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Varying Color#
This example shows how to use shaders to generate a shaded output. We will demonstrate how to load polydata then use a custom shader calls to render a custom shaded model. First, let’s import FURY
import fury
Let’s download and load the model
fury.data.fetch_viz_models()
model = fury.data.read_viz_models("utah.obj")
Let’s start by loading the polydata of choice. For this example we use the standard utah teapot model. currently supported formats include OBJ, VTK, FIB, PLY, STL and XML
utah = fury.io.load_polydata(model)
utah = fury.utils.get_polymapper_from_polydata(utah)
utah = fury.utils.get_actor_from_polymapper(utah)
mapper = utah.GetMapper()
To change the default shader we add a shader replacement. Specify vertex shader using vtkShader.Vertex Specify fragment shader using vtkShader.Fragment
vertex_shader_code_decl = """
    out vec4 myVertexVC;
    """
vertex_shader_code_impl = """
    myVertexVC = vertexMC;
    """
fragment_shader_code_decl = """
    uniform float time;
    varying vec4 myVertexVC;
    """
fragment_shader_code_impl = """
    vec2 iResolution = vec2(1024,720);
    vec2 uv = myVertexVC.xy/iResolution;
    vec3 col = 0.5 + 0.5 * cos((time/30) + uv.xyx + vec3(0, 2, 4));
    fragOutput0 = vec4(col, fragOutput0.a);
    """
fury.shaders.shader_to_actor(
    utah, "vertex", impl_code=vertex_shader_code_impl, decl_code=vertex_shader_code_decl
)
fury.shaders.shader_to_actor(utah, "fragment", decl_code=fragment_shader_code_decl)
fury.shaders.shader_to_actor(
    utah, "fragment", impl_code=fragment_shader_code_impl, block="light"
)
Let’s create a scene.
scene = fury.window.Scene()
global timer
timer = 0
The timer will call this user defined callback every 30 milliseconds.
def timer_callback(obj, event):
    global timer
    timer += 1.0
    showm.render()
    scene.azimuth(5)
The shader callback will update the color of our utah pot via the update of the timer variable.
def shader_callback(_caller, _event, calldata=None):
    program = calldata
    global timer
    if program is not None:
        try:
            program.SetUniformf("time", timer)
        except ValueError:
            pass
fury.shaders.add_shader_callback(utah, shader_callback)
Let’s add a textblock to the scene with a custom message
tb = fury.ui.TextBlock2D()
tb.message = "Hello Shaders"
Show Manager
Now that all the elements have been initialised, we add them to the show manager.
current_size = (1024, 720)
showm = fury.window.ShowManager(scene=scene, size=current_size, reset_camera=False)
showm.add_timer_callback(True, 30, timer_callback)
scene.add(utah)
scene.add(tb)
interactive = False
if interactive:
    showm.start()
fury.window.record(scene=showm.scene, size=current_size, out_path="viz_shader.png")