ApplicationComponents/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ target_link_libraries(lqApplicationComponents PUBLIC
   Qt5::Widgets
   Qt5::UiTools
   Qt5::Gui
-  Qt5::Help
   Qt5::Network
-  Qt5::Sql
   Qt5::Svg
   ParaView::pqCore
   ParaView::pqWidgets

ApplicationComponents/lqLidarCoreManager.cxx

@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ void lqLidarCoreManager::runPython(const QString& statements)
   }
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void lqLidarCoreManager::forceShowShell(){
+  if(this->pythonShell)
+  {
+    this->pythonShell->show();
+    this->pythonShell->raise();
+    this->pythonShell->activateWindow();
+  }
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void lqLidarCoreManager::createMainRenderView()
 {

ApplicationComponents/lqLidarCoreManager.h

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
   void setPythonShell(pqPythonShell* pythonShell);
   pqPythonShell* getPythonShell();
   void runPython(const QString& statements);
+  void forceShowShell();
 
   // Main render view Creation
   void createMainRenderView();

ApplicationComponents/lqLiveSourceScalarColoringBehavior.cxx

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <vtkDataObject.h>
 #include <vtkNew.h>
 
+#include <vtkDataSetAttributes.h>
 #include <vtkSMSourceProxy.h>
 #include <vtkSMViewProxy.h>
 #include <vtkSMPVRepresentationProxy.h>
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ bool lqLiveSourceScalarColoringBehavior::TrySetScalarColoring(pqPipelineSource*
               proxy->GetDataInformation(i)->GetPointDataInformation()->GetAttributeInformation(vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS))
           {
             auto* pdInfo = proxy->GetDataInformation(i)->GetPointDataInformation();
-            char* arrayName = pdInfo->GetAttributeInformation(vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS)->GetName();
+            const char* arrayName = pdInfo->GetAttributeInformation(vtkDataSetAttributes::SCALARS)->GetName();
             // check if ScalarColoring is already properly set
             if( !pvrp->GetUsingScalarColoring() )
             {

ApplicationComponents/lqPlayerControlsController.cxx

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void lqPlayerControlsController::onPause()
   {
     return;
   }
-  
+
   // Regular VCR controller Pause
   Superclass::onPause();
 }
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void lqPlayerControlsController::onPlay()
   {
     return;
   }
-  
+
   // Regular VCR controller Pause
   Superclass::onPlay();
 }
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void lqPlayerControlsController::onSpeedChange(double speed)
 
   // Update animation mode depending on speed
   this->setSceneSpeed();
-  
+
   // Pause for user safety
   this->onPause();
 
@@ -211,19 +211,15 @@ void lqPlayerControlsController::setSceneSpeed(){
   if(!this->Scene)
     return;
 
-  if (this->speed != 0)
-  {
-    // REALTIME
-    QPair<double, double> range = this->Scene->getClockTimeRange();
-    SetProperty(this->Scene, "Duration", (range.second - range.first) / this->speed);
-    this->setPlayMode(vtkAnimationScene::PLAYMODE_REALTIME);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    // SNAP TO TIMESTEPS
-    this->setPlayMode(vtkAnimationScene::PlayModes(2)); // No enum exists for mode 2 'Snap To Timesteps'.
+  // Speed null check
+  if(!this->speed){
+      this->speed = 1.0;
   }
 
+  // Set Speed
+  QPair<double, double> range = this->Scene->getClockTimeRange();
+  SetProperty(this->Scene, "Duration", (range.second - range.first) / this->speed);
+  this->setPlayMode(vtkAnimationScene::PLAYMODE_REALTIME);
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ApplicationComponents/lqPlayerControlsToolbar.cxx

@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ lqPlayerControlsToolbar::lqPlayerControlsToolbar(QWidget* parentObject,
   // Widget Speed ComboBox
   this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, new QLabel("Speed:", this));
   this->UI->speedComboBox = new QComboBox(this);
-  this->UI->speedComboBox->addItem("All frames",0.  );
   this->UI->speedComboBox->addItem("x 0.1"     ,0.1 );
   this->UI->speedComboBox->addItem("x 0.25"    ,0.25);
   this->UI->speedComboBox->addItem("x 0.5"     ,0.5 );
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ lqPlayerControlsToolbar::lqPlayerControlsToolbar(QWidget* parentObject,
 
