`items`: SceneWidget items¶

The following classes are items that describes the content of a SceneWidget:

ImageData
ImageRgba
Scatter2D
Scatter3D
ScalarField3D
ClipPlane
Mesh
GroupItem

2D images¶

`ImageData`¶

ImageData inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.image.ImageData(parent=None)[source]¶

Description of a 2D image data.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

setData(data, copy=True)[source]¶

Set the image data to display.

The data will be casted to float32.

Parameters:	data (numpy.ndarray) – The image data copy (bool) – True (default) to copy the data, False to use as is (do not modify!).

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the image data.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Return type:	numpy.ndarray
Returns:	The image data

getColormap()¶: Return the used colormap

getInterpolation()¶

Returns the interpolation mode set by setInterpolation()

Return type:	str

setColormap(colormap)¶

Set the colormap of this image

Parameters:	colormap (silx.gui.plot.Colormap.Colormap) – colormap description

setInterpolation(mode)¶

Set image interpolation mode

Parameters:	mode (str) – ‘nearest’ or ‘linear’

`ImageRgba`¶

ImageRgba inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.image.ImageRgba(parent=None)[source]¶

Description of a 2D data RGB(A) image.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

setData(data, copy=True)[source]¶

Set the RGB(A) image data to display.

Supported array format: float32 in [0, 1], uint8.

Parameters:	data (numpy.ndarray) – The RGBA image data as an array of shape (H, W, Channels) copy (bool) – True (default) to copy the data, False to use as is (do not modify!).

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the image data.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Return type:	numpy.ndarray
Returns:	The image data

getInterpolation()¶

Returns the interpolation mode set by setInterpolation()

Return type:	str

setInterpolation(mode)¶

Set image interpolation mode

Parameters:	mode (str) – ‘nearest’ or ‘linear’

2D/3D scatter data¶

`Scatter2D`¶

Scatter2D inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.scatter.Scatter2D(parent=None)[source]¶

2D scatter data with settable visualization mode.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

supportedVisualizations()[source]¶

Returns the list of supported visualization modes.

See setVisualizationModes()

Return type:	tuple of str

setVisualization(mode)[source]¶

Set the visualization mode of the data.

Supported visualization modes are:

‘points’: For scatter plot representation
‘lines’: For Delaunay tesselation-based wireframe representation
‘solid’: For Delaunay tesselation-based solid surface representation

Parameters:	mode (str) – Mode of representation to use

getVisualization()[source]¶

Returns the current visualization mode.

See setVisualization()

Return type:	str

isPropertyEnabled(name, visualization=None)[source]¶

Returns true if the property is used with visualization mode.

Parameters:	name (str) – The name of the property to check, in: ‘lineWidth’, ‘symbol’, ‘symbolSize’ visualization (str) – The visualization mode for which to get the info. By default, it is the current visualization mode.
Returns:

setHeightMap(heightMap)[source]¶

Set whether to display the data has a height map or not.

When displayed as a height map, the data values are used as z coordinates.

Parameters:	heightMap (bool) – True to display a height map, False to display as 2D data with z=0

isHeightMap()[source]¶

Returns True if data is displayed as a height map.

Return type:	bool

getLineWidth()[source]¶: Return the curve line width in pixels (float)

setLineWidth(width)[source]¶

Set the width in pixel of the curve line

See getLineWidth().

Parameters:	width (float) – Width in pixels

setData(x, y, value, copy=True)[source]¶

Set the data represented by this item.

Provided arrays must have the same length.

Parameters:	x (numpy.ndarray) – X coordinates (array-like) y (numpy.ndarray) – Y coordinates (array-like) value – Points value: array-like or single scalar copy (bool) – True (default) to make a copy of the data, False to avoid copy if possible (do not modify the arrays).

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns data as provided to setData().

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal data (do not modify!)
Returns:	(x, y, value)

getXData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns X data coordinates.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	X coordinates
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getYData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns Y data coordinates.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	Y coordinates
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getValues(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns data values.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	data values
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getColormap()¶: Return the used colormap

getSupportedSymbols()¶

Returns the list of supported symbol names.

Return type:	tuple of str

getSymbol()¶

Return the point marker type.

Marker type:

- 'o' circle
- '.' point
- ',' pixel
- '+' cross
- 'x' x-cross
- 'd' diamond
- 's' square

Return type:	str

setColormap(colormap)¶

Set the colormap of this image

Parameters:	colormap (silx.gui.plot.Colormap.Colormap) – colormap description

setSymbol(symbol)¶

Set the marker type

See getSymbol().

Parameters:	symbol (str) – Marker type or marker name

`Scatter3D`¶

Scatter3D inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.scatter.Scatter3D(parent=None)[source]¶

Description of a 3D scatter plot.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

setData(x, y, z, value, copy=True)[source]¶

Set the data of the scatter plot

Parameters:	x (numpy.ndarray) – Array of X coordinates (single value not accepted) y – Points Y coordinate (array-like or single value) z – Points Z coordinate (array-like or single value) value – Points values (array-like or single value) copy (bool) – True (default) to copy the data, False to use provided data (do not modify!)

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns data as provided to setData().

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal data (do not modify!)
Returns:	(x, y, z, value)

getXData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns X data coordinates.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	X coordinates
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getYData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns Y data coordinates.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	Y coordinates
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getZData(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns Z data coordinates.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	Z coordinates
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getValues(copy=True)[source]¶

Returns data values.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True to get a copy, False to return internal array (do not modify!)
Returns:	data values
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getColormap()¶: Return the used colormap

getSupportedSymbols()¶

Returns the list of supported symbol names.

Return type:	tuple of str

getSymbol()¶

Return the point marker type.

Marker type:

- 'o' circle
- '.' point
- ',' pixel
- '+' cross
- 'x' x-cross
- 'd' diamond
- 's' square

Return type:	str

setColormap(colormap)¶

Set the colormap of this image

Parameters:	colormap (silx.gui.plot.Colormap.Colormap) – colormap description

setSymbol(symbol)¶

Set the marker type

See getSymbol().

Parameters:	symbol (str) – Marker type or marker name

3D volume¶

`ScalarField3D`¶

ScalarField3D inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.volume.ScalarField3D(parent=None)[source]¶

3D scalar field on a regular grid.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

setData(data, copy=True)[source]¶

Set the 3D scalar data represented by this item.

Dataset order is zyx (i.e., first dimension is z).

Parameters:	data (3D numpy.ndarray of float32 with shape at least (2, 2, 2)) – 3D array copy (bool) – True (default) to make a copy, False to avoid copy (DO NOT MODIFY data afterwards)

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Return 3D dataset.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get the internal data (DO NOT modify!)
Returns:	The data set (or None if not set)

getCutPlanes()[source]¶

Return an iterable of all CutPlane of this item.

This includes hidden cut planes.

For now, there is always one cut plane.

sigIsosurfaceAdded¶

Signal emitted when a new iso-surface is added to the view.

The newly added iso-surface is provided by this signal

sigIsosurfaceRemoved¶

Signal emitted when an iso-surface is removed from the view

The removed iso-surface is provided by this signal.

addIsosurface(level, color)[source]¶

Add an isosurface to this item.

Parameters:	level (float or callable) – The value at which to build the iso-surface or a callable (e.g., a function) taking a 3D numpy.ndarray as input and returning a float. Example: numpy.mean(data) + numpy.std(data) color (str or array-like of 4 float in [0., 1.]) – RGBA color of the isosurface
Returns:	isosurface object
Return type:	Isosurface

getIsosurfaces()[source]¶: Return an iterable of all Isosurface instance of this item

removeIsosurface(isosurface)[source]¶

Remove an iso-surface from this item.

Parameters:	isosurface (Isosurface) – The isosurface object to remove

clearIsosurfaces()[source]¶: Remove all Isosurface instances from this item.

The following classes allows to configure ScalarField3D visualization:

`IsoSurface`¶

IsoSurface inherits from Item3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.volume.Isosurface(parent)[source]¶

Bases: silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.Item3D

Class representing an iso-surface in a ScalarField3D item.

Parameters:	parent – The DataItem3D this iso-surface belongs to

getLevel()[source]¶: Return the level of this iso-surface (float)

setLevel(level)[source]¶

Set the value at which to build the iso-surface.

Setting this value reset auto-level function

Parameters:	level (float) – The value at which to build the iso-surface

isAutoLevel()[source]¶: True if iso-level is rebuild for each data set.

getAutoLevelFunction()[source]¶: Return the function computing the iso-level (callable or None)

setAutoLevelFunction(autoLevel)[source]¶

Set the function used to compute the iso-level.

WARNING: The function might get called in a thread.

