Package Scientific :: Package Visualization :: Module VPython :: Class Scene

Class Scene

VPython scene

A VPython scene is a collection of graphics objects that can be shown in a VPython window. When the "view" method is called, a new window is created and the graphics objects are displayed in it.

Instance Methods

GraphicsObject

__getitem__(self, item)
Returns: the graphics object at the index position

__init__(self, objects=None, **options)

int

__len__(self)
Returns: the number of graphics objects in the scene

addObject(self, object)

view(self)
Open a VPython window for the scene

Method Details

getitem(self, item)
(Indexing operator)

Parameters:

item (int) - an index

Returns: GraphicsObject

the graphics object at the index position

init(self, objects=None, **options)
(Constructor)

Parameters:

objects (list or NoneType) - a list of graphics objects, or None for an empty scene
options - options as keyword arguments
title (str) - the window title (default: "VPython scene")
width (int) - the window width in pixels (default: 300)
height (int) - the window height in pixels (default: 300)
background (str) - the background color (default: "black")

len(self)
(Length operator)

Returns: int: the number of graphics objects in the scene

addObject(self, object)

Parameters:

object (GraphicsObject) - a graphics object to be added to the scene

Class Scene

__getitem__(self, item) (Indexing operator)

__init__(self, objects=None, **options) (Constructor)

__len__(self) (Length operator)

addObject(self, object)

getitem(self, item)
(Indexing operator)

init(self, objects=None, **options)
(Constructor)

len(self)
(Length operator)