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SphereWidget2

vtk-examples/Cxx/Widgets/SphereWidget2


Description

The spherical coordinates of the widget's handle match the coordinates that it displays in the window. The world coordinates of the handle are also shown.

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Code

SphereWidget2.cxx

#include <vtkCommand.h>
#include <vtkMath.h>
#include <vtkNamedColors.h>
#include <vtkNew.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkSphere.h>
#include <vtkSphereRepresentation.h>
#include <vtkSphereWidget2.h>

namespace {
// Callback that displays the sphere widget's spherical handle postion
// in both sphercial (relative to the widget's center) and cartesian global
// coordinates
class vtkSphereCallback : public vtkCommand
{
public:
  static vtkSphereCallback* New()
  {
    return new vtkSphereCallback;
  }

  virtual void Execute(vtkObject* caller, unsigned long, void*)
  {
    vtkSphereWidget2* sphereWidget =
        reinterpret_cast<vtkSphereWidget2*>(caller);

    double center[3], handlePosition[3];
    vtkSphereRepresentation* sphereRepresentation =
        dynamic_cast<vtkSphereRepresentation*>(
            sphereWidget->GetRepresentation());
    sphereRepresentation->GetHandlePosition(handlePosition);
    sphereRepresentation->GetSphere(this->Sphere);

    this->Sphere->GetCenter(center);

    double radius = sqrt(static_cast<double>(
        vtkMath::Distance2BetweenPoints(center, handlePosition)));
    radius = (radius <= 0.0 ? 1.0 : radius);
    double theta = vtkMath::DegreesFromRadians(atan2(
        (handlePosition[1] - center[1]), (handlePosition[0] - center[0])));
    double phi = vtkMath::DegreesFromRadians(
        acos((handlePosition[2] - center[2]) / radius));

    std::cout << "r, theta, phi: (" << std::setprecision(3) << radius << ", "
              << theta << ", " << phi << ") "
              << "x, y, z: (" << handlePosition[0] << ", " << handlePosition[1]
              << ", " << handlePosition[2] << ") " << std::endl;
  }

  vtkSphereCallback()
  {
    this->Sphere = vtkSphere::New();
  }
  ~vtkSphereCallback()
  {
    this->Sphere->Delete();
  }

  vtkSphere* Sphere;
};

} // namespace

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

  // Create a renderer and a render window
  vtkNew<vtkRenderer> renderer;
  renderer->SetBackground(colors->GetColor3d("MidnightBlue").GetData());

  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow;
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  renderWindow->SetWindowName("SphereWidget2");

  // Create an interactor
  vtkNew<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor;
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  // Create a sphere widget
  vtkNew<vtkSphereWidget2> sphereWidget;
  sphereWidget->SetInteractor(renderWindowInteractor);
  sphereWidget->CreateDefaultRepresentation();

  vtkSphereRepresentation* sphereRepresentation =
      dynamic_cast<vtkSphereRepresentation*>(sphereWidget->GetRepresentation());
  sphereRepresentation->HandleVisibilityOn();

  vtkNew<vtkSphereCallback> sphereCallback;

  sphereWidget->AddObserver(vtkCommand::InteractionEvent, sphereCallback);

  renderWindow->Render();

  renderWindowInteractor->Initialize();
  renderWindow->Render();
  sphereWidget->On();

  // Begin mouse interaction
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR)

project(SphereWidget2)

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

if (NOT VTK_FOUND)
  message(FATAL_ERROR "SphereWidget2: 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(SphereWidget2 MACOSX_BUNDLE SphereWidget2.cxx )
  target_link_libraries(SphereWidget2 PRIVATE ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)
# vtk_module_autoinit is needed
vtk_module_autoinit(
  TARGETS SphereWidget2
  MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
)

Download and Build SphereWidget2

Click here to download SphereWidget2 and its CMakeLists.txt file. Once the tarball SphereWidget2.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd SphereWidget2/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:

./SphereWidget2

WINDOWS USERS

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