vtkSphereSource Class Reference

#include <vtkSphereSource.h>

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Detailed Description

create a polygonal sphere centered at the origin

vtkSphereSource creates a sphere (represented by polygons) of specified radius centered at the origin. The resolution (polygonal discretization) in both the latitude (phi) and longitude (theta) directions can be specified. It also is possible to create partial spheres by specifying maximum phi and theta angles. By default, the surface tessellation of the sphere uses triangles; however you can set LatLongTessellation to produce a tessellation using quadrilaterals.

Warning:: Resolution means the number of latitude or longitude lines for a complete sphere. If you create partial spheres the number of latitude/longitude lines may be off by one.

Examples:: vtkSphereSource (Examples)

Tests:: vtkSphereSource (Tests)

Definition at line 44 of file vtkSphereSource.h.


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

virtual void	SetRadius (double)
virtual double	GetRadius ()

virtual void	SetCenter (double, double, double)
virtual void	SetCenter (double[3])
virtual double *	GetCenter ()
virtual void	GetCenter (double data[3])

virtual void	SetThetaResolution (int)
virtual int	GetThetaResolution ()

virtual void	SetPhiResolution (int)
virtual int	GetPhiResolution ()

virtual void	SetStartTheta (double)
virtual double	GetStartTheta ()

virtual void	SetEndTheta (double)
virtual double	GetEndTheta ()

virtual void	SetStartPhi (double)
virtual double	GetStartPhi ()

virtual void	SetEndPhi (double)
virtual double	GetEndPhi ()

virtual void	SetLatLongTessellation (int)
virtual int	GetLatLongTessellation ()
virtual void	LatLongTessellationOn ()
virtual void	LatLongTessellationOff ()
Static Public Member Functions
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkSphereSource *	SafeDownCast (vtkObject *o)
static vtkSphereSource *	New ()
Protected Member Functions
	vtkSphereSource (int res=8)
	~vtkSphereSource ()
int	RequestData (vtkInformation , vtkInformationVector , vtkInformationVector )
int	RequestInformation (vtkInformation , vtkInformationVector , vtkInformationVector )
Protected Attributes
double	Radius
double	Center [3]
int	ThetaResolution
int	PhiResolution
double	StartTheta
double	EndTheta
double	StartPhi
double	EndPhi
int	LatLongTessellation

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkPolyDataAlgorithm vtkSphereSource::Superclass

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

Definition at line 47 of file vtkSphereSource.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkSphereSource::vtkSphereSource ( int res = 8 ) [protected]

vtkSphereSource::~vtkSphereSource ( ) [inline, protected]

Definition at line 120 of file vtkSphereSource.h.

Member Function Documentation

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

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

static int vtkSphereSource::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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

virtual int vtkSphereSource::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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

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

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

void vtkSphereSource::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 vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

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

Construct sphere with radius=0.5 and default resolution 8 in both Phi and Theta directions. Theta ranges from (0,360) and phi (0,180) degrees.

Reimplemented from vtkPolyDataAlgorithm.

Reimplemented in vtkPSphereSource.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetRadius ( double ) [virtual]

Set radius of sphere. Default is .5.

virtual double vtkSphereSource::GetRadius ( ) [virtual]

Set radius of sphere. Default is .5.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetCenter	(	double	,
		double	,
		double
	)			`[virtual]`

Set the center of the sphere. Default is 0,0,0.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetCenter ( double [3] ) [virtual]

Set the center of the sphere. Default is 0,0,0.

virtual double* vtkSphereSource::GetCenter ( ) [virtual]

Set the center of the sphere. Default is 0,0,0.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::GetCenter ( double data[3] ) [virtual]

Set the center of the sphere. Default is 0,0,0.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetThetaResolution ( int ) [virtual]

Set the number of points in the longitude direction (ranging from StartTheta to EndTheta).

virtual int vtkSphereSource::GetThetaResolution ( ) [virtual]

Set the number of points in the longitude direction (ranging from StartTheta to EndTheta).

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetPhiResolution ( int ) [virtual]

Set the number of points in the latitude direction (ranging from StartPhi to EndPhi).

virtual int vtkSphereSource::GetPhiResolution ( ) [virtual]

Set the number of points in the latitude direction (ranging from StartPhi to EndPhi).

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetStartTheta ( double ) [virtual]

Set the starting longitude angle. By default StartTheta=0 degrees.

virtual double vtkSphereSource::GetStartTheta ( ) [virtual]

Set the starting longitude angle. By default StartTheta=0 degrees.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetEndTheta ( double ) [virtual]

Set the ending longitude angle. By default EndTheta=360 degrees.

virtual double vtkSphereSource::GetEndTheta ( ) [virtual]

Set the ending longitude angle. By default EndTheta=360 degrees.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetStartPhi ( double ) [virtual]

Set the starting latitude angle (0 is at north pole). By default StartPhi=0 degrees.

virtual double vtkSphereSource::GetStartPhi ( ) [virtual]

Set the starting latitude angle (0 is at north pole). By default StartPhi=0 degrees.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetEndPhi ( double ) [virtual]

Set the ending latitude angle. By default EndPhi=180 degrees.

virtual double vtkSphereSource::GetEndPhi ( ) [virtual]

Set the ending latitude angle. By default EndPhi=180 degrees.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::SetLatLongTessellation ( int ) [virtual]

Cause the sphere to be tessellated with edges along the latitude and longitude lines. If off, triangles are generated at non-polar regions, which results in edges that are not parallel to latitude and longitude lines. If on, quadrilaterals are generated everywhere except at the poles. This can be useful for generating a wireframe sphere with natural latitude and longitude lines.

virtual int vtkSphereSource::GetLatLongTessellation ( ) [virtual]

Cause the sphere to be tessellated with edges along the latitude and longitude lines. If off, triangles are generated at non-polar regions, which results in edges that are not parallel to latitude and longitude lines. If on, quadrilaterals are generated everywhere except at the poles. This can be useful for generating a wireframe sphere with natural latitude and longitude lines.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::LatLongTessellationOn ( ) [virtual]

Cause the sphere to be tessellated with edges along the latitude and longitude lines. If off, triangles are generated at non-polar regions, which results in edges that are not parallel to latitude and longitude lines. If on, quadrilaterals are generated everywhere except at the poles. This can be useful for generating a wireframe sphere with natural latitude and longitude lines.

virtual void vtkSphereSource::LatLongTessellationOff ( ) [virtual]

Cause the sphere to be tessellated with edges along the latitude and longitude lines. If off, triangles are generated at non-polar regions, which results in edges that are not parallel to latitude and longitude lines. If on, quadrilaterals are generated everywhere except at the poles. This can be useful for generating a wireframe sphere with natural latitude and longitude lines.

int vtkSphereSource::RequestData	(	vtkInformation *	request,
		vtkInformationVector **	inputVector,
		vtkInformationVector *	outputVector
	)			`[protected, virtual]`