Create VTK Objects

This exercise walks through the creation of a few different types of VTK datasets.

import numpy as np
import pyvista as pv
import vtk

try:
    from vtkmodules.util.numpy_support import numpy_to_vtk
except:  # noqa: E722
    from vtk.util.numpy_support import numpy_to_vtk

Create vtkImageData

image = vtk.vtkImageData()
image.SetDimensions(10, 10, 2)
image.SetSpacing(1, 2, 5)
image.SetOrigin(-0.5, -3, 0)

Add point data

values = np.arange(np.prod(image.GetDimensions()))
# Convert numpy array to VTK array
arr = numpy_to_vtk(values)
arr.SetName("values")  # CRITICAL
image.GetPointData().SetScalars(arr)
image

<vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel.vtkImageData(0x55970970caf0) at 0x7f358bfff3a0>

Plot with PyVista for simplicity

pv.plot(image, show_edges=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Create vtkStructuredGrid

# Define structured points with NumPy
x = np.arange(-10, 10, 0.25)
y = np.arange(-10, 10, 0.25)
x, y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
r = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
z = np.sin(r)

# Join the points
values = np.c_[x.ravel(), y.ravel(), z.ravel()]

coords = numpy_to_vtk(values)

points = vtk.vtkPoints()
points.SetData(coords)

grid = vtk.vtkStructuredGrid()
grid.SetDimensions(*z.shape, 1)
grid.SetPoints(points)
grid

<vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel.vtkStructuredGrid(0x559706781200) at 0x7f35672d0ee0>

Add point data

arr = numpy_to_vtk(z.ravel())
arr.SetName("z")  # CRITICAL
grid.GetPointData().SetScalars(arr)

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Plot with PyVista for simplicity

pv.plot(grid, show_edges=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene