vedo/examples/basic/cartoony.py

"""Give a cartoony appearance to a 3D mesh"""
from vedo import dataurl, settings, Plotter, Mesh, Text2D

settings.background_gradient_orientation = 3  # radial gradient

# Create an instance of the Plotter class, 
# which creates a default camera needed for silhouette()
plt = Plotter()

# Create a Text2D object to display the docstring at the bottom-center of the plot,
# using the Bongas font with a size of 2 and a dark green background
txt = Text2D(__doc__, pos="bottom-center", font="Bongas", s=2, bg="dg")

# Load a mesh of a human figure, disable lighting (reflections), 
# set the color to pink, and set the transparency to 0.5
man = Mesh(dataurl + "man.vtk").lighting("off").c("pink").alpha(0.5)

# Load a mesh of a teddy bear, scale and rotate it around the z-axis,
ted = Mesh(dataurl + "teddy.vtk").scale(0.4).rotate_z(-45).pos(-1, -1, -1)
ted.lighting("off").c("sienna").alpha(0.1)

# Show the meshes, the default silhouette of the teddy bear mesh
plt.show(
    txt,
    ted,
    man,
    ted.silhouette(),  # default silhouette of the teddy bear mesh
    man.silhouette(feature_angle=40).linewidth(3).color("dr"),
    bg="white",        # set the background color to wheat
    bg2="blue8",       # set the color of the gradient to light blue
    elevation=-80,     # set the elevation angle of the camera
    zoom=1.2,          # zoom in on the plot
)

# Close the plot
plt.close()