VTK/Examples/Cxx/Utilities/TimerLog

TimerLog.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkTimerLog.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkTimerLog> timerLog = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkTimerLog>::New();
  
  std::cout << "Current time: " << timerLog->GetUniversalTime() << std::endl;
  
  timerLog->MarkEvent("opened file");
  
  timerLog->MarkEvent("did other stuff");
  
  std::cout << "Timer log:" << *timerLog << std::endl;
  
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(TimerLog)

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

add_executable(TimerLog MACOSX_BUNDLE TimerLog.cxx)

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

Download and Build TimerLog

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

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

cd TimerLog/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:

./TimerLog

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.