Camera Orientation

[Gala'Vi and Liss @ Mainframe Country]

Yes you can. Instead of using a vtkActor to display your text use a
vtkFollower. This does exactly what you want. The actor then will always
face the camera.

Good luck.
Gala'Vi
NCSA, UIUC

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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Matthew R. Dorbin wrote:

> 	Hi VTKers, 
> 
> 	I'm new to using VTK and I'm trying to create a 3-dimensional view
> of a mesh. I'm trying to number nodes and label them, but the problem I'm
> running into is that when I rotate the view (by calling the camera's
> Elevation() and Azimuth() functions) the (vtkVectorText) numbers rotate as
> well. Is there any way I can set the orientation of the Actors so that the
> text will always face the camera?
> 
> 	TIA,
> 
> 	Matthew Dorbin
> 
> 
> 
> 
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