   // Widget Seek Slider
   this->UI->frameSlider = new QSlider(Qt::Horizontal, this);
-  this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, this->UI->frameSlider);    
+  this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, this->UI->frameSlider);
   this->connect(this->UI->frameSlider, SIGNAL(valueChanged(int)),
     this->Controller, SLOT(onSeekFrame(int)));
   QObject::connect(this->UI->frameSlider, &QSlider::valueChanged, // Show Frame Number, sliderMoved
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ lqPlayerControlsToolbar::lqPlayerControlsToolbar(QWidget* parentObject,
     });
   this->UI->frameSlider->setTracking(true);  // Make sure internal Value / Position are sync
   this->UI->frameSlider->setTickInterval(1); // Tapping the slider increments by one
-  
+
 
   // Widget Time
   this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, new QLabel("Time", this));
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ lqPlayerControlsToolbar::lqPlayerControlsToolbar(QWidget* parentObject,
   this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, this->UI->timeSpinBox);
   this->connect(this->UI->timeSpinBox, SIGNAL(valueChanged(double)),
     this->Controller, SLOT(onSeekTime(double)));
-    
+
   // Widget Frame
   this->insertWidget(this->UI->actionRecord, new QLabel("Frame", this));
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox = new QSpinBox(this);
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ lqPlayerControlsToolbar::lqPlayerControlsToolbar(QWidget* parentObject,
   this->setTimeRanges(0,0);
   this->setFrameRanges(0,0);
   emit speedChange(1.0);
-  
+
   // Init Controller
   QObject::connect(pqPVApplicationCore::instance()->animationManager(),
     SIGNAL(activeSceneChanged(pqAnimationScene*)), this->Controller,
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ void lqPlayerControlsToolbar::setTimeRanges(double start, double end)
   // Action First / Last Frames
   this->UI->actionVCRFirstFrame->setToolTip(QString("First Time (%1)").arg(start, 0, 'g'));
   this->UI->actionVCRLastFrame-> setToolTip(QString("Last  Time (%1)").arg(end, 0, 'g'));
-  
+
   // Time Spinbox
   this->UI->timeSpinBox->setMinimum(start);
   this->UI->timeSpinBox->setMaximum(end);
@@ -218,7 +217,7 @@ void lqPlayerControlsToolbar::setFrameRanges(int min, int max)
   this->UI->frameSlider->setMaximum(max);
   this->UI->frameSlider->setSliderPosition(min); //wipwip necessarry ?
   this->UI->frameSlider->setToolTip(QString("Frames %1/%2/%3").arg(min).arg(min).arg(max)); //wipwip factorize with sliderPosition() ?
-  
+
   // Frame Spinbox
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox->setMinimum(min);
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox->setMaximum(max);
@@ -300,10 +299,10 @@ void lqPlayerControlsToolbar::onSetLiveMode(bool liveModeEnabled)
 void lqPlayerControlsToolbar::onTimestepChanged()
 {
   // Force All Widgets to update to current Time / Frame Value
-  pqTimeKeeper* tk = pqApplicationCore::instance()->getActiveServer()->getTimeKeeper(); 
+  pqTimeKeeper* tk = pqApplicationCore::instance()->getActiveServer()->getTimeKeeper();
   double time = tk->getTime();
   int value   = tk->getTimeStepValueIndex(time);
-  
+
   // Slider Position, no better method to sync pos / internal value
   this->UI->frameSlider->blockSignals(true);
   this->UI->frameSlider->setSliderPosition(value);
@@ -313,12 +312,12 @@ void lqPlayerControlsToolbar::onTimestepChanged()
   this->UI->timeSpinBox->blockSignals(true);
   this->UI->timeSpinBox->setValue(time);
   this->UI->timeSpinBox->blockSignals(false);
-  
+
   // Frame SpinBox
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox->blockSignals(true);
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox->setValue(value);
   this->UI->frameQSpinBox->blockSignals(false);
-    
+
   // TODO could add more tootips
 }
 

ApplicationComponents/lqPlayerControlsToolbar.h

@@ -53,17 +53,17 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
   // UI Updates
   void setTimeRanges(double, double); // VCR Controller default, updates time ranges
   void onPlaying(bool);               // VCR Controller default
-  
+
   void setFrameRanges(int, int); // updates frames ranges
   void onSpeedChanged(double speed); // Update UI on speed change
   void onToggled(bool enable); // Toggle Enable/Disable
   void onSetLiveMode(bool liveModeEnabled); // Convenience slot for inverted Toggling on livemode signal
-  
+
   // UI Input signals
   void onComboSpeedSelected(int index); // Speed ComboBox changed by user
-  
+
   void onTimestepChanged(); // Timestep has changed
-  
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
   void speedChange(double); // Requests controller to change speed
 

