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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 Get the camera position and focal point.
CheckVTKVersion Check the VTK version returning True if the requested VTK version is >= the current version.
DrawViewportBorder Draw a border around a renderer's viewport.
GetProgramParameters Get the program parameters.
GetTextPositions Get viewport positioning information for a list of names.
PointToGlyph Represent points as glyphs.
ReadPolyData Uses the appropriate vtkPolyData reader to read any vtkPolyData file.
ScreenShot Take a screenshot from the render window by pressing a key on the keyboard, the default key is "k". The file extension selects the writer to use.
VTKDataClasses The VTK immutable data classes for constants. These are usually used in the initialization VTK classes or to replace the Set/Get functions that set and get these constants.
WriteImage Take a screenshot from the render window and write it to a file. The file extension selects the writer to use.