pyvista.Camera#

class Camera(renderer=None)[source]#

PyVista wrapper for the VTK Camera class.

Parameters:

Examples

Create a camera at the pyvista module level.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> camera = pv.Camera()

Access the active camera of a plotter and get the position of the camera.

>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> pl.camera.position
(1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

Methods

`Camera.copy`()	Return a deep copy of the camera.
`Camera.disable_parallel_projection`()	Disable the use of parallel projection.
`Camera.enable_parallel_projection`()	Enable parallel projection.
`Camera.from_paraview_pvcc`(filename)	Load a Paraview camera file (.pvcc extension).
`Camera.reset_clipping_range`()	Reset the camera clipping range based on the bounds of the visible actors.
`Camera.tight`([padding, ...])	Adjust the camera position so that the actors fill the entire renderer.
`Camera.to_paraview_pvcc`(filename)	Write the camera parameters to a Paraview camera file (.pvcc extension).
`Camera.view_frustum`([aspect])	Get the view frustum.
`Camera.zoom`(value)	Set the zoom of the camera.

Attributes

`Camera.azimuth`	Return or set the azimuth of the camera.
`Camera.clipping_range`	Return or set the location of the clipping planes.
`Camera.direction`	Vector from the camera position to the focal point.
`Camera.distance`	Return or set the distance of the focal point from the camera.
`Camera.elevation`	Return or set the vertical rotation of the scene.
`Camera.focal_point`	Location of the camera's focus in world coordinates.
`Camera.is_set`	Get or set whether this camera has been configured.
`Camera.model_transform_matrix`	Return or set the camera's model transformation matrix.
`Camera.parallel_projection`	Return the state of the parallel projection.
`Camera.parallel_scale`	Return or set the scaling used for a parallel projection.
`Camera.position`	Return or set the position of the camera in world coordinates.
`Camera.roll`	Return or set the roll of the camera about the direction of projection.
`Camera.thickness`	Return or set the distance between clipping planes.
`Camera.up`	Return or set the "up" of the camera.
`Camera.view_angle`	Return or set the camera view angle.