Vector Quantities

Visualize vector-valued data at the points of a point cloud.

Example: 

import numpy as np
import polyscope as ps
ps.init()

# register a point cloud
N = 100
points = np.random.rand(N, 3)
ps_cloud = ps.register_point_cloud("my points", points)

# generate some random vectors per-point
vecs = np.random.rand(N, 3)

# basic visualization
ps_cloud.add_vector_quantity("rand vecs", vecs, enabled=True)

# set radius/length/color of the vectors
ps_cloud.add_vector_quantity("rand vecs", vecs, radius=0.001, length=0.005, color=(0.2, 0.5, 0.5))

# ambient vectors don't get auto-scaled, useful e.g. when representing offsets in 3D space
ps_cloud.add_vector_quantity("vecs ambient", vecs, vectortype='ambient')

# view the point cloud with all of these quantities
ps.show()

PointCloud.add_vector_quantity(name, values, enabled=None, vectortype="standard", length=None, radius=None, color=None)

Add a vector quantity to the point cloud.

  • name string, a name for the quantity
  • values an Nx3 numpy array, vectors at points (or Nx2 for 2D data)

Additional optional keyword arguments:

  • enabled boolean, whether the quantity is initially enabled
  • vectortype, one of standard or ambient. Ambient vectors don’t get auto-scaled, and thus are good for representing values in absolute 3D world coordinates
  • length float, a (relative) length for the vectors
  • radius float, a (relative) radius for the vectors
  • color 3-tuple, color for the vectors

if not specified, these optional parameters will assume a reasonable default value, or a persistent value if previously set.