pyvista.AxesActor

class AxesActor

Axes actor wrapper for vtkAxesActor.

Hybrid 2D/3D actor used to represent 3D axes in a scene. The user can define the geometry to use for the shaft or the tip, and the user can set the text for the three axes. To see full customization options, refer to vtkAxesActor Details.

Examples

Customize the axis shaft color and shape.

>>> import pyvista as pv

>>> axes = pv.Axes()
>>> axes.axes_actor.z_axis_shaft_properties.color = (0, 1, 1)
>>> axes.axes_actor.shaft_type = axes.axes_actor.ShaftType.CYLINDER
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_actor(axes.axes_actor)
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Sphere())
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Or you can use this as a custom orientation widget with add_orientation_widget():

>>> import pyvista as pv

>>> axes = pv.Axes()
>>> axes_actor = axes.axes_actor
>>> axes.axes_actor.shaft_type = 0

>>> axes_actor.x_axis_shaft_properties.color = (1, 1, 1)
>>> axes_actor.y_axis_shaft_properties.color = (1, 1, 1)
>>> axes_actor.z_axis_shaft_properties.color = (1, 1, 1)

>>> axes_actor.x_axis_label = 'U'
>>> axes_actor.y_axis_label = 'V'
>>> axes_actor.z_axis_label = 'W'

>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.Cone())
>>> _ = pl.add_orientation_widget(
...     axes_actor,
...     viewport=(0, 0, 0.5, 0.5),
... )
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Methods

Attributes

AxesActor.cone_radius	Return or set the radius of the cone tip.
AxesActor.cone_resolution	Return or set the resolution of the cone tip.
AxesActor.cylinder_radius	Return or set the radius of the shaft cylinder.
AxesActor.cylinder_resolution	Return or set the resolution of the shaft cylinder.
AxesActor.label_position	Position of the label along the axes.
AxesActor.shaft_length	Return or set the length of the axes shaft.
AxesActor.shaft_type	Return or set the shaft type.
AxesActor.sphere_radius	Return or set the radius of the spherical tip.
AxesActor.sphere_resolution	Return or set the resolution of the spherical tip.
AxesActor.tip_length	Return or set the length of the tip.
AxesActor.tip_type	Return or set the shaft type.
AxesActor.total_length	Return or set the length of all axes.
AxesActor.visibility	Return or set AxesActor visibility.
AxesActor.x_axis_label	Return or set the label for the X axis.
AxesActor.x_axis_shaft_properties	Return or set the properties of the X axis shaft.
AxesActor.x_axis_tip_properties	Return or set the properties of the X axis tip.
AxesActor.y_axis_label	Return or set the label for the Y axis.
AxesActor.y_axis_shaft_properties	Return or set the properties of the Y axis shaft.
AxesActor.y_axis_tip_properties	Return or set the properties of the Y axis tip.
AxesActor.z_axis_label	Return or set the label for the Z axis.
AxesActor.z_axis_shaft_properties	Return or set the properties of the Z axis shaft.
AxesActor.z_axis_tip_properties	Return or set the properties of the Z axis tip.