[Paraview] Lighting

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

I think by default the "light kit" is off in pvbatch. The GUI turns it
on, and hence its enabled for you in Python shell. try setting

> view.UseLight = 1 # turns on light kit
> view.LightSwitch =0 # turns of default front light

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Joe Borġ <mail at jdborg.com> wrote:
> I am trying to renders pictures of a geometry in batch.
>
> However, when I play with the following view.BackLightAzimuth and
> view.BackLightElevation, the light on the object does not move.
>
> When I do these commands in the pyhton shell and then renders it works.
>
> This is the part of the script where I set up the picture:
>
> view = GetRenderView()
> view.CameraParallelProjection = 1
> view.CameraPosition = [1.58, 0, 10]
> view.CameraFocalPoint = [1.58, 0, 0]
> view.CameraViewUp = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
> view.CameraParallelScale = 1.66
> view.CenterAxesVisibility = 0
> view.BackLightAzimuth = 0
> view.BackLightElevation = 45
> view.Background = [1,1,1]
> view.ViewSize = [1700, 900]
> Render()
> WriteImage("test.png")
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Joseph David Borġ
> http://www.jdborg.com
>
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