vtkPLYWriter Class Reference

#include <vtkPLYWriter.h>

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Detailed Description

write Stanford PLY file format

vtkPLYWriter writes polygonal data in Stanford University PLY format (see http://graphics.stanford.edu/data/3Dscanrep/). The data can be written in either binary (little or big endian) or ASCII representation. As for PointData and CellData, vtkPLYWriter cannot handle normals or vectors. It only handles RGB PointData and CellData. You need to set the name of the array (using SetName for the array and SetArrayName for the writer). If the array is not a vtkUnsignedCharArray with 3 components, you need to specify a vtkLookupTable to map the scalars to RGB.

Warning:: PLY does not handle big endian versus little endian correctly.

See also:: vtkPLYReader

Tests:: vtkPLYWriter (Tests)

Definition at line 55 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.


Public Types
typedef vtkPolyDataWriter	Superclass
Public Member Functions
virtual const char *	GetClassName ()
virtual int	IsA (const char *type)
void	PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)

virtual void	SetDataByteOrder (int)
virtual int	GetDataByteOrder ()
void	SetDataByteOrderToBigEndian ()
void	SetDataByteOrderToLittleEndian ()

virtual void	SetColorMode (int)
virtual int	GetColorMode ()
void	SetColorModeToDefault ()
void	SetColorModeToUniformCellColor ()
void	SetColorModeToUniformPointColor ()
void	SetColorModeToUniformColor ()
void	SetColorModeToOff ()

virtual void	SetArrayName (const char *)
virtual char *	GetArrayName ()

virtual void	SetComponent (int)
virtual int	GetComponent ()

virtual void	SetLookupTable (vtkScalarsToColors *)
virtual vtkScalarsToColors *	GetLookupTable ()

virtual void	SetColor (unsigned char, unsigned char, unsigned char)
virtual void	SetColor (unsigned char[3])
virtual unsigned char *	GetColor ()
virtual void	GetColor (unsigned char &, unsigned char &, unsigned char &)
virtual void	GetColor (unsigned char[3])
Static Public Member Functions
static vtkPLYWriter *	New ()
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkPLYWriter *	SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
Protected Member Functions
	vtkPLYWriter ()
	~vtkPLYWriter ()
void	WriteData ()
unsigned char *	GetColors (vtkIdType num, vtkDataSetAttributes *dsa)
Protected Attributes
int	DataByteOrder
char *	ArrayName
int	Component
int	ColorMode
vtkScalarsToColors *	LookupTable
unsigned char	Color [3]

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkPolyDataWriter vtkPLYWriter::Superclass

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

Definition at line 59 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkPLYWriter::vtkPLYWriter ( ) [protected]

vtkPLYWriter::~vtkPLYWriter ( ) [protected]

Member Function Documentation

static vtkPLYWriter* vtkPLYWriter::New ( ) [static]

Created object with default header, ASCII format, and default names for scalars, vectors, tensors, normals, and texture coordinates.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

virtual const char* vtkPLYWriter::GetClassName ( ) [virtual]

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

static int vtkPLYWriter::IsTypeOf ( const char * name ) [static]

Return 1 if this class type is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

virtual int vtkPLYWriter::IsA ( const char * name ) [virtual]

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

static vtkPLYWriter* vtkPLYWriter::SafeDownCast ( vtkObject * o ) [static]

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

void vtkPLYWriter::PrintSelf	(	ostream &	os,
		vtkIndent	indent
	)			`[virtual]`

Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataWriter.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetDataByteOrder ( int ) [virtual]

If the file type is binary, then the user can specify which byte order to use (little versus big endian).

virtual int vtkPLYWriter::GetDataByteOrder ( ) [virtual]

If the file type is binary, then the user can specify which byte order to use (little versus big endian).

void vtkPLYWriter::SetDataByteOrderToBigEndian ( ) [inline]

If the file type is binary, then the user can specify which byte order to use (little versus big endian).

Definition at line 67 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

void vtkPLYWriter::SetDataByteOrderToLittleEndian ( ) [inline]

If the file type is binary, then the user can specify which byte order to use (little versus big endian).

Definition at line 69 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorMode ( int ) [virtual]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

virtual int vtkPLYWriter::GetColorMode ( ) [virtual]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorModeToDefault ( ) [inline]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

Definition at line 89 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorModeToUniformCellColor ( ) [inline]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

Definition at line 91 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorModeToUniformPointColor ( ) [inline]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

Definition at line 93 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorModeToUniformColor ( ) [inline]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

Definition at line 95 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

void vtkPLYWriter::SetColorModeToOff ( ) [inline]

These methods enable the user to control how to add color into the PLY output file. The default behavior is as follows. The user provides the name of an array and a component number. If the type of the array is three components, unsigned char, then the data is written as three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties. If the type is not unsigned char, and a lookup table is provided, then the array/component are mapped through the table to generate three separate "red", "green" and "blue" properties in the PLY file. The user can also set the ColorMode to specify a uniform color for the whole part (on a vertex colors, face colors, or both. (Note: vertex colors or cell colors may be written, depending on where the named array is found. If points and cells have the arrays with the same name, then both colors will be written.)

Definition at line 97 of file vtkPLYWriter.h.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetArrayName ( const char * ) [virtual]

Specify the array name to use to color the data.

virtual char* vtkPLYWriter::GetArrayName ( ) [virtual]

Specify the array name to use to color the data.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetComponent ( int ) [virtual]

Specify the array component to use to color the data.

virtual int vtkPLYWriter::GetComponent ( ) [virtual]

Specify the array component to use to color the data.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetLookupTable ( vtkScalarsToColors * ) [virtual]

A lookup table can be specified in order to convert data arrays to RGBA colors.

virtual vtkScalarsToColors* vtkPLYWriter::GetLookupTable ( ) [virtual]

A lookup table can be specified in order to convert data arrays to RGBA colors.

virtual void vtkPLYWriter::SetColor	(	unsigned	char,
		unsigned	char,
		unsigned	char
	)			`[virtual]`