[vtkusers] vtk 6.1, Qt: 3D (line, surface, scatter) plotting

[Dirk Hansen (opsira GmbH)]

Dear all,

I am working on a Qt (4.7.4) project and need to plot data in 2D and 3D coordinate systems. I basically got 2D plots working but am stuck plotting data in 3D.

Here's what I tried: I'm using the following piece of code that I took from one of vtk's tests ( Charts / Core / Testing / Cxx / TestSurfacePlot.cxx ). The only thing I added is the QVTKWidget that I use in my GUI and its interactor (see code below).

Now, this produces a plot but I can neither interact with it not does it look 3D. I would like to do some basic stuff like zoom, pan, or rotate about a pivot. A few questions that come to my mind about this are:

- Is it correct to assign the QVTKWidget interactor to the view in the third line from the bottom?

- In the test, a vtkChartXYZ is added to the vtkContextView. According to the documentation, the vtkContextView is used to display a 2D scene but here is used with a 3D chart (XYZ). How does this fit together?

Thanks for your help!

Dirk



Sample code below
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QVTKWidget vtkWidget;
vtkNew<vtkChartXYZ> chart;
vtkNew<vtkPlotSurface> plot;
vtkNew<vtkContextView> view;
view->GetRenderWindow()->SetSize(400, 300);
vtkWidget.SetRenderWindow(view->GetRenderWindow());

view->GetScene()->AddItem(chart.GetPointer());

chart->SetGeometry(vtkRectf(75.0, 20.0, 250, 260));

// Create a surface
vtkNew<vtkTable> table;
float numPoints = 70;
float inc = 9.424778 / (numPoints - 1);
for (float i = 0; i < numPoints; ++i)
{
    vtkNew<vtkFloatArray> arr;
    table->AddColumn(arr.GetPointer());
}
table->SetNumberOfRows(numPoints);
for (float i = 0; i < numPoints; ++i)
{
    float x = i * inc;
    for (float j = 0; j < numPoints; ++j)
    {
        float y  = j * inc;
        table->SetValue(i, j, sin(sqrt(x*x + y*y)));
    }
}

// Set up the surface plot we wish to visualize and add it to the chart.
plot->SetXRange(0, 9.424778);
plot->SetYRange(0, 9.424778);
plot->SetInputData(table.GetPointer());
chart->AddPlot(plot.GetPointer());

view->GetRenderWindow()->SetMultiSamples(0);
view->SetInteractor(vtkWidget.GetInteractor());
view->GetInteractor()->Initialize();
view->GetRenderWindow()->Render();


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