Model.setsurfacenormalsdisplaytype

Model.setsurfacenormalsdisplaytype(type)

Sets the display type for surface normals. This is utilized by the functions that turn on surface normals display.

Parameters:

type (int) –

0 - Vector display

1 - Color display

Example

Set the surface normals to color display, and turn on the normals display of surfaces with IDs 1 - 10

import hm
import hm.entities as ent

model = hm.Model()

model.setsurfacenormalsdisplaytype(type=1)

# Creating a collection that contains the surfaces with IDs 1-10
filter_surfaces = hm.FilterByEnumeration(ent.Surface, list(range(1, 11)))
surfaces_collection = hm.Collection(model, filter_surfaces)

model.surfacedisplaynormals(collection=surfaces_collection, size=0)