VtkToPng.cpp

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// File: VtkToPng.cpp
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// Description: Render a VTK Unstructured Grid file as a PNG
//
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#include <LibUtilities/BasicUtils/VtkUtil.hpp>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
 
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION >= 9
#include <limits>
#include <stdexcept>
#endif
 
#include <vtkCamera.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkGraphicsFactory.h>
#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
#include <vtkPNGWriter.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkWindowToImageFilter.h>
#include <vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader.h>
 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    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
 
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 8 || (VTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VTK_MINOR_VERSION <= 1)
    // deprecated as of vtk 8.1
    mapper->ImmediateModeRenderingOn();
#endif
 
    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);
 
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION < 8 || (VTK_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VTK_MINOR_VERSION <= 1)
    // deprecated as of vtk 8.1
    windowToImageFilter->SetMagnification(4);
#else
    windowToImageFilter->SetScale(4, 4);
#endif
    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;
}