pyvista.Property.ambient

property Property.ambient: float

Return or set ambient.

Default pyvista.plotting.themes._LightingConfig.ambient.

When lighting is enabled, this is the amount of light in the range of 0 to 1 that reaches the actor when not directed at the light source emitted from the viewer.

Examples

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> prop = pv.Property()
>>> prop.ambient = 0.2
>>> prop.ambient
0.2

Visualize default ambient light.

>>> prop.ambient = 0.0
>>> prop.plot()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Visualize ambient at 0.5.

>>> prop.ambient = 0.5
>>> prop.plot()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Visualize ambient at 1.0.

>>> prop.ambient = 1.0
>>> prop.plot()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene