[Paraview-developers] Lighting in ParaView

David C. Thompson dcthomp at sandia.gov
Tue Apr 5 18:52:16 EDT 2005


> I have just added a new functionality in ParaView: lighting support. 
> Now in the '3D View Properties' you can now select if you want to 
> control light/or not. And if so you have full control over the VTK 
> object: vtkLightKit (though the Key Light, Fill Light, Back light and 
> Head light)
I have had a few small problems on a new build...

1. When I turn on the "Use Light" button, it's really bright. Is the old
headlight turned off?
2. Sometimes (I haven't found anything repeatable) when I adjust the key
light intensity, the light kit seems get turned off. It won't come back
on -- I have to restart ParaView to use it again.
3. I have to resize the control panel to be _really_ wide in order to
adjust the elevation and azimuth angles, which can be slow when a large
model is loaded.
4. The settings aren't saved.

But I don't want to sound too harsh... I really like using it,
especially with wireframes of models with normal vectors.

	David



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