VTK/Examples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/Axes

#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkAxesActor.h>
#include <vtkTransform.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
 
int main (int, char*[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  sphereSource->SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  sphereSource->SetRadius(0.5);
 
  //create a mapper
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> sphereMapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
 
  // create an actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> sphereActor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  sphereActor->SetMapper(sphereMapper);
 
  // a renderer and render window
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
 
  // an interactor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
 
  // add the actors to the scene
  renderer->AddActor(sphereActor);
  renderer->SetBackground(.1,.2,.3); // Background dark blue
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkTransform> transform =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkTransform>::New();
  transform->Translate(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkAxesActor> axes =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkAxesActor>::New();
 
  // The axes are positioned with a user transform
  axes->SetUserTransform(transform);
 
  // properties of the axes labels can be set as follows
  // this sets the x axis label to red
  // axes->GetXAxisCaptionActor2D()->GetCaptionTextProperty()->SetColor(1,0,0);
 
  // the actual text of the axis label can be changed:
  // axes->SetXAxisLabelText("test");
 
  renderer->AddActor(axes);
 
  renderer->ResetCamera();
  renderWindow->Render();
 
  // begin mouse interaction
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();
 
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}