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Write Mesh to VTP

Synopsis

Write an itk::Mesh to a vtp (vtkPolyData) file.

Results

Warning

Fix Errors Example contains errors needed to be fixed for proper output.

Output:

Points = 4
[-1, -1, 0]
[1, -1, 0]
[1, 1, 0]
[1, 1, 1]

Code

C++

#include "itkMesh.h"
#include "itkLineCell.h"
#include "itkVTKPolyDataWriter.h"

constexpr unsigned int Dimension = 3;
using MeshType = itk::Mesh<float, Dimension>;

MeshType::Pointer
CreateMeshWithEdges();

int
main()
{

  MeshType::Pointer mesh = CreateMeshWithEdges();

  using WriterType = itk::VTKPolyDataWriter<MeshType>;
  auto writer = WriterType::New();
  writer->SetInput(mesh);
  writer->SetFileName("test.vtk");
  writer->Update();

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}


MeshType::Pointer
CreateMeshWithEdges()
{

  auto mesh = MeshType::New();

  // Create points
  MeshType::PointType p0, p1, p2, p3;

  p0[0] = -1.0;
  p0[1] = -1.0;
  p0[2] = 0.0; // first  point ( -1, -1, 0 )
  p1[0] = 1.0;
  p1[1] = -1.0;
  p1[2] = 0.0; // second point (  1, -1, 0 )
  p2[0] = 1.0;
  p2[1] = 1.0;
  p2[2] = 0.0; // third  point (  1,  1, 0 )
  p3[0] = 1.0;
  p3[1] = 1.0;
  p3[2] = 1.0; // third  point (  1,  1, 1 )

  mesh->SetPoint(0, p0);
  mesh->SetPoint(1, p1);
  mesh->SetPoint(2, p2);
  mesh->SetPoint(3, p3);

  std::cout << "Points = " << mesh->GetNumberOfPoints() << std::endl;

  // access points
  using PointsIterator = MeshType::PointsContainer::Iterator;

  PointsIterator pointIterator = mesh->GetPoints()->Begin();

  PointsIterator end = mesh->GetPoints()->End();
  while (pointIterator != end)
  {
    MeshType::PointType p = pointIterator.Value(); // access the point
    std::cout << p << std::endl;                   // print the point
    ++pointIterator;                               // advance to next point
  }

  using CellAutoPointer = MeshType::CellType::CellAutoPointer;
  using LineType = itk::LineCell<MeshType::CellType>;


  CellAutoPointer line0;
  line0.TakeOwnership(new LineType);
  line0->SetPointId(0, 0); // line between points 0 and 1
  line0->SetPointId(1, 1);
  mesh->SetCell(0, line0);

  CellAutoPointer line1;
  line1.TakeOwnership(new LineType);
  line1->SetPointId(0, 1); // line between points 1 and 2
  line1->SetPointId(1, 2);
  mesh->SetCell(1, line1);

  CellAutoPointer line2;
  line2.TakeOwnership(new LineType);
  line2->SetPointId(0, 2); // line between points 2 and 3
  line2->SetPointId(1, 3);
  mesh->SetCell(2, line2);

  return mesh;
}

Classes demonstrated

template<typename TInputMesh>
class VTKPolyDataWriter : public itk::Object

Writes an itkMesh to a file in VTK file format.

Caveat: The input to itkVTKPolyDataWriter must be a triangle mesh. Use vtkTriangleFilter to convert your mesh to a triangle mesh.

This class may be deprecated in the future. The MeshFileWriter is preferred.

See

MeshFileWriter

ITK Sphinx Examples:

• All ITK Sphinx Examples

• Write Mesh To VTP

See itk::VTKPolyDataWriter for additional documentation.