CI/.gitlab-ci-for-lidarview.yml

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ workflow:
     - cmake -E make_directory   $LV_PROJECT_BSB_PATH
     - echo "CI SB OPTIONS= $sb_cmake_option_USE_SYSTEM_qt5 $sb_cmake_option_ENABLE_ceres $sb_cmake_option_ENABLE_nanoflann $sb_cmake_option_ENABLE_pcl $sb_cmake_option_LIDARVIEW_BUILD_SLAM"
     - cd $LV_PROJECT_SRC_PATH # First Fetch Master
-    - git clone -j 8 $CI_PROJECT_URL . # Clone in Place, no submodules, no recursive, smudged
+    - echo "Using SB_CI_AUTH=$SB_CI_AUTH" # Optional auth for private repositories e.g "gitlab-ci-token:[masked]@"
+    - git clone -j 8 https://$SB_CI_AUTH$CI_SERVER_HOST/$CI_PROJECT_PATH.git . # Clone in Place, no submodules, no recursive, smudged
     - git submodule update --init --recursive # Must Init with master branch first before fetching
     - git fetch --all
     - git submodule foreach --recursive "git fetch --all"
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ workflow:
     - cd $LV_PROJECT_BSB_PATH # Configure & Build
     - > # must use | instead of > for multiline string here as some variable may be empty, otherwise gitlab doesn't manage to parse it correclty
       cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+      $sb_cmake_option_CC
+      $sb_cmake_option_CXX
       $sb_cmake_option_GENERATOR
       $sb_cmake_option_USE_SYSTEM_qt5
       $sb_cmake_option_QT5_DIR
@@ -245,10 +248,7 @@ workflow:
 
 .osx_runner_config:
   variables:
-    sb_cmake_option_CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64
-    sb_cmake_option_CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.10
-    sb_cmake_option_CMAKE_OSX_SDK: -DCMAKE_OSX_SDK=macosx10.12
-    sb_cmake_option_QT5_DIR: -DQt5_DIR=/Users/gitlab-runner/Qt5.12.9/5.12.9/clang_64/lib/cmake/Qt5
+    sb_cmake_option_QT5_DIR: -DQt5_DIR=/Users/kitware/Qt5.12.9/5.12.9/clang_64/lib/cmake/Qt5
   tags: [osx]
   resource_group: osx_machine
 

CMake/GenerateConfiguration.cmake.in

@@ -14,11 +14,21 @@ file(GLOB lidarview_plugins_xmls
 # Generate Configuration file
 set(lidarview_conf_content)
 # Add PV Plugins
-string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/paraview-${paraview_version}/plugins/paraview.plugins.xml\n")
+if(APPLE)
+  # Unable to find a better alternative for now
+  string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../Plugins/paraview.plugins.xml\n")
+else()
+  string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/paraview-${paraview_version}/plugins/paraview.plugins.xml\n")
+endif()
 # Add LV Plugins
 foreach(lidarview_plugins_xml IN LISTS lidarview_plugins_xmls)
   get_filename_component(xml_name ${lidarview_plugins_xml} NAME)
-  string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../${LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY}/${xml_name}\n") #WIPWIP
+  if(APPLE)
+    # Unable to find a better alternative for now
+    string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../Plugins/${xml_name}\n")
+  else()
+    string(APPEND lidarview_conf_content "../${LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY}/${xml_name}\n")
+  endif()
 endforeach()
 
 # Install Configuration file

CMake/SetupLidarviewProject.cmake

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ message(STATUS "VTK-${VTK_VERSION}")
 if(NOT PARAVIEW_USE_QT)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "PARAVIEW_BUILD_QT_GUI is OFF, Paraview must be built with Qt")
 endif()
-find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Gui UiTools Svg PrintSupport)
+find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Gui UiTools Svg)
 if(NOT Qt5_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Qt5 not found")
 endif()
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ endif()
 if (APPLE)
   # Set BLANK RPATHS, make sure no @rpath in -rpath remain in libs
   #set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "")
-  #set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
-  #set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@executable_path/../../Libraries")
-  #set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@loader_path/../../Libraries") #setting this will replace @rpath which is bad ??
+  set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@executable_path/../Libraries")
+  #set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@loader_path/../Libraries") #setting this will replace @rpath which is bad ??
   #@rpath does not work, but it says it is  "more flexible
 
 elseif(UNIX)

CMake/SetupOutputDirs.cmake

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set(LV_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR bin)
 if (WIN32)
   set(LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR bin)
 elseif(APPLE)
-  set(LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR ${SOFTWARE_NAME}.app/Contents/Libraries)
+  set(LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR Applications/${SOFTWARE_NAME}.app/Contents/Libraries)
 elseif(UNIX)
   set(LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR lib)
 else()
@@ -43,20 +43,13 @@ endif()
 set(LV_PLUGIN_BUILD_SUBDIRECTORY "plugins")
 
