#!/usr/bin/env python

# This example demonstrates the use of VTK data arrays as attribute
# data as well as field data. It creates geometry (vtkPolyData) as
# well as attribute data explicitly.

import vtk

# Create a float array which represents the points.
pcoords = vtk.vtkFloatArray()
# Note that by default, an array has 1 component.
# We have to change it to 3 for points
pcoords.SetNumberOfComponents(3)
# We ask pcoords to allocate room for at least 4 tuples
# and set the number of tuples to 4.
pcoords.SetNumberOfTuples(4)
# Assign each tuple. There are 5 specialized versions of SetTuple:
# SetTuple1 SetTuple2 SetTuple3 SetTuple4 SetTuple9
# These take 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 components respectively.
pcoords.SetTuple3(0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
pcoords.SetTuple3(1, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
pcoords.SetTuple3(2, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
pcoords.SetTuple3(3, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0)

# Create vtkPoints and assign pcoords as the internal data array.
points = vtk.vtkPoints()
points.SetData(pcoords)

# Create the cells. In this case, a triangle strip with 2 triangles
# (which can be represented by 4 points)
strips = vtk.vtkCellArray()
strips.InsertNextCell(4)
strips.InsertCellPoint(0)
strips.InsertCellPoint(1)
strips.InsertCellPoint(2)
strips.InsertCellPoint(3)

# Create an integer array with 4 tuples. Note that when using
# InsertNextValue (or InsertNextTuple1 which is equivalent in
# this situation), the array will expand automatically
temperature = vtk.vtkIntArray()
temperature.SetName("Temperature")
temperature.InsertNextValue(10)
temperature.InsertNextValue(20)
temperature.InsertNextValue(30)
temperature.InsertNextValue(40)

# Create a double array.
vorticity = vtk.vtkDoubleArray()
vorticity.SetName("Vorticity")
vorticity.InsertNextValue(2.7)
vorticity.InsertNextValue(4.1)
vorticity.InsertNextValue(5.3)
vorticity.InsertNextValue(3.4)

# Create the dataset. In this case, we create a vtkPolyData
polydata = vtk.vtkPolyData()
# Assign points and cells
polydata.SetPoints(points)
polydata.SetStrips(strips)
# Assign scalars
polydata.GetPointData().SetScalars(temperature)
# Add the vorticity array. In this example, this field
# is not used.
polydata.GetPointData().AddArray(vorticity)

# Create the mapper and set the appropriate scalar range
# (default is (0,1)
mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
mapper.SetInputData(polydata)
mapper.SetScalarRange(0, 40)

# Create an actor.
actor = vtk.vtkActor()
actor.SetMapper(mapper)

# Create the rendering objects.
ren = vtk.vtkRenderer()
ren.AddActor(actor)

renWin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
renWin.AddRenderer(ren)

iren = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
iren.SetRenderWindow(renWin)

iren.Initialize()
renWin.Render()
iren.Start()