[yt-users] camera question

[Nathan Goldbaum]

You might also find the TransferFunctionHelper to be useful:

http://yt-project.org/docs/dev/visualizing/volume_rendering.html#transferfunctionhelper

On Friday, May 23, 2014, Michael Zingale <michael.zingale at stonybrook.edu>
wrote:

> My guess is that you need to play with the alpha values when you
> add_layers.  From the docs, if you don't supply alpha, it is:
>
> "The alpha value height for each Gaussian. If not supplied, it is
> calculated as the logspace between -2.0 and 0.0"
>
> so it looks like the last value you add will have alpha = 1, i.e. opaque.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Stephanie Tonnesen <stonnes at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stonnes at gmail.com');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am trying to make a nice volume rendering, and am having some trouble.
>> My camera commands are:
>> tf = ColorTransferFunction((-29,-24))
>> tf.add_layers(8,w=0.1,colormap="Hue Sat Value 2")
>> tf.sample_colormap(-26.5,w=0.02,colormap="Hue Sat Value 2")
>> cam = pf.h.camera([0.0,2.,1.8],[0.0,-1.0,-0.2],4.0,512,tf)
>> cam.show()
>>
>> I will attach the image, also (v11).  First, when I use add_layers, can I
>> get yt to print out WHERE the layers are?  Second, but related, when I just
>> use add_layers I only see the higher density gas.  I have to add
>> sample_colormap to see lower density gas (the blue stuff).  Compare v11 to
>> v6 to see what I am talking about.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Stephanie
>>
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