Parameters:	autoLevel (callable) – A function taking a 3D numpy.ndarray of float32 and returning a float used as iso-level. Example: numpy.mean(data) + numpy.std(data)

getColor()[source]¶: Return the color of this iso-surface (QColor)

setColor(color)[source]¶

Set the color of the iso-surface

Parameters:	color (QColor, str or array-like of 4 float in [0., 1.]) – RGBA color of the isosurface

`CutPlane`¶

CutPlane inherits from Item3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.volume.CutPlane(parent)[source]¶

Class representing a cutting plane in a ScalarField3D item.

Parameters:	parent – 3D Data set in which the cut plane is applied.

getDisplayValuesBelowMin()[source]¶

Return whether values <= colormap min are displayed or not.

Return type:	bool

setDisplayValuesBelowMin(display)[source]¶

Set whether to display values <= colormap min.

Parameters:	display (bool) – True to show values below min, False to discard them

getColormap()¶: Return the used colormap

getInterpolation()¶

Returns the interpolation mode set by setInterpolation()

Return type:	str

getNormal()¶

Returns the normal of the plane (as a unit vector)

Returns:	Normal (nx, ny, nz), vector is 0 if no plane is defined
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getParameters()¶

Returns the plane equation parameters: a*x + b*y + c*z + d = 0

Returns:	Plane equation parameters: (a, b, c, d)
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getPoint()¶

Returns a point on the plane

Returns:	(x, y, z)
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

isValid()¶: Returns whether the cut plane is defined or not (bool)

moveToCenter()¶: Move cut plane to center of data set

setColormap(colormap)¶

Set the colormap of this image

Parameters:	colormap (silx.gui.plot.Colormap.Colormap) – colormap description

setInterpolation(mode)¶

Set image interpolation mode

Parameters:	mode (str) – ‘nearest’ or ‘linear’

setNormal(normal)¶

Set the normal of the plane

Parameters:	normal – 3-tuple of float: nx, ny, nz

setParameters(parameters)¶

Set the plane equation parameters: a*x + b*y + c*z + d = 0

Warning: The plane might not intersect the bounding box of the data. The given parameters will be normalized.

Parameters:	parameters – (a, b, c, d) equation parameters

setPoint(point)¶

Set a point contained in the plane.

Warning: The plane might not intersect the bounding box of the data.

Parameters:	point (3-tuple of float) – (x, y, z) position

Clipping plane¶

`ClipPlane`¶

ClipPlane inherits from Item3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.clipplane.ClipPlane(parent=None)[source]¶

Bases: silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.Item3D, silx.gui.plot3d.items.mixins.PlaneMixIn

Represents a clipping plane that clips following items within the group.

For now only on clip plane is allowed at once in a scene.

3D mesh¶

`Mesh`¶

Mesh inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.mesh.Mesh(parent=None)[source]¶

Bases: silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.DataItem3D

Description of mesh.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to.

setData(position, color, normal=None, mode='triangles', copy=True)[source]¶

Set mesh geometry data.

Supported drawing modes are:

For points: ‘points’
For lines: ‘lines’, ‘line_strip’, ‘loop’
For triangles: ‘triangles’, ‘triangle_strip’, ‘fan’

Parameters:	position (numpy.ndarray) – Position (x, y, z) of each vertex as a (N, 3) array color (numpy.ndarray) – Colors for each point or a single color normal (numpy.ndarray) – Normals for each point or None (default) mode (str) – The drawing mode. copy (bool) – True (default) to copy the data, False to use as is (do not modify!).

getData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the mesh geometry.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Returns:	The positions, colors, normals and mode
Return type:	tuple of numpy.ndarray

getPositionData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the mesh vertex positions.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Returns:	The (x, y, z) positions as a (N, 3) array
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getColorData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the mesh vertex colors.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Returns:	The RGBA colors as a (N, 4) array or a single color
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

getNormalData(copy=True)[source]¶

Get the mesh vertex normals.

Parameters:	copy (bool) – True (default) to get a copy, False to get internal representation (do not modify!).
Returns:	The normals as a (N, 3) array, a single normal or None
Return type:	numpy.ndarray or None

getDrawMode()[source]¶

Get mesh rendering mode.

Returns:	The drawing mode of this primitive
Return type:	str

Item base classes¶

The following classes provides the base classes for other items.

