QTclVtkWidget is inserted in Qt Designer. VTK is a high level 3D library written in C++ that can be scripted using Tcl . For detailed description have a look at the VTK documentation and the available literature.
Example for visualization of a 2D dataset in data1.vtk (surface.tcl)
# create pipeline # create a hue lookup table vtkLookupTable lut # blue to red lut SetHueRange 0.66667 0.0 lut Build # create black to white colormap vtkLookupTable lbw # black to white lbw SetHueRange 0 0.0 lbw SetSaturationRange 0 0 lbw SetValueRange 0 1 vtkStructuredPointsReader reader reader SetFileName "data1.vtk" reader Update #reader needed otherwise range 0..1 set valuerange [[reader GetOutput] GetScalarRange] set minv [lindex $valuerange 0] set maxv [lindex $valuerange 1] # puts "data range $minv .. $maxv" set dims [[reader GetOutput] GetDimensions] set dim1 [lindex $dims 0] set dim2 [lindex $dims 1] set dim3 [lindex $dims 2] # puts "dim1 = $dim1 dim2 = $dim2" # volgende echt nodig ... # vtkStructuredPointsGeometryFilter plane vtkImageDataGeometryFilter plane plane SetInput [reader GetOutput] # SetExtent not needed .. vtkWarpScalar warp warp SetInput [plane GetOutput] warp UseNormalOn warp SetNormal 0.0 0.0 1 warp SetScaleFactor 1 vtkCastToConcrete caster caster SetInput [warp GetOutput] vtkPolyDataNormals normals normals SetInput [caster GetPolyDataOutput] normals SetFeatureAngle 60 vtkPolyDataMapper planeMapper planeMapper SetInput [normals GetOutput] planeMapper SetLookupTable lut eval planeMapper SetScalarRange [[reader GetOutput] GetScalarRange] vtkTransform transform transform Scale 0.02 0.02 0.02 vtkActor dataActor dataActor SetMapper planeMapper dataActor SetUserMatrix [transform GetMatrix] renderer AddActor dataActor renderer SetBackground 1 1 1 set cam1 [renderer GetActiveCamera] $cam1 ParallelProjectionOff
data1.vtk is following:
data1.vtk could be a profile measurement for example. Your server may generate data1.vtk and update your screen when new measurements are available.
# vtk DataFile Version 2.0 2D scalar data ASCII DATASET STRUCTURED_POINTS DIMENSIONS 20 20 1 ORIGIN -10.000 -10.000 0.000 SPACING 1.000 1.000 1.000 POINT_DATA 400 SCALARS scalars float LOOKUP_TABLE default 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Here are the corresponding slot functions.
typedef struct // (todo: define your data structure here) { int xangle; } DATA; static int slotInit(PARAM *p, DATA *d) { if(p == NULL || d == NULL) return -1; d->xangle = 0; pvDownloadFile(p,"data1.vtk"); //... pvVtkTclScript(p,VtkTclWidget1,"surface.tcl"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"dataActor RotateX %d",0); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"dataActor RotateY %d",0); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"renderer Render"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"reader Modified"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"reader Update"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"renderer Render"); //... return 0; } static int slotSliderEvent(PARAM *p, int id, DATA *d, int val) { if(p == NULL || id == 0 || d == NULL || val < -1000) return -1; if(id == Slider1) { int delta; delta = (val-50)*3 - d->xangle; d->xangle += delta; pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"reader SetFileName \"data1.vtk\""); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"reader Modified"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"reader Update"); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"dataActor RotateX %d",delta); pvVtkTclPrintf(p,VtkTclWidget1,"renderer Render"); } return 0; }