"""Orient and scale 'glyphs' (use a Mesh like a symbol)""" # Credits: original example and data from https://plotly.com/python/cone-plot # Adapted for vedo by M. Musy, 2020. from vedo import Cone, Glyph, show import numpy as np import pandas as pd # Read cvs data df = pd.read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/vortex.csv") pts = np.c_[df['x'], df['y'],df['z']] vecs= np.c_[df['u'], df['v'],df['w']] # Create a mesh to be used like a symbol (a "glyph") to be attached to each point cone = Cone().scale(0.3).rotate_y(90) # make it smaller and orient tip to positive x glyph = Glyph(pts, cone, vecs, scale_by_vector_size=True, color_by_vector_size=True) glyph.lighting('ambient').cmap('Blues').add_scalarbar(title='wind speed') show(glyph, __doc__, axes=True).close()