.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples_generated/gallery/render_povray_isosurface.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_generated_gallery_render_povray_isosurface.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_generated_gallery_render_povray_isosurface.py:


Isosurface with povray
======================

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-10

Render an isosurface and atoms with povray

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 10-49

.. code-block:: Python


    import numpy as np

    from ase.build import bulk
    from ase.io import write

    density_cut_off = 0.15

    rotation = '24x, 34y, 14z'

    atoms = bulk('Au', cubic=True) * (2, 2, 2)

    axis = np.linspace(-1, 1, 100)
    X, Y, Z = np.meshgrid(axis, axis, axis)
    isodata = np.exp(-0.5 * (X**2 + 2 * Y**2 + 3 * Z**2))

    povray_settings = {
        'pause': False,  # Pause when done rendering (only if display)
        'transparent': False,  # Transparent background
        'canvas_width': None,  # Width of canvas in pixels
        'canvas_height': 1024,  # Height of canvas in pixels
        'camera_dist': 25.0,  # Distance from camera to front atom
        'camera_type': 'orthographic angle 35',  # 'perspective angle 20'
        'textures': len(atoms) * ['ase3'],
    }

    generic_projection_settings = {
        'rotation': rotation,
        'radii': atoms.positions.shape[0] * [0.3],
        'show_unit_cell': 1,
    }

    write(
        'isosurface.pov',
        atoms,
        **generic_projection_settings,
        povray_settings=povray_settings,
        isosurface_data=dict(density_grid=isodata, cut_off=density_cut_off),
    ).render()



.. image-sg:: /examples_generated/gallery/images/sphx_glr_render_povray_isosurface_001.png
   :alt: render povray isosurface
   :srcset: /examples_generated/gallery/images/sphx_glr_render_povray_isosurface_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none


    PosixPath('/builds/ase/ase-deploy/examples/gallery/isosurface.png')




.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_generated_gallery_render_povray_isosurface.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: render_povray_isosurface.ipynb <render_povray_isosurface.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: render_povray_isosurface.py <render_povray_isosurface.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: render_povray_isosurface.zip <render_povray_isosurface.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_