<div dir="ltr">Hi Michka,<div><br></div><div style>the vtkCubeAxesActor will always be axis aligned no matter what, unless you update to vtk6 and create your own set of base vector for it.</div><div style>If you checkout the current version of the source code, you can look at the test made on the CubeAxis to see how to do what you try to achieve here.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Seb</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Michka Popoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michkapopoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">michkapopoff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Hello</font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">I am using the latest vtk 5.10 and I am not able to rotate a vtkCubeAxesActor. The vtkCubeAxesActor has as parents </font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">vtkActor and vtkProp3D. The vtkProp3D class has RotateX, RotateY, and RotateZ methods, which I already use to rotate another vtkActor, which is a meshgrid (working nicely).</font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3">But if I use one of these rotation methods on vtkCubeAxesActor, nothing happens (no rotation; no error message). Is this the way I should rotate vtkCubeAxesActor, or is there another way ? </font><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Here is a minimal example (in python with PyQT) to show you what I want to achieve. Adding or removing the RotateZ(45) gives twice the same result …</font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3">#!/usr/bin/env python</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="color:#c900a4">from</span> PyQt4 <span style="color:#c900a4">import</span> QtCore, QtGui</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="color:#c900a4">from</span> PyQt4.QtGui <span style="color:#c900a4">import</span> QApplication</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;color:rgb(201,0,164)"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">import<span style="color:#000000"> vtk</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="color:#c900a4">from</span> vtk.qt4.QVTKRenderWindowInteractor <span style="color:#c900a4">import</span> QVTKRenderWindowInteractor</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;color:rgb(201,0,164)"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">import<span style="color:#000000"> sys</span></font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="color:#c900a4">class</span> SimpleView(QtGui.QMainWindow):</font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <span style="color:#c900a4">def</span> __init__(self, parent = <span style="color:#c900a4">None</span>):</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)</font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.centralWidget = QtGui.QWidget()</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()</font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.widget = QVTKRenderWindowInteractor(self.centralWidget)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.renderer = vtk.vtkRenderer()</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.widget.GetRenderWindow().AddRenderer(self.renderer)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.widget.Initialize()</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.widget.Start()</font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.actorAxes = vtk.vtkCubeAxesActor()</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.actorAxes.SetCamera(self.renderer.GetActiveCamera())</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.actorAxes.RotateZ(<span style="color:#3a00dd">45</span>)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.renderer.AddActor(self.actorAxes)</font></div>
<p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.renderer.Render()</font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.renderer.ResetCameraClippingRange()</font></div>
<p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.renderer.ResetCamera()</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.layout.addWidget(self.widget)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.centralWidget.setLayout(self.layout)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> self.setCentralWidget(self.centralWidget)</font></div>
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3"><span style="color:#c900a4">if</span> __name__ == <span style="color:#df0002">"__main__"</span>:</font></div><p style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo;min-height:13px">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> <br></font></p><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> app = QApplication(sys.argv)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> window = SimpleView()</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3"> window.show()</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> window.resize(<span style="color:#3a00dd">800</span>, <span style="color:#3a00dd">600</span>)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> sys.exit(app.exec_())</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,141,0);margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
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<font face="Helvetica" size="3">Thank you in advance</font></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font:normal normal normal 11px/normal Menlo">
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