`Item3D`¶

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.Item3D(parent, primitive=None)[source]¶

Bases: PyQt4.QtCore.QObject

Base class representing an item in the scene.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to. primitive – An optional primitive to use as scene primitive

sigItemChanged¶

Signal emitted when an item’s property has changed.

It provides a flag describing which property of the item has changed. See ItemChangedType and Item3DChangedType for flags description.

setParent(parent)[source]¶: Override set parent to handle root item change

root()[source]¶

Returns the root of the scene this item belongs to.

The root is the up-most Item3D in the scene tree hierarchy.

Return type:	Union[Item3D, None]

getLabel()[source]¶

Returns the label associated to this item.

Return type:	str

setLabel(label)[source]¶

Set the label associated to this item.

Parameters:	label (str) –

isVisible()[source]¶

Returns True if item is visible, else False

Return type:	bool

setVisible(visible=True)[source]¶

Set the visibility of the item in the scene.

Parameters:	visible (bool) – True (default) to show the item, False to hide

`DataItem3D`¶

DataItem3D inherits from Item3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.DataItem3D(parent, group=None)[source]¶

Bases: silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.Item3D

Base class representing a data item with transform in the scene.

Parameters:	parent – The View widget this item belongs to. None] group (Union[GroupBBox,) – The scene group to use for rendering

setScale(sx=1.0, sy=1.0, sz=1.0)[source]¶

Set the scale of the item in the scene.

Parameters:	sx (float) – Scale factor along the X axis sy (float) – Scale factor along the Y axis sz (float) – Scale factor along the Z axis

getScale()[source]¶

Returns the scales provided by setScale().

Return type:	numpy.ndarray

setTranslation(x=0.0, y=0.0, z=0.0)[source]¶

Set the translation of the origin of the item in the scene.

Parameters:	x (float) – Offset of the data origin on the X axis y (float) – Offset of the data origin on the Y axis z (float) – Offset of the data origin on the Z axis

getTranslation()[source]¶

Returns the offset set by setTranslation().

Return type:	numpy.ndarray

setRotationCenter(x=0.0, y=0.0, z=0.0)[source]¶

Set the center of rotation of the item.

Position of the rotation center is either a float for an absolute position or one of the following string to define a position relative to the item’s bounding box: ‘lower’, ‘center’, ‘upper’

Parameters:	x – rotation center position on the X axis y – rotation center position on the Y axis z – rotation center position on the Z axis
Return type:	float or str
Return type:	float or str
Return type:	float or str

getRotationCenter()[source]¶

Returns the rotation center set by setRotationCenter().

Return type:	3-tuple of float or str

setRotation(angle=0.0, axis=(0.0, 0.0, 1.0))[source]¶

Set the rotation of the item in the scene

Parameters:	angle (float) – The rotation angle in degrees. axis – The (x, y, z) coordinates of the rotation axis.

getRotation()[source]¶

Returns the rotation set by setRotation().

Returns:	(angle, axis)
Return type:	2-tuple (float, numpy.ndarray)

setMatrix(matrix=None)[source]¶

Set the transform matrix

Parameters:	matrix (numpy.ndarray) – 3x3 transform matrix

getMatrix()[source]¶

Returns the matrix set by setMatrix()

Returns:	3x3 matrix
Return type:	numpy.ndarray

isBoundingBoxVisible()[source]¶

Returns item’s bounding box visibility.

Return type:	bool

setBoundingBoxVisible(visible)[source]¶

Set item’s bounding box visibility.

Parameters:	visible (bool) – True to show the bounding box, False (default) to hide it

`GroupItem`¶

GroupItem inherits from DataItem3D and also provides its API.

class silx.gui.plot3d.items.core.GroupItem(parent=None)[source]¶

Bases: silx.gui.plot3d.items.core._BaseGroupItem

Group of items sharing a common transform.

`items`: SceneWidget items¶

2D images¶

`ImageData`¶

`ImageRgba`¶

2D/3D scatter data¶

`Scatter2D`¶

`Scatter3D`¶

3D volume¶

`ScalarField3D`¶

`IsoSurface`¶

`CutPlane`¶

Clipping plane¶

`ClipPlane`¶

3D mesh¶

`Mesh`¶

Item base classes¶

`Item3D`¶

`DataItem3D`¶

`GroupItem`¶

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items: SceneWidget items¶

2D images¶

2D/3D scatter data¶

3D volume¶

IsoSurface¶

Clipping plane¶

3D mesh¶

Item base classes¶

`items`: SceneWidget items¶

`IsoSurface`¶