraversal();

  vtkLight* light = lights->GetNextItem();
  while (light != 0)
  {
    double angle = light->GetConeAngle();
    if (light->LightTypeIsSceneLight() && light->GetPositional() &&
        angle < 180.0) // spotlight
    {
      vtkNew<vtkLightActor> light_actor;
      light_actor->SetLight(light);
      r->AddViewProp(light_actor);
    }
    light = lights->GetNextItem();
  }
}
} // namespace

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(ShadowsLightsDemo)

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

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

Download and Build ShadowsLightsDemo

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

cd ShadowsLightsDemo/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:

./ShadowsLightsDemo

WINDOWS USERS

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