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<html> I want to control (or sample) the display settings so that I can produce animations in VisAD/Python. I see some potential methods to do it, but I don't have enough info to use them. <br><br> If I want to control the display, for example Zoom, Viewing Angle, Setting for Isosurface Value, etc, I assume I should use something related to the subs.makeMaps method that allows changes to mappings in "real-time" rather than only at the display setup time. The control of those mappings is through "names" that do not seem to be fully documented in the version of the <tt>VisAD Python Function Quick Reference that I have (<a href="http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/cheatsheet.txt"; eudora="autourl">http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/cheatsheet.txt</a>). I am not sure is makeMaps will function as a real-time operation.<br><br> I could also sample display parameters as above while the user manipulates the display and then create an animation from that. There is a method subs.getDisplay that appears to capture some information about the current status of the display, but the getDisplay attribute is not recognized by my version of VisAD/Python. I am also not sure how much information it sends back and whether it is what I want, since I have not been able to try it.<br><br> Are there other methods to control or sample the display parameters so that I can generate an animation of a fully controlled display? So far, I can control and animate actions within the display, such as positioning of slices through a data set using a slider function.<br><br> Thanks<br> MJR</html>
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