[vtkusers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Java vtkPointToCellData

James Labiak jim at jslengineeringsoftware.com
Fri Sep 25 11:38:42 EDT 2015


Hi Gerrick and Seb,
Thanks for all of your help so far, I appreciate it. I did try the 
vtkSurfaceReconstructionFilter. The resultant surface was kind of weird, 
but it had the basic shape. I will definitely experiment more with that. 
I will report back on that and a couple of other approaches.
Regards,
Jim



On 9/25/2015 10:11 AM, Gerrick Bivins wrote:
>
> Hi James
>
> Glad you got that part working.
>
> It sounds like you want to do something like this:
>
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Cxx/Filtering/SurfaceFromUnorganizedPoints
>
> Gerrick
>
> *From:*James Labiak [mailto:jim at jslengineeringsoftware.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, September 25, 2015 8:55 AM
> *To:* Sebastien Jourdain; Gerrick Bivins
> *Cc:* vtkusers
> *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [vtkusers] Java vtkPointToCellData
>
> I got the verts to work and can plot the points, but am struggling to 
> create a surface through the points. Any recommendations on an 
> approach? The geometry is similar to: cut a rectangle through a sphere 
> and slide the piece out; the sphere faces that remain are similar to 
> my geometry (just small deviations), but I am focusing on simply 
> trying to create one surface on one face.
>
> On 9/22/2015 9:36 AM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>
>     I wasn't sure at first based on your comment, but I don't
>     think vtkPointDataToCellData is meant to create Cells.
>
>     And if you don't create any cell, then you won't be able to see
>     anything.
>
>     You can create a single polyverts with all the points ids.
>
>     vtkCellArray verts = new vtkCellArray();
>
>     verts.InsertNextCell( points.GetNumberOfPoints() );
>
>     for(int i=0; i < points.GetNumberOfPoints(); i++) {
>
>         verts.InsertNextPoint(i);
>
>     }
>
>     polyDataWithCells.SetVerts(verts)
>
>     The code above, should create the expected cells. Just be aware
>     that it was written in a mail with uncertainty regarding the
>     method names and class names.
>
>     But that should be enough to get you started with an appropriate IDE.
>
>     Seb
>
>     On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 6:35 AM, Gerrick Bivins
>     <Gerrick.Bivins at halliburton.com
>     <mailto:Gerrick.Bivins at halliburton.com>> wrote:
>
>     The vtp file seems invalid. It looks like the cells aren’t defined.
>
>     Even if the polydata is just points, I think you still have to
>     define the
>
>     “Verts” cell array of the polydata.
>
>
>     Gerrick
>
>     *From:*vtkusers [mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org
>     <mailto:vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org>] *On Behalf Of *James Labiak
>     *Sent:* Monday, September 21, 2015 8:05 PM
>     *To:* Sebastien Jourdain
>     *Cc:* vtkusers
>     *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [vtkusers] Java vtkPointToCellData
>
>     Hi Sebastien,
>     I made the change, but it still seems not to be running the
>     filter. Attached is a java file and a .vtp data file to see what's
>     happening. Also below is the code.
>     Thanks,
>     Jim
>
>     package com.profiles;
>
>     import vtk.*;
>
>     public class PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead {
>
>         public static void main(String[] args) {
>             try {
>                 new PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead();
>             } catch (Exception ex_new_PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead) {
>                 System.out.println("[main] Exception at new
>     PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead()");
>     ex_new_PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead.printStackTrace();
>             }
>         }
>
>         // Load VTK libraries
>         static {
>             if (!vtkNativeLibrary.LoadAllNativeLibraries()) {
>                 {
>                     for (vtkNativeLibrary lib :
>     vtkNativeLibrary.values()) {
>                         if (!lib.IsLoaded())
>                             System.out
>     .println(lib.GetLibraryName() + " not loaded");
>                     }
>                     System.out.println("Make sure the search path is
>     correct: ");
>     System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
>                 }
>     vtkNativeLibrary.DisableOutputWindow(null);
>             }
>         }
>
>         private PlotSomePolyDataFromFileRead() {
>
>             // Read the polyData from the data file
>             vtkXMLPolyDataReader xmlReader = new vtkXMLPolyDataReader();
>     xmlReader.SetFileName("C:\\vtk123\\test_data.vtp");
>             xmlReader.Update();
>
