Line Segments

Display line segments. Can be useful e.g. for visializing vector fields.

import numpy as np
from rendercanvas.auto import RenderCanvas, loop
import pygfx as gfx


canvas = RenderCanvas()
renderer = gfx.WgpuRenderer(canvas)

scene = gfx.Scene()

x = np.linspace(20, 980, 200, dtype=np.float32)
y = np.sin(x / 30) * 4

positions = np.column_stack([x, y, np.zeros_like(x)])
colors = np.random.uniform(0, 1, (x.size, 4)).astype(np.float32)
colors[:, 3] = 1

line = gfx.Points(
    gfx.Geometry(positions=positions, colors=colors),
    gfx.PointsMarkerMaterial(size=20, marker="pin", rotation_mode="curve"),
)
scene.add(line)

camera = gfx.OrthographicCamera(maintain_aspect=False)
camera.show_rect(0, 1000, -5, 5)

controller = gfx.PanZoomController(camera, register_events=renderer)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    canvas.request_draw(lambda: renderer.render(scene, camera))
    loop.run()