[Paraview-developers] Changing Display properties using python

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

The property is called "Position". This highlights a bug in the code
where the label is not being used as the name for the property in
Python. I've reported a bug:
http://www.paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=16108

Utkarsh

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Hallock, Kevin <Kevin.Hallock at pfizer.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am writing a simple script to create 3D text at a specified location, but
> I am having trouble figuring out how to apply a translation to it.  Here is
> my brief code:
>
> from paraview import vtk
> string = "Python"
> text = paraview.simple.a3DText(Text=string)
> paraview.simple.SetDisplayProperties(Opacity=1)
> paraview.simple.Show()
>
> Opacity works, but when I use
>
> from paraview import vtk
> string = "Python"
> text = paraview.simple.a3DText(Text=string)
> paraview.simple.SetDisplayProperties(Opacity=1, Translation=[1,1,1])
> paraview.simple.Show()
>
>
> I receive the following error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "<string>", line 4, in <module>
>
> File "/Applications/paraview.app/Contents/Python/paraview/simple.py", line
> 429, in SetDisplayProperties
>
> SetProperties(rep, **params)
>
> File "/Applications/paraview.app/Contents/Python/paraview/simple.py", line
> 480, in SetProperties
>
> raise AttributeError("object has no property %s" % param)
>
> AttributeError: object has no property Translation
>
>
> There is some property that allows it to be translated, but I do not know
> the correct name. Is there a good resource for finding the names of the
> individual properties so they can be changed in a script?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Hallock
> Visualization and Modeling, Quantitative Medicine
> Neuroscience and Pain Research Unit
> Worldwide Research and Development
> Pfizer Inc
> 610 Main Street
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> Email: kevin.hallock at pfizer.com
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>
>
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