VTK/Examples/Cxx/GeometricObjects/ParametricObjects

Description

See Parametric Equations for Surfaces by Andrew Maclean for an excellent description of these beautiful parametric surfaces.

You can edit the following code by selecting any one of the functions and the corresponding object will be displayed.

ParametricObjects.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkProperty.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
#include <vtkParametricFunctionSource.h>

// Select one of the following:
#include <vtkParametricTorus.h>
//#include <vtkParametricBoy.h>
//#include <vtkParametricConicSpiral.h>
//#include <vtkParametricCrossCap.h>
//#include <vtkParametricDini.h>
//#include <vtkParametricEllipsoid.h>
//#include <vtkParametricEnneper.h>
//#include <vtkParametricFigure8Klein.h>
//#include <vtkParametricKlein.h>
//#include <vtkParametricMobius.h>
//#include <vtkParametricRandomHills.h>
//#include <vtkParametricRoman.h>
//#include <vtkParametricSpline.h>
//#include <vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid.h>
//#include <vtkParametricSuperToroid.h>
//#include <vtkParametricTorus.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  // Select one of the following (matching the selection above)
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricTorus> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricTorus>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricBoy> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricBoy>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricConicSpiral> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricConicSpiral>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricCrossCap> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricCrossCap>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricDini> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricDini>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricEllipsoid> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricEllipsoid>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricEnneper> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricEnneper>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricFigure8Klein> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricFigure8Klein>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricKlein> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricKlein>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricMobius> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricMobius>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricRandomHills> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricRandomHills>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricRoman> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricRoman>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSpline> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSpline>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSuperEllipsoid>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSuperToroid> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricSuperToroid>::New();
  //vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricTorus> parametricObject = vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricTorus>::New();
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricFunctionSource> parametricFunctionSource =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkParametricFunctionSource>::New();
  parametricFunctionSource->SetParametricFunction(parametricObject);
  parametricFunctionSource->Update();
  
  // Visualize
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
  mapper->SetInputConnection(parametricFunctionSource->GetOutputPort());
  
  // Create an actor for the contours
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
  actor->SetMapper(mapper);
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
  renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> interactor = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
  interactor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
  
  renderer->AddActor(actor);
  renderer->SetBackground(1,1,1); // Background color white
  
  renderWindow->Render();
  interactor->Start();
    
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(ParametricObjects)

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

add_executable(ParametricObjects MACOSX_BUNDLE ParametricObjects.cxx)

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

Download and Build ParametricObjects

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

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

cd ParametricObjects/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:

./ParametricObjects

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.