[Paraview] [Camera Control] - Clipping Range

[David E DeMarle]

Try LockBounds.

For example:
view = GetActiveView()
view.MaxClipBounds = [x0,x1,y0,y1,z0,z1]
view.LockBounds = 1

David E DeMarle
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Principal Engineer
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On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> wrote:

> Currently, you can't. ParaView doesn't let user change ClippingRange. It
> resets it internally before each render.
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Mariam <mbahameish at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> 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().
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is a snippet of the code:
>>
>> *from *paraview.simple *import **
>> paraview.simple._DisableFirstRenderCameraReset()
>>
>> sphere = Sphere()
>> Show()
>> Render()
>>
>> camera = GetActiveCamera()
>> camera.GetFocalPoint()
>> (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
>>
>> camera.GetPosition()
>> (0.0, 0.0, 6.69)
>>
>> camera.GetClippingRange()
>> (5.628100000000001, 8.042850000000001)
>>
>> camera.SetPosition(0,0,3)
>> Render()
>>
>>
>> camera.GetPosition()
>> (0.0, 0.0, 3.0)
>>
>>
>> camera.GetClippingRange()
>> (1.975, 4.2975)
>>
>> camera.SetClippingRange(3,8)
>> camera.GetClippingRange()
>> (3.0, 8.0)
>>
>> Render()
>>
>>
>> *camera.GetClippingRange()(1.975, 4.2975)*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> How can I force changes on Clipping Range & Thickness values?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
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