I see. Well, ResetCamera() seems to deliver okay results only after Show() has been called -- OpenDataFile() doesn't suffice. Another misconception of mine was that CameraPosition and CameraFocalPoint could be set to anything. My data files contain flat surfaces in the x-y-plane, and ResetCamera() won't show anything if CameraPosition==[0,0,0] and CameraFocalPoint=[0,0,1]. This, again, makes sense. Setting CameraPosition to [0,0,1], for example, fixes this.
ResetCamera() still leaves a wide border around the object. Is it possible to rid of those, too? Cheers, Nico On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Pat Marion <pat.mar...@kitware.com> wrote: > ResetCamera() will position the camera so that all visible objects fit in > the view. You can control the view direction by setting the > view.CameraPosition and view.CameraFocalPoint properties. You don't have to > set the properties to any useful values, I usually set position to 0,0,0 and > CameraFocalPoint to the view direction, say [1,0,0] to look along the X > axis, then ResetCamera() will figure out where to put the camera while > keeping the view direction intact. > > Pat > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:52 AM, Nico Schlömer <nico.schloe...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> the ParaView GUI has this nifty little button action "Zoom To Data" >> which displays the current object such that it somehow fits its >> window. >> >> Is there a similar thing for the Python paraview.simple module? I'm >> trying to get a hang on it with certain view options such as >> >> view = pv.GetRenderView() >> view.CameraFocalPoint = [0, 0, 0] >> view.CameraViewAngle = 90 >> view.CameraPosition = [0, 0, 10] >> view.ViewSize = [600, 600] >> >> but what I would really like to have is to set the camera at a >> distance such that the object(s) just fit into the window they're >> displayed in. >> >> Any hints? >> >> Cheers, >> Nico >> _______________________________________________ >> Powered by www.kitware.com >> >> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >> http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html >> >> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView >> >> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >> http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview