VTK/Examples/Cxx/PolyData/MiscCellData

#include <vtkVersion.h>
#include <vtkCellData.h>
#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
#include <vtkCellArray.h>
#include <vtkDoubleArray.h>
#include <vtkTriangle.h>
#include <vtkPoints.h>
#include <vtkPolyData.h>
#include <vtkXMLPolyDataWriter.h>
 
int main(int, char *[])
{
  // We will write the resulting file to Test.vtp so it can be inspected in Paraview
  std::string outputFilename = "output.vtp";
 
  // Setup 3 points
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints> points = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPoints>::New();
  points->InsertNextPoint(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
  points->InsertNextPoint(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
 
  // Create a triangle
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangle> triangle = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkTriangle>::New();
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(0,0);
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(1,1);
  triangle->GetPointIds()->SetId(2,2);
 
  // Add the triangle to a cell array
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray> triangles = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkCellArray>::New();
  triangles->InsertNextCell(triangle);
 
  // Setup data for the triangle. Attach a value of 1.45.
  // This can be anything you wish to store with it)
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkDoubleArray> triangleData = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDoubleArray>::New();
  triangleData->SetNumberOfComponents(1); //we will have only 1 value associated with the triangle
  triangleData->SetName("TriangleData"); //set the name of the value
  triangleData->InsertNextValue(1.45); //set the actual value
 
  // Create a polydata that contains the points, 
  // the triangle on those points, and the data 
  // array (value) we created for the triangle
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData> polydata = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkPolyData>::New();
  polydata->SetPoints(points);
  polydata->SetPolys(triangles);
  polydata->GetCellData()->AddArray(triangleData);
 
  // Write the file
  vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter> writer = 
    vtkSmartPointer<vtkXMLPolyDataWriter>::New();
#if VTK_MAJOR_VERSION <= 5
  writer->SetInput(polydata);
#else
  writer->SetInputData(polydata);
#endif
  writer->SetFileName(outputFilename.c_str());
  writer->Write();
 
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}