[vtkusers] vtk annotations/MFC drawing on the CDC

[Ted Christiansen]

Prabhu,

I am interested.  Where can I get this class?  Is it part of vtk 4.0?
Thanks.

Ted

Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:

> >>>>> "TC" == Ted Christiansen <ted at caept.com> writes:
>
>     TC> Hello, Is it possible to draw on the CDC in the OnDraw
>     TC> function:
>
> [snip]
>
>     TC> I tried it but as soon as any transformations happen then the
>     TC> drawing disappears.  Anybody else tried this?  I need to do
>     TC> some annotation in the view - text and a leader (line with
>     TC> arrow head).  If anyone has an example of how to do this using
>     TC> vtk classes I would appreciate it.  Thanks.
>
> I'm not sure what exactly you want to oo but IIRC, Will recently
> created a neat class called vtkCaptionActor2D that does the following:
>
> vtkCaptionActor2D - draw text label associated with a point
>
> Super Class:
>
>  vtkActor2D
>
>  vtkCaptionActor2D is a hybrid 2D/3D actor that is used to associate text
>  with a point (the AttachmentPoint) in the scene. The caption can be
>  drawn with a rectangular border and a leader connecting
>  the caption to the attachment point. Optionally, the leader can be
>  glyphed at its endpoint to create arrow heads or other indicators.
>
> prabhu