MultipleViewports

VTKExamples/Python/Visualization/MultipleViewports

Description

This example demonstrates how to use multiple viewports to display several scenes in one render window.

  • Contributed by: Bryan Conrad

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See (Cxx), (Java)

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Code

MultipleViewports.py

import vtk


def main():
    colors = vtk.vtkNamedColors()

    '''One render window, multiple viewports'''
    rw = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
    iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
    iren.SetRenderWindow(rw)
    # Define viewport ranges
    xmins = [0, .5, 0, .5]
    xmaxs = [0.5, 1, 0.5, 1]
    ymins = [0, 0, .5, .5]
    ymaxs = [0.5, 0.5, 1, 1]
    # Have some fun with colors
    ren_bkg = ['AliceBlue', 'GhostWhite', 'WhiteSmoke', 'Seashell']
    actor_color = ['Bisque', 'RosyBrown', 'Goldenrod', 'Chocolate']
    for i in range(4):
        ren = vtk.vtkRenderer()
        rw.AddRenderer(ren)
        ren.SetViewport(xmins[i], ymins[i], xmaxs[i], ymaxs[i])

        # Create a sphere
        sphereSource = vtk.vtkSphereSource()
        sphereSource.SetCenter(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
        sphereSource.SetRadius(5)

        # Create a mapper and actor
        mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
        mapper.SetInputConnection(sphereSource.GetOutputPort())
        actor = vtk.vtkActor()
        actor.GetProperty().SetColor(colors.GetColor3d(actor_color[i]))
        actor.SetMapper(mapper)
        ren.AddActor(actor)
        ren.SetBackground(colors.GetColor3d(ren_bkg[i]))

        ren.ResetCamera()

    rw.Render()
    rw.SetWindowName('RW: Multiple ViewPorts')
    iren.Start()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()