VTK/Examples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/PlatonicSolid

PlatonicSolid.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>

#include <vtkPlatonicSolidSource.h>
#include <vtkLookupTable.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
 
int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlatonicSolidSource> platonicSolidSource = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPlatonicSolidSource>::New();
  platonicSolidSource->SetSolidTypeToOctahedron();

  // Each face has a different cell scalar
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable> lut =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkLookupTable>::New();
  lut->SetNumberOfTableValues(8);
  lut->SetTableRange(0.0, 7.0);
  lut->Build();
  lut->SetTableValue(0, 0, 0, 0);
  lut->SetTableValue(1, 0, 0, 1);
  lut->SetTableValue(2, 0, 1, 0);
  lut->SetTableValue(3, 0, 1, 1);
  lut->SetTableValue(4, 1, 0, 0);
  lut->SetTableValue(5, 1, 0, 1);
  lut->SetTableValue(6, 1, 1, 0);
  lut->SetTableValue(7, 1, 1, 1);

  //Create a mapper and actor.
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapper->SetInputConnection(platonicSolidSource->GetOutputPort());
  mapper->SetLookupTable(lut);
  mapper->SetScalarRange(0, 7);

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

  //Create a renderer, render window, and interactor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);

  //Add the actors to the scene
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(.1, .2, .3);

  //Render and interact
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();
  
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(PlatonicSolid)

find_package(VTK REQUIRED)
include(${VTK_USE_FILE})

add_executable(PlatonicSolid MACOSX_BUNDLE PlatonicSolid.cxx)

if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
  target_link_libraries(PlatonicSolid ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  target_link_libraries(PlatonicSolid vtkHybrid vtkWidgets)
endif()

Download and Build PlatonicSolid

Click here to download PlatonicSolid. and its CMakeLists.txt file.

Once the tarball PlatonicSolid.tar has been downloaded and extracted,

cd PlatonicSolid/build 

• If VTK is installed:

cmake ..

• If VTK is not installed but compiled on your system, you will need to specify the path to your VTK build:

cmake -DVTK_DIR:PATH=/home/me/vtk_build ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./PlatonicSolid

WINDOWS USERS PLEASE NOTE: Be sure to add the VTK bin directory to your path. This will resolve the VTK dll's at run time.