VTK/Examples/Cxx/Math/VectorNorm

VectorNorm.cxx

#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkFloatArray.h>
#include <vtkPointData.h>
#include <vtkVectorNorm.h>

// For compatibility with new VTK generic data arrays
#ifdef vtkGenericDataArray_h
#define InsertNextTupleValue InsertNextTypedTuple
#endif

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint(1,2,3);
  points->InsertNextPoint(4,5,6);
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray> distances =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkFloatArray>::New();
  distances->SetNumberOfComponents(3);
  distances->SetName("Distances");
  
  float v1[3] = {1,2,3};
  float v2[3] = {4,5,6};
  distances->InsertNextTupleValue(v1);
  distances->InsertNextTupleValue(v2);

  polydata->GetPointData()->SetVectors(distances);
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkVectorNorm> vectorNorm = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkVectorNorm>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  vectorNorm->SetInputConnection(polydata->GetProducerPort());
#else
  vectorNorm->SetInputData(polydata);
#endif
  vectorNorm->Update();
  
  vtkFloatArray* scalars = vtkFloatArray::SafeDownCast ( vectorNorm->GetOutput()->GetPointData()->GetScalars() );
  
  for(vtkIdType i = 0; i < scalars->GetNumberOfTuples(); i++)
    {
    std::cout << "Value " << i << " : " << scalars->GetValue(i) << std::endl;
    } 
    
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(VectorNorm)

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

add_executable(VectorNorm MACOSX_BUNDLE VectorNorm.cxx)

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

Download and Build VectorNorm

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

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

cd VectorNorm/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:

./VectorNorm

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.