[vtkusers] Wrong documentation or wrong code for vtkAxisActor2D?

[Bill Lorensen]

The method SetRulerDistance was added on December 15, 2010.
vtk 5.6.1 was created on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

So, the method does not exist in a current VTK official release. You can

1) Wait for 5.8.0 (which should be available soon, or
2) Pull the current nightly version: http://vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Git

I would recommend 1) unless you have an urgent need.

Bill

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Jafari, Kourosh <kjafari at rad.hfh.edu> wrote:
> Thanks Bill for your prompt response. Here is the error message:
>
>
> 1>------ Build started: Project: Test6, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
> 1>Compiling...
> 1>Test6.cxx
> 1>.\Test6.cxx(1237) : error C2039: 'SetRulerDistance' : is not a member of 'vtkAxisActor2D'
> 1>        C:\Users\Kourosh\Research\Softwares\Toolkit\VTK\vtk-5.6.0\Rendering\vtkAxisActor2D.h(66) : see declaration of 'vtkAxisActor2D'
> 1>Build log was saved at "file://c:\Users\Kourosh\Research\Softwares\Toolkit\MyCodes\Test6\Test6.dir\Release\BuildLog.htm"
> 1>Test6 - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> 2>------ Skipped Build: Project: ALL_BUILD, Configuration: Release Win32 ------
> 2>Project not selected to build for this solution configuration
> ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 1 up-to-date, 1 skipped ==========
>
>
> Here is the part of the code that uses vtkAxisActor2D. The last line causes error:
>
>  vtkAxisActor2D *AxialAxisRight = vtkAxisActor2D::New();
>  AxialAxisRight->SetPoint1(1,1);
>  AxialAxisRight->SetPoint2(1,0);
>  AxialAxisRight->SetNumberOfMinorTicks(10);
>  AxialAxisRight->GetProperty()->SetColor(0,0,1);
>  AxialAxisRight->LabelVisibilityOff();
>  AxialAxisRight->PickableOff();
>  AxialAxisRight->AxisVisibilityOff();
>  AxialAxisRight->SetRulerDistance(1);
>
>
> Thanks!
> Kourosh
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Bill Lorensen [bill.lorensen at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:34 PM
> To: Jafari, Kourosh
> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Wrong documentation or wrong code for vtkAxisActor2D?
>
> I see it in the current source code. Please show your code snippet
> that illustrates the compiler error.
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Jafari, Kourosh <kjafari at rad.hfh.edu> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have posted this question but have not received any response. I highly appreciate it if someone answers this question.
>>
>> The documentation of vtkAxisActor2D shows that this class has a method called SetRulerDistance which is exactly what I need in my code. In the compilation stage, the method SetRulerDistance is not recognized. I am using vtk-5.6.0 but I think vtk-5.6.1 should have the same problem. Is this method deleted in the newer versions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kourosh
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