vispy#

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vispy builds graph demanding heavy computation. It does not work well from a notebook.

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from jyquickhelper import add_notebook_menu
add_notebook_menu()

example#

import numpy as np

from vispy import gloo
from vispy import app
from vispy.util.transforms import perspective, translate, rotate
from vispy.io import load_data_file
# load the vispy bindings for the IPython notebook which enables webGL
# %load_ext vispy
vertex = """
uniform mat4 u_model;
uniform mat4 u_view;
uniform mat4 u_projection;
uniform vec3 u_light_position;
uniform vec3 u_light_spec_position;

attribute vec3  a_position;
attribute vec3  a_color;
attribute float a_radius;

varying vec3  v_color;
varying vec4  v_eye_position;
varying float v_radius;
varying vec3  v_light_direction;

void main (void) {
    v_radius = a_radius;
    v_color = a_color;

    v_eye_position = u_view * u_model * vec4(a_position,1.0);
    v_light_direction = normalize(u_light_position);
    float dist = length(v_eye_position.xyz);

    gl_Position = u_projection * v_eye_position;

    // stackoverflow.com/questions/8608844/...
    //  ... resizing-point-sprites-based-on-distance-from-the-camera
    vec4  proj_corner = u_projection * vec4(a_radius, a_radius, v_eye_position.z, v_eye_position.w);  // # noqa
    gl_PointSize = 512.0 * proj_corner.x / proj_corner.w;
}
"""

fragment = """
uniform mat4 u_model;
uniform mat4 u_view;
uniform mat4 u_projection;
uniform vec3 u_light_position;
uniform vec3 u_light_spec_position;

varying vec3  v_color;
varying vec4  v_eye_position;
varying float v_radius;
varying vec3  v_light_direction;
void main()
{
    // r^2 = (x - x0)^2 + (y - y0)^2 + (z - z0)^2
    vec2 texcoord = gl_PointCoord* 2.0 - vec2(1.0);
    float x = texcoord.x;
    float y = texcoord.y;
    float d = 1.0 - x*x - y*y;
    if (d <= 0.0)
        discard;

    float z = sqrt(d);
    vec4 pos = v_eye_position;
    pos.z += v_radius*z;
    vec3 pos2 = pos.xyz;
    pos = u_projection * pos;
    //gl_FragDepth = 0.5*(pos.z / pos.w)+0.5;
    vec3 normal = vec3(x,y,z);
    float diffuse = clamp(dot(normal, v_light_direction), 0.0, 1.0);

    // Specular lighting.
    vec3 M = pos2.xyz;
    vec3 O = v_eye_position.xyz;
    vec3 L = u_light_spec_position;
    vec3 K = normalize(normalize(L - M) + normalize(O - M));
    // WARNING: abs() is necessary, otherwise weird bugs may appear with some
    // GPU drivers...
    float specular = clamp(pow(abs(dot(normal, K)), 40.), 0.0, 1.0);
    vec3 v_light = vec3(1., 1., 1.);
    gl_FragColor.rgb = (.15*v_color + .55*diffuse * v_color
                        + .35*specular * v_light);
}
"""
class Canvas(app.Canvas):

    def __init__(self):
        app.Canvas.__init__(self, title='Molecular viewer',
                            keys='interactive', size=(640, 480))
        self.ps = self.pixel_scale

        self.translate = 40
        self.program = gloo.Program(vertex, fragment)
        self.view = translate((0, 0, -self.translate))
        self.model = np.eye(4, dtype=np.float32)
        self.projection = np.eye(4, dtype=np.float32)

        self.apply_zoom()

        fname = load_data_file('molecular_viewer/micelle.npz')
        self.load_molecule(fname)
        self.load_data()

        self.theta = 0
        self.phi = 0

        gloo.set_state(depth_test=True, clear_color='black')
        self._timer = app.Timer('auto', connect=self.on_timer, start=True)

        self.show()

    def load_molecule(self, fname):
        molecule = np.load(fname)['molecule']
        self._nAtoms = molecule.shape[0]

        # The x,y,z values store in one array
        self.coords = molecule[:, :3]

        # The array that will store the color and alpha scale for all the atoms
        self.atomsColours = molecule[:, 3:6]

        # The array that will store the scale for all the atoms.
        self.atomsScales = molecule[:, 6]

    def load_data(self):
        n = self._nAtoms

        data = np.zeros(n, [('a_position', np.float32, 3),
                            ('a_color', np.float32, 3),
                            ('a_radius', np.float32, 1)])

        data['a_position'] = self.coords
        data['a_color'] = self.atomsColours
        data['a_radius'] = self.atomsScales*self.ps

        self.program.bind(gloo.VertexBuffer(data))

        self.program['u_model'] = self.model
        self.program['u_view'] = self.view
        self.program['u_light_position'] = 0., 0., 2.
        self.program['u_light_spec_position'] = -5., 5., -5.

    def on_key_press(self, event):
        if event.text == ' ':
            if self.timer.running:
                self.timer.stop()
            else:
                self.timer.start()
        # if event.text == 'A':
            # self.

    def on_timer(self, event):
        self.theta += .25
        self.phi += .25
        self.model = np.dot(rotate(self.theta, (0, 0, 1)),
                            rotate(self.phi, (0, 1, 0)))
        self.program['u_model'] = self.model
        self.update()

    def on_resize(self, event):
        width, height = event.size

    def apply_zoom(self):
        width, height = self.physical_size
        gloo.set_viewport(0, 0, width, height)
        self.projection = perspective(25.0, width / float(height), 2.0, 100.0)
        self.program['u_projection'] = self.projection

    def on_mouse_wheel(self, event):
        self.translate -= event.delta[1]
        self.translate = max(-1, self.translate)
        self.view = translate((0, 0, -self.translate))

        self.program['u_view'] = self.view
        self.update()

    def on_draw(self, event):
        gloo.clear()
        self.program.draw('points')
# sc = Canvas()
#from vispy.app.backends.ipython import VispyWidget
#w = VispyWidget()
#w.set_canvas(c)
#w
#some issues with the installation