使用vtkSTLWriter()类以ASCII或二进制形式保存STL格式的文件,该格式只包含三角形。如果多边形含有3个以上的顶点,只有前3个顶点被写入。可以使用vtkTriangleFilter()转换多边形为三角形。
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkSTLWriter.h>
#include <vtkSTLReader.h>
#include <vtkSphereSource.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkPolyDataMapper.h>
#include <vtkActor.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindow.h>
#include <vtkRenderer.h>
#include <vtkRenderWindowInteractor.h>
int main()
{
std::string filename = "out.stl";
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource> sphereSource =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSphereSource>::New();
sphereSource->Update();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLWriter> stlWriter =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLWriter>::New();
stlWriter->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
stlWriter->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
stlWriter->Write();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader> reader =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkSTLReader>::New();
reader->SetFileName(filename.c_str());
reader->Update();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper> mapper =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyDataMapper>::New();
mapper->SetInputConnection(sphereSource->GetOutputPort());
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor> actor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkActor>::New();
actor->SetMapper(mapper);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer> renderer =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderer>::New();
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow> renderWindow =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindow>::New();
renderWindow->AddRenderer(renderer);
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor> renderWindowInteractor =
vtkSmartPointer<vtkRenderWindowInteractor>::New();
renderWindowInteractor->SetRenderWindow(renderWindow);
renderer->AddActor(actor);
renderer->SetBackground(.3, .6, .3); // Background color green
renderWindow->Render();
renderWindowInteractor->Start();
return 0;
}