Template for VTK remote modules

This is a CMake template for creating a remote module for VTK 8.9 (or later). The template is an example of a simple VTK module, which can be built together with VTK as a remote module or as a stand-alone module for an existing installation of VTK. Wrapper are created for Python, but wrapper for TCL and Java has been left out.

Remote module

In the VTK source repository, a folder is reserved for remote modules, VTK-9.0.1/Remote. To include this module as a remote module, do the following

1. Create a file VTK-9.0.1/Remote/MyProject.remote.cmake containing the following

   #
   # MyProject
   #
   vtk_fetch_module(MyProject
     "Short description of the module"
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://gitlab.bkmedical.com/MyProject # Replace with location
     # May 28, 2021 v0.7
     GIT_TAG 196f99dbbf52003c52323501081861a909f94301
   )
   

2. When VTK is build, they module vtkMYPROJECT will appear as an option to build and install

   cmake .. -DVTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_vtkMYPROJECT=ON
   

I have tested this only using VTK 9.0.1 and only the build phase.

Standalone module (preferred)

Simply run CMake. Note that only VTK 8.9+ is supported and this sample project depends on Qt since it is an interactor for a game pad. 3D/4D algorithm will be independent of Qt.

1. Simply run CMake (Python wrapper are enabled by default) cmake ..

The solution will contain the projects:

• ALL_BUILD
• Continuous
• Experimental
• INSTALL
• MYPROJECT
• Nightly
• NightlyMemoryCheck
• RUN_TESTS
• TestInteractorStyleGame
• vtkMYPROJECT-hierarchy
• vtkMYPROJECTPython
• ZERO_CHECK

The only projects of interest are MYPROJECT, TestInteractorStyleGame and vtkMYPROJECTPython. The first project is the module, the second is a test project and the last is the wrapper project for Python.