VTK/Examples/Cxx/Qt/BorderWidgetQt

BorderWidgetQtDriver.cxx

#include <QApplication>
#include "BorderWidgetQt.h"

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  QApplication app( argc, argv );

  BorderWidgetQt borderWidgetQt;
  borderWidgetQt.show();

  return app.exec();
}

BorderWidgetQt.cxx

#include "BorderWidgetQt.h"

#include <vtkBorderWidget.h>
#include <vtkCommand.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

class BorderCallback : public vtkCommand
{
  public:
    BorderCallback(){}

    static BorderCallback *New()
    {
      return new BorderCallback;
    }

  virtual void Execute(vtkObject *vtkNotUsed(caller), unsigned long, void*)
    {
//      vtkBorderWidget *borderWidget =
//          reinterpret_cast<vtkBorderWidget*>(caller);
    }

};

// Constructor
BorderWidgetQt::BorderWidgetQt()
{
  this->setupUi(this);

  // Sphere
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  sphereSource->Update();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> sphereMapper =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> sphereActor =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  sphereActor->SetMapper(sphereMapper);

  // VTK Renderer
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  renderer->AddActor(sphereActor);

  // Connect VTK with Qt
  this->qvtkWidget->GetRenderWindow()->AddRenderer(renderer);
  
  // Add a border widget to the right renderer
  this->BorderWidget = vtkSmartPointer<vtkBorderWidget>::New();
  this->BorderWidget->SetInteractor(this->qvtkWidget->GetInteractor());
  this->BorderWidget->On();
}

BorderWidgetQt.h

#ifndef BorderWidgetQt_H
#define BorderWidgetQt_H

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <QMainWindow>

class vtkBorderWidget;

#include "ui_BorderWidgetQt.h"

class BorderWidgetQt : public QMainWindow, private Ui::BorderWidgetQt
{
  Q_OBJECT
public:

  // Constructor/Destructor
  BorderWidgetQt();
  ~BorderWidgetQt() {}

private:
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkBorderWidget> BorderWidget;
};

#endif

BorderWidgetQt.ui

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ui version="4.0">
 <class>BorderWidgetQt</class>
 <widget class="QMainWindow" name="BorderWidgetQt">
  <property name="geometry">
   <rect>
    <x>0</x>
    <y>0</y>
    <width>572</width>
    <height>583</height>
   </rect>
  </property>
  <property name="windowTitle">
   <string>SimpleView</string>
  </property>
  <property name="windowIcon">
   <iconset resource="Icons/icons.qrc">
    <normaloff>:/Icons/help.png</normaloff>:/Icons/help.png</iconset>
  </property>
  <property name="iconSize">
   <size>
    <width>22</width>
    <height>22</height>
   </size>
  </property>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
   <widget class="QVTKWidget" name="qvtkWidget" native="true">
    <property name="geometry">
     <rect>
      <x>10</x>
      <y>20</y>
      <width>511</width>
      <height>541</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
   </widget>
  </widget>
  <action name="actionOpenFile">
   <property name="enabled">
    <bool>true</bool>
   </property>
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="Icons/icons.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/Icons/fileopen.png</normaloff>:/Icons/fileopen.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Open File...</string>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionExit">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset>
     <normaloff/>
    </iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Exit</string>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionPrint">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="Icons/icons.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/Icons/print.png</normaloff>:/Icons/print.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Print</string>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionHelp">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="Icons/icons.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/Icons/help.png</normaloff>:/Icons/help.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Help</string>
   </property>
  </action>
  <action name="actionSave">
   <property name="icon">
    <iconset resource="Icons/icons.qrc">
     <normaloff>:/Icons/filesave.png</normaloff>:/Icons/filesave.png</iconset>
   </property>
   <property name="text">
    <string>Save</string>
   </property>
  </action>
 </widget>
 <customwidgets>
  <customwidget>
   <class>QVTKWidget</class>
   <extends>QWidget</extends>
   <header>QVTKWidget.h</header>
  </customwidget>
 </customwidgets>
 <resources>
  <include location="Icons/icons.qrc"/>
 </resources>
 <connections/>
</ui>

CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
if(POLICY CMP0020)
  cmake_policy(SET CMP0020 NEW)
endif()

PROJECT(BorderWidgetQt)

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

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  # Instruct CMake to run moc automatically when needed.
  set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
  find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED QUIET)
else()
  find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
  include(${QT_USE_FILE})
endif()

include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})

file(GLOB UI_FILES *.ui)
file(GLOB QT_WRAP *.h)
file(GLOB CXX_FILES *.cxx)

if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "6" AND VTK_QT_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "4")
  qt5_wrap_ui(UISrcs ${UI_FILES} )
  # CMAKE_AUTOMOC in ON so the MOC headers will be automatically wrapped.
  add_executable(BorderWidgetQt MACOSX_BUNDLE
    ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${QT_WRAP})
  qt5_use_modules(BorderWidgetQt Core Gui)
  target_link_libraries(BorderWidgetQt ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
else()
  QT4_WRAP_UI(UISrcs ${UI_FILES})
  QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOCSrcs ${QT_WRAP})
  add_executable(BorderWidgetQt MACOSX_BUNDLE ${CXX_FILES} ${UISrcs} ${MOCSrcs})

  if(VTK_LIBRARIES)
    if(${VTK_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "6")
      target_link_libraries(BorderWidgetQt ${VTK_LIBRARIES} QVTK)
    else()
      target_link_libraries(BorderWidgetQt ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
    endif()
  else()
    target_link_libraries(BorderWidgetQt vtkHybrid QVTK vtkViews ${QT_LIBRARIES})
  endif()
endif()

Download and Build BorderWidgetQt

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

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

cd BorderWidgetQt/build

This example requires Qt and VTK.

• If VTK and Qt are 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 ..

• If Qt is not found on your system, you will need to tell CMake where to find qmake:

cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/usr/something/qmake  ..

Build the project:

make

and run it:

./BorderWidgetQt

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. You may also need to add a Qt related path.