pyvista.create_axes_orientation_box

create_axes_orientation_box(line_width=1, text_scale=0.366667, edge_color='black', x_color=None, y_color=None, z_color=None, xlabel='X', ylabel='Y', zlabel='Z', x_face_color='red', y_face_color='green', z_face_color='blue', color_box=False, label_color=None, labels_off=False, opacity=0.5)

Create a Box axes orientation widget with labels.

Parameters:

line_widthfloat, optional

The width of the marker lines.

text_scalefloat, optional

Size of the text relative to the faces.

edge_colorColorLike, optional

Color of the edges.

x_colorColorLike, optional

Color of the x axis text.

y_colorColorLike, optional

Color of the y axis text.

z_colorColorLike, optional

Color of the z axis text.

xlabelstr, optional

Text used for the x axis.

ylabelstr, optional

Text used for the y axis.

zlabelstr, optional

Text used for the z axis.

x_face_colorColorLike, optional

Color used for the x axis arrow. Defaults to theme axes parameters.

y_face_colorColorLike, optional

Color used for the y axis arrow. Defaults to theme axes parameters.

z_face_colorColorLike, optional

Color used for the z axis arrow. Defaults to theme axes parameters.

color_boxbool, optional

Enable or disable the face colors. Otherwise, box is white.

label_colorColorLike, optional

Color of the labels.

labels_offbool, optional

Enable or disable the text labels for the axes.

opacityfloat, optional

Opacity in the range of [0, 1] of the orientation box.

Returns:

vtk.vtkAnnotatedCubeActor

Annotated cube actor.

Examples

Create and plot an orientation box

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> actor = pv.create_axes_orientation_box(
...     line_width=1,
...     text_scale=0.53,
...     edge_color='black',
...     x_color='k',
...     y_color=None,
...     z_color=None,
...     xlabel='X',
...     ylabel='Y',
...     zlabel='Z',
...     color_box=False,
...     labels_off=False,
...     opacity=1.0,
... )
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_actor(actor)
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene