#!/usr/bin/env python # This example demonstrates how to use boolean combinations of implicit # functions to create a model of an ice cream cone. import vtk from vtk.util.colors import chocolate, mint # Create implicit function primitives. These have been carefully # placed to give the effect that we want. We are going to use various # combinations of these functions to create the shape we want; for # example, we use planes intersected with a cone (which is infinite in # extent) to get a finite cone. cone = vtk.vtkCone() cone.SetAngle(20) vertPlane = vtk.vtkPlane() vertPlane.SetOrigin(.1, 0, 0) vertPlane.SetNormal(-1, 0, 0) basePlane = vtk.vtkPlane() basePlane.SetOrigin(1.2, 0, 0) basePlane.SetNormal(1, 0, 0) iceCream = vtk.vtkSphere() iceCream.SetCenter(1.333, 0, 0) iceCream.SetRadius(0.5) bite = vtk.vtkSphere() bite.SetCenter(1.5, 0, 0.5) bite.SetRadius(0.25) # Combine primitives to build ice-cream cone. Clip the cone with planes. theCone = vtk.vtkImplicitBoolean() theCone.SetOperationTypeToIntersection() theCone.AddFunction(cone) theCone.AddFunction(vertPlane) theCone.AddFunction(basePlane) # Take a bite out of the ice cream. theCream = vtk.vtkImplicitBoolean() theCream.SetOperationTypeToDifference() theCream.AddFunction(iceCream) theCream.AddFunction(bite) # The sample function generates a distance function from the implicit # function (which in this case is the cone). This is then contoured to # get a polygonal surface. theConeSample = vtk.vtkSampleFunction() theConeSample.SetImplicitFunction(theCone) theConeSample.SetModelBounds(-1, 1.5, -1.25, 1.25, -1.25, 1.25) theConeSample.SetSampleDimensions(60, 60, 60) theConeSample.ComputeNormalsOff() theConeSurface = vtk.vtkContourFilter() theConeSurface.SetInputConnection(theConeSample.GetOutputPort()) theConeSurface.SetValue(0, 0.0) coneMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() coneMapper.SetInputConnection(theConeSurface.GetOutputPort()) coneMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff() coneActor = vtk.vtkActor() coneActor.SetMapper(coneMapper) coneActor.GetProperty().SetColor(chocolate) # The same here for the ice cream. theCreamSample = vtk.vtkSampleFunction() theCreamSample.SetImplicitFunction(theCream) theCreamSample.SetModelBounds(0, 2.5, -1.25, 1.25, -1.25, 1.25) theCreamSample.SetSampleDimensions(60, 60, 60) theCreamSample.ComputeNormalsOff() theCreamSurface = vtk.vtkContourFilter() theCreamSurface.SetInputConnection(theCreamSample.GetOutputPort()) theCreamSurface.SetValue(0, 0.0) creamMapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper() creamMapper.SetInputConnection(theCreamSurface.GetOutputPort()) creamMapper.ScalarVisibilityOff() creamActor = vtk.vtkActor() creamActor.SetMapper(creamMapper) creamActor.GetProperty().SetColor(mint) # Create the usual rendering stuff ren = vtk.vtkRenderer() renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow() renWin.AddRenderer(ren) iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor() iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin) # Add the actors to the renderer, set the background and size ren.AddActor(coneActor) ren.AddActor(creamActor) ren.SetBackground(1, 1, 1) renWin.SetSize(250, 250) ren.ResetCamera() ren.GetActiveCamera().Roll(90) ren.GetActiveCamera().Dolly(1.5) ren.ResetCameraClippingRange() iren.Initialize() renWin.Render() iren.Start()