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Working with glTF Files#
Import a glTF file directly into a PyVista plotting scene. For more details regarding the glTF format, see: https://www.khronos.org/gltf/
Note this feature is only available for vtk>=9
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First, download the examples. Note that here we’re using a high dynamic range texture since glTF files generally contain physically based rendering and VTK v9 supports high dynamic range textures.
import pyvista
from pyvista import examples
helmet_file = examples.gltf.download_damaged_helmet()
texture = examples.download_dikhololo_night()
Set up the plotter and enable environment textures. This works well for physically based rendering enabled meshes like the damaged helmet example.
pl = pyvista.Plotter()
pl.import_gltf(helmet_file)
pl.set_environment_texture(texture)
pl.camera.zoom(1.7)
pl.show()

You can also directly read in gltf files and extract the underlying mesh.
block = pyvista.read(helmet_file)
mesh = block[0][0][0]
mesh.plot(color='tan', show_edges=True, cpos='xy')

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 52.888 seconds)