HighlightPickedActor.py

import vtk 
 
NUMBER_OF_SPHERES = 10

class MouseInteractorHighLightActor(vtk.vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera):
 
    def __init__(self,parent=None):
        self.AddObserver("LeftButtonPressEvent",self.leftButtonPressEvent)

        self.LastPickedActor = None
        self.LastPickedProperty = vtk.vtkProperty()
 
    def leftButtonPressEvent(self,obj,event):
        clickPos = self.GetInteractor().GetEventPosition()

        picker = vtk.vtkPropPicker()
        picker.Pick(clickPos[0], clickPos[1], 0, self.GetDefaultRenderer())
        
        # get the new
        self.NewPickedActor = picker.GetActor()
        
        # If something was selected
        if self.NewPickedActor:
            # If we picked something before, reset its property
            if self.LastPickedActor:
                self.LastPickedActor.GetProperty().DeepCopy(self.LastPickedProperty)
    
            
            # Save the property of the picked actor so that we can
            # restore it next time
            self.LastPickedProperty.DeepCopy(self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty())
            # Highlight the picked actor by changing its properties
            self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetColor(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
            self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(1.0)
            self.NewPickedActor.GetProperty().SetSpecular(0.0)
            
            # save the last picked actor
            self.LastPickedActor = self.NewPickedActor
        
        self.OnLeftButtonDown()
        return


# A renderer and render window
renderer = vtk.vtkRenderer()
renderer.SetBackground(.3, .4, .5 )


renwin = vtk.vtkRenderWindow()
renwin.AddRenderer(renderer)
 
# An interactor
interactor = vtk.vtkRenderWindowInteractor()
interactor.SetRenderWindow(renwin)

# add the custom style
style = MouseInteractorHighLightActor()
style.SetDefaultRenderer(renderer)
interactor.SetInteractorStyle(style)

# Add spheres to play with
for i in range(NUMBER_OF_SPHERES):
    source = vtk.vtkSphereSource()

    # random position and radius
    x = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
    y = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
    z = vtk.vtkMath.Random(-5,5)
    radius = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.5, 1.0)
    
    source.SetRadius(radius)
    source.SetCenter(x, y, z)
    source.SetPhiResolution(11)
    source.SetThetaResolution(21)
    
    mapper = vtk.vtkPolyDataMapper()
    mapper.SetInputConnection(source.GetOutputPort())
    actor = vtk.vtkActor()
    actor.SetMapper(mapper)
    
    r = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
    g = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
    b = vtk.vtkMath.Random(.4, 1.0)
    actor.GetProperty().SetDiffuseColor(r, g, b)
    actor.GetProperty().SetDiffuse(.8)
    actor.GetProperty().SetSpecular(.5)
    actor.GetProperty().SetSpecularColor(1.0,1.0,1.0)
    actor.GetProperty().SetSpecularPower(30.0)
    
    renderer.AddActor(actor)
 
# Start
interactor.Initialize()
interactor.Start()