VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/HighlightBadCells

HighlightBadCells.cxx

#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkUnstructuredGrid.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkThreshold.h>
#include <vtkCellData.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkDataSet.h>
#include <vtkDataSetMapper.h>
#include <vtkMeshQuality.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkTriangleFilter.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
  sphereSource->Update();
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangleFilter> triangleFilter = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangleFilter>::New();
  triangleFilter->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
  triangleFilter->Update();
  
    //Create a mapper and actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> sphereMapper = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
  sphereMapper->SetInputConnection(triangleFilter->GetOutputPort());
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> sphereActor = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  sphereActor->SetMapper(sphereMapper);
  
  vtkPolyData* mesh = triangleFilter->GetOutput();
  cout << "There are " << mesh->GetNumberOfCells() << " cells." << endl;
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkMeshQuality> qualityFilter = 
      vtkSmartPointer<vtkMeshQuality>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  qualityFilter->SetInput(mesh);
#else
  qualityFilter->SetInputData(mesh);
#endif
  qualityFilter->SetTriangleQualityMeasureToArea();
  qualityFilter->Update();
  
  vtkDataSet* qualityMesh = qualityFilter->GetOutput();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDoubleArray> qualityArray = 
    vtkDoubleArray::SafeDownCast(qualityMesh->GetCellData()->GetArray("Quality"));
  
  cout << "There are " << qualityArray->GetNumberOfTuples() << " values." << endl;
  
  for(vtkIdType i = 0; i < qualityArray->GetNumberOfTuples(); i++)
    {
    double val = qualityArray->GetValue(i);
    cout << "value " << i << " : " << val << endl;
    }
    
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold> selectCells = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkThreshold>::New();
  selectCells->ThresholdByLower(.02);
  selectCells->SetInputArrayToProcess( 0, 0, 0, vtkDataObject::FIELD_ASSOCIATION_CELLS,
              vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS );
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  selectCells->SetInput(qualityMesh);
#else
  selectCells->SetInputData(qualityMesh);
#endif
  selectCells->Update();
  vtkUnstructuredGrid* ug = selectCells->GetOutput();
  
  // Create a mapper and actor
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper> mapper = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSetMapper>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  mapper->SetInput(ug);
#else
  mapper->SetInputData(ug);
#endif
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetColor(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  actor->GetProperty()->SetRepresentationToWireframe();
  actor->GetProperty()->SetLineWidth(5);
  
  // 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->AddActor(sphereActor);
  renderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white
 
  // Render and interact
  renderWindow->Render();
  renderWindowInteractor->Start();
  
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(HighlightBadCells)

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

add_executable(HighlightBadCells MACOSX_BUNDLE HighlightBadCells.cxx)

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

Download and Build HighlightBadCells

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

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

cd HighlightBadCells/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:

./HighlightBadCells

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.