Blinking Light

[PauBot]

Hi there!

I would like to use the Python API to reproduce the blinking of a light. I don’t want to use the vcLight class because I want the light to be coloured.
I tried 2 things:
- having a feature in the shape of the lightbulb and then changing its color every few seconds; this doesn’t work well, because after changing the material I have to run feature.rebuild(), which causes the simulation to lag;
- having a feature in the shape of the lightbulb and then switching its visibility every few seconds; this is problematic for the same reason as above

Thank you

[idkfa]

The trick is to use Sx, Sy, Sz, this will avoid rebuild the feature.
In eCat, seach “Quality check camera”, check Link3 node.

[PauBot]

thanks for your reply, man!

Can you tell me what are Sx, Sy and Sz? And what is eCat?

[idkfa]

Sx.Sy.Sz means scale.
When Sx to 0, feature in X direction will be hidden.
When Sy to 1, feature in Y direction will be shown.
When Sz to 2, feature in Z direction will be twice bigger than original.

[PauBot]

Thank you! This was very helpful, it solved my problem!