 # Setup install LV Plugin subdir # Where it should be installed / packaged
-if (WIN32)
-  set(LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/plugins")
-elseif(APPLE)
-  set(LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/plugins")
-  #set(LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY "${SOFTWARE_NAME}.app/Contents/Plugins") # wip this is so wrong omg ...
-elseif(UNIX)
-  set(LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/plugins")
-endif()
+set(LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/plugins")
 
 # Setup install PV Plugin subdir
 if (WIN32)
   set(LV_INSTALL_PV_PLUGIN_SUBDIR "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/paraview-${paraview_version}/plugins")
 elseif (APPLE)
-  set(LV_INSTALL_PV_PLUGIN_SUBDIR "Applications/paraview.app/Contents/Plugins") #wip not tested
+  set(LV_INSTALL_PV_PLUGIN_SUBDIR "lib/paraview-5.9/plugins") # This one is specific
 elseif (UNIX)
   set(LV_INSTALL_PV_PLUGIN_SUBDIR "${LV_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}/paraview-${paraview_version}/plugins")
 endif ()
@@ -66,7 +59,7 @@ set(LV_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR "include") #wipwip ideally with version suffix like p
 
 # Setup install Ressources path
 if(APPLE)
-  set(LV_INSTALL_RESOURCE_DIR "${SOFTWARE_NAME}.app/Contents/Resources")
+  set(LV_INSTALL_RESOURCE_DIR "Applications/${SOFTWARE_NAME}.app/Contents/Resources")
 else()
   set(LV_INSTALL_RESOURCE_DIR "share")
 endif()

CMake/SetupWindowsCustomInstall.cmake

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Ship Qt5
 foreach (qt5_opengl_lib IN ITEMS opengl32sw libEGL libGLESv2 libEGLd
-  Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets Qt5Help Qt5Network Qt5Svg Qt5PrintSupport Qt5Sql)
+  Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets Qt5Network Qt5Svg)
 install(FILES "${Qt5_DIR}/../../../bin/${qt5_opengl_lib}.dll"
         DESTINATION "bin"
         )

Documentation/INSTALLATION.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This document mirrors some information from the [LidarView Developer Guide](http
 
 Note that current LidarView-baseline software stack is typically based on the following embedded elements:
 
- - Paraview 5.9.0
+ - Paraview 5.10.0
  - VTK 9.0.2
  - Qt 5.12.9
  - Python 3.9.5

LidarPlugin/Plugin/LidarCore/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ endif()
 
 find_library(liblas_LIBRARY ${LASNAME} DOC "liblas library")
 find_path(liblas_INCLUDE_DIR liblas/version.hpp DOC "liblas include directory")
-list(APPEND LIDARPLUGIN_DEPS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${liblas_INCLUDE_DIR})
-list(APPEND LIDARPLUGIN_DEPS              ${liblas_LIBRARY})
+add_library(liblas INTERFACE)
+target_link_libraries     (liblas INTERFACE ${liblas_LIBRARY})
+target_include_directories(liblas INTERFACE ${liblas_INCLUDE_DIR})
+list(APPEND LIDARPLUGIN_DEPS              liblas)
 #--------------------------------------
 # Eigen dependency
 #--------------------------------------

LidarPlugin/Plugin/LidarCore/Filter/Ransac/vtkRansacPlaneModel.cxx

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 #include "vtkConversions.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <random>
 
 #include <vtkPointData.h>
 #include <vtkInformationVector.h>
@@ -152,7 +154,9 @@ int vtkRansacPlaneModel::RequestData(vtkInformation *vtkNotUsed(request),
   {
     randomIndex[k] = k;
   }
-  std::random_shuffle(randomIndex.begin(), randomIndex.end());
+  std::random_device rd;
+  std::mt19937 g(rd());
+  std::shuffle(randomIndex.begin(), randomIndex.end(), g);
 
   // information variable about ransac iterations
   bool shouldStopRansac = false;
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ int vtkRansacPlaneModel::RequestData(vtkInformation *vtkNotUsed(request),
     // to random shuffle again
     if ((iterationPointer + 2) >= randomIndex.size())
     {
-      std::random_shuffle(randomIndex.begin(), randomIndex.end());
+      std::shuffle(randomIndex.begin(), randomIndex.end(),g);
       iterationPointer = 0;
     }
 

LidarPlugin/Plugin/LidarCore/Testing/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif()
 if (WIN32)
   get_filename_component(TEST_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin" ABSOLUTE) #wip not tested
 