>             // Use the filter vtkPointDataToCellData to create the
>             // cells from the point data that's in the vtkPolyData
>     from the reader
>             // *The vtkPolyData from the reader intentionally only
>     includes vtkPoints
>             // and their scalars (that's the given data from the
>     application output)
>             vtkPointDataToCellData polyDataCreateCells = new
>     vtkPointDataToCellData();
>     polyDataCreateCells.SetInputConnection(xmlReader.GetOutputPort());
>             polyDataCreateCells.PassPointDataOn();
>             polyDataCreateCells.Update();
>
>             // In order to check if the vtkPointDataToCellData filter
>     worked:
>             // Create new polyData, retrieve polyData (with cells now)
>     from
>             // polyDataCreateCells filter, check values during debug
>     operation
>             vtkPolyData polyDataWithCells = new vtkPolyData();
>             polyDataWithCells = polyDataCreateCells.GetPolyDataOutput();
>             // At this point, polyDataWithCells has (when I run it)
>             // point data but not cell data, nor scalar data
>             // and it should have all 3
>
>             vtkPolyDataMapper polyMapper = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
>     polyMapper.SetInputData(polyDataCreateCells.GetPolyDataOutput());
>             polyMapper.Update();
>
>             vtkActor polyActor = new vtkActor();
>             polyActor.SetMapper(polyMapper);
>             polyActor.GetProperty().SetColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
>
>             vtkRenderer renderer = new vtkRenderer();
>             renderer.AddActor(polyActor);
>             renderer.SetBackground(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
>
>             vtkRenderWindow renderWindow = new vtkRenderWindow();
>             renderWindow.AddRenderer(renderer);
>             renderWindow.SetSize(800, 800);
>
>             vtkRenderWindowInteractor renderWindowInteractor = new
>     vtkRenderWindowInteractor();
>     renderWindowInteractor.SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
>
>             renderWindow.Render();
>             renderWindowInteractor.Start();
>         }
>     }
>
>     On 9/21/2015 10:38 AM, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>
>         Try that
>
>         vtkPointDataToCellData polyDataCreateCells = new
>         vtkPointDataToCellData();
>         polyDataCreateCells.SetInputData(polyData);
>         polyDataCreateCells.PassPointDataOn();
>         polyDataCreateCells.Update();  // <==== For the execution of
>         the filter
>
>
>         // Create new polyData, retrieve completed polyData from
>         polyDataCreateCells
>         vtkPolyData polyDataComplete =
>         polyDataCreateCells.GetPolyDataOutput(); // No need to create
>         a polydata just get a ref from the filter
>
>         On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 8:20 AM, James Labiak
>         <jim at jslengineeringsoftware.com
>         <mailto:jim at jslengineeringsoftware.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hello all,
>         I created a pipeline that seems to make sense to me, but
>         always my polyDataComplete is empty. Any ideas why this code
>         doesn't work? The only vtkPointToCellData example on the web
>         that I can find uses blow.vtk, which doesn't exist on my 6.0.0
>         installation anywhere. The polyData variable gets correctly
>         populated with the points and their scalars below.
>
>                 // Create a new, empty polyData
>                 polyData = new vtkPolyData();
>
>                 // populate the polyData points
>                 polyData.SetPoints(points);
>
>                 // populate the polyData scalars
>         polyData.GetPointData().SetScalars(colorsScalars);
>
>                 vtkPointDataToCellData polyDataCreateCells = new
>         vtkPointDataToCellData();
>         polyDataCreateCells.SetInputData(polyData);
>         polyDataCreateCells.PassPointDataOn();
>
>                 // Create new polyData, retrieve completed polyData
>         from polyDataCreateCells
>                 vtkPolyData polyDataComplete = new vtkPolyData();
>                 polyDataComplete =
>         polyDataCreateCells.GetPolyDataOutput();
>
>                 vtkPolyDataMapper polyMapper = new vtkPolyDataMapper();
>         polyMapper.SetInputData(polyDataComplete);
>         polyMapper.ScalarVisibilityOn();
>         polyMapper.SetScalarRange(scalarMin, scalarMax);
>                 polyMapper.Update();
>
>                 vtkActor polyActor = new vtkActor();
>         polyActor.SetMapper(polyMapper);
>         polyActor.GetProperty().SetColor(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
>
>         // ...Usual render stuff...
>
>         Thanks,
>         Jim
>
>
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