VTK/Examples/Cxx/IO/ParticleReader

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VTK Examples Baseline IO TestParticleReader.png
  • Contributed by: Andrew J. P. Maclean

This example reads in a dataset where each line consists of points with its position (x,y,z) and (possibly) a scalar.

ParticleReader.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkParticleReader.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
 
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // Verify input arguments
  if ( argc != 2 )
    {
    std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0]
              << " Filename(.xyz)" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
 
  // Read the file
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkParticleReader> reader =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkParticleReader>::New();
  reader->SetFileName ( argv[1] );
  reader->Update();
  std::cout << reader->GetOutput()->GetNumberOfCells() << std::endl;
 
  // Visualize
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapper->SetInputConnection(reader->GetOutputPort());
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetPointSize(4);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(1,0,0);
 
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
 
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(.3, .6, .3); // Background color green
 
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();
 
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
PROJECT(ParticleReader)
 
find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
 
if (APPLE)
  add_executable(ParticleReader MACOSX_BUNDLE ParticleReader.cxx)
else()
  add_executable(ParticleReader ParticleReader.cxx)
endif()
 
if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
  target_link_libraries(ParticleReader ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  target_link_libraries(ParticleReader vtkHybrid )
endif()
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