VTK/Examples/Cxx/IO/XMLPImageDataWriter

XMLPImageDataWriter.cxx

#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkXMLPImageDataWriter.h>
#include <vtkImageCanvasSource2D.h>

int main(int, char *[])
{
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D> drawing =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageCanvasSource2D>::New();
  drawing->SetNumberOfScalarComponents(3);
  drawing->SetScalarTypeToUnsignedChar();
  drawing->SetExtent(0, 20, 0, 50, 0, 1);
  drawing->SetDrawColor(255.0, 255.0, 255.0);
  drawing->DrawCircle(5, 5, 3);

  int numberOfPieces = 4;
  
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPImageDataWriter> writer =
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPImageDataWriter>::New();
  writer->SetInputConnection(drawing->GetOutputPort());
  writer->SetFileName("Test.pvti");
  writer->SetNumberOfPieces(numberOfPieces);
  writer->SetEndPiece(numberOfPieces-1);
  writer->SetStartPiece(0);
  writer->Update();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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CMakeLists.txt

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)

PROJECT(XMLPImageDataWriter)

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

add_executable(XMLPImageDataWriter MACOSX_BUNDLE XMLPImageDataWriter.cxx)

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

Download and Build XMLPImageDataWriter

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

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

cd XMLPImageDataWriter/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:

./XMLPImageDataWriter

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.