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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I am trying to control the camera attributes from pvpython, I noticed that if I modified Clipping Range & Thickness then called Render() the values are reset to the original values. However, changes in camera position, focal point, view up and viewing angle take effect after Render().<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Here is a snippet of the code:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>from </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>paraview.simple <b>import </b>*<br>paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()<br><br>sphere = Sphere()<br>Show()<br>Render()<br><br>camera = GetActiveCamera()<br>camera.GetFocalPoint()<br>(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)<br><br>camera.GetPosition()<br>(0.0, 0.0, 6.69)<br><br>camera.GetClippingRange()<br>(5.628100000000001, 8.042850000000001)<br><br>camera.SetPosition(0,0,3)<br>Render()<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>camera.GetPosition()<br>(0.0, 0.0, 3.0)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>camera.GetClippingRange()<br>(1.975, 4.2975)<br><br>camera.SetClippingRange(3,8)<br>camera.GetClippingRange()<br>(3.0, 8.0)<br><br>Render()<br><br><b>camera.GetClippingRange()<br>(1.975, 4.2975)</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>How can I force changes on Clipping Range & Thickness values?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>