Prop3D.rotation_from

Prop3D.rotation_from(rotation: pyvista.RotationLike) → None

Set the entity’s orientation from a rotation.

Set the rotation of this entity from a 3x3 rotation matrix. This includes NumPy arrays, a vtkMatrix3x3, and SciPy Rotation objects.

This method may be used as an alternative for setting the orientation.

Added in version 0.45.

Parameters:

rotationRotationLike

3x3 rotation matrix or a SciPy Rotation object.

Examples

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Create an actor and show its initial orientation.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> actor = pl.add_mesh(pv.Sphere())
>>> actor.orientation
(0.0, -0.0, 0.0)

Set the orientation using a 3x3 matrix.

>>> actor.rotation_from([[0, 1, 0], [1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1]])
>>> actor.orientation
(0.0, -180.0, -90.0)