vedo/examples/basic/glyphs1.py

"""Glyphs:
at each vertex of a mesh, another mesh
is shown with various orientation options"""
from vedo import Sphere, Ellipsoid, Mesh, dataurl, Glyph, show
import numpy as np

# Create a sphere with resolution 12, set its color and show as wireframe
sph = Sphere(res=12).c("white", 0.1).wireframe()

randvs = np.random.rand(sph.npoints, 3)  # random orientation vectors

#######################################
# Create an ellipsoid glyph and scale it down
gly1 = Ellipsoid().scale(0.04)

# create a Glyph object that will show an ellipsoid at each vertex
gsphere1 = Glyph(
    sph,
    gly1,
    orientation_array=randvs,
    scale_by_vector_size=True,
    color_by_vector_size=True,
    c="jet",
)

#######################################
# Create a mesh glyph and scale it down
gly2 = Mesh(dataurl + "shuttle.obj").rotate_y(180).scale(0.02)

# Create a Glyph object that will show a shuttle at each vertex
gsphere2 = Glyph(
    sph,
    gly2,
    orientation_array="normals",
    c="lightblue",
)

# Show two groups of objects on N=2 renderers:
show([
        (sph, gsphere1, __doc__),
        (sph, gsphere2)
    ],
    N=2, 
    bg="bb", 
    zoom=1.4,
).close()