VtkToPng.cpp File Reference

#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkWindowToImageFilter.h>
#include <vtkPNGWriter.h>
#include <vtkGraphicsFactory.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <iostream>

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int	main (int argc, char *argv[])

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int main	(	int	argc,
		char *	argv[]
	)

Definition at line 54 of file VtkToPng.cpp.

{
    if (argc != 2 && argc != 4)
    {
        cout << "Usage: VtkToPng vtk-file [lower upper]" << endl;
        exit(-1);
    }

    string vInput = argv[1];
    string vOutput = vInput.substr(0, vInput.find_last_of('.')) + ".png";

    // Setup offscreen rendering
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkGraphicsFactory> graphics_factory =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkGraphicsFactory>::New();
    graphics_factory->SetOffScreenOnlyMode( 1);
    graphics_factory->SetUseMesaClasses( 1 );

    // Create a poly data reader and retrieve dataset from file
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader> reader =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader>::New();
    reader->SetFileName(vInput.c_str());
    reader->Update();

    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSet> data = 
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSet>(reader->GetOutputAsDataSet());
    data->GetPointData()->SetActiveScalars("u");

    double scalar_range[2];
    data->GetScalarRange(scalar_range);
    if (argc == 4)
    {
        scalar_range[0] = atof(argv[2]);
        scalar_range[1] = atof(argv[3]);
    }

    // Lookup table
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lookup = vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
    lookup->SetHueRange(0.0,1.0);
    lookup->SetSaturationRange(1,1);
    lookup->SetTableRange(scalar_range);
    lookup->SetValueRange(1,1);
    lookup->Build();

    // Create a mapper and actor
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> mapper =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
    mapper->SetInput(data);
#else
    mapper->SetInputData(data);
#endif
    mapper->ImmediateModeRenderingOn();
    mapper->ScalarVisibilityOn();
    mapper->SetScalarModeToUsePointData();
    mapper->UseLookupTableScalarRangeOn();
    //mapper->SetScalarRange(data->GetScalarRange());
    mapper->SetLookupTable(lookup);


    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
    actor->SetMapper(mapper);

    // Configure camera position and direction
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera> camera = vtkSmartPointer<vtkCamera>::New();
    camera->SetPosition(0.0,-1.0,1.0);
    camera->SetFocalPoint(0,0,0);

    // A renderer and render window
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
    renderWindow->SetOffScreenRendering( 1 );
    renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);

    // Add the actors to the scene
    renderer->AddActor(actor);
    renderer->SetBackground(0,0,0); // Background color white
    renderer->SetActiveCamera(camera);
    renderer->ResetCamera();

    renderWindow->Render();

    // Create an image of scene
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowToImageFilter> windowToImageFilter =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkWindowToImageFilter>::New();
    windowToImageFilter->SetInput(renderWindow);
    windowToImageFilter->SetMagnification(4);
    windowToImageFilter->Update();

    // Write image to PNG
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPNGWriter> writer =
            vtkSmartPointer<vtkPNGWriter>::New();
    writer->SetFileName(vOutput.c_str());
    writer->SetInputConnection(windowToImageFilter->GetOutputPort());
    writer->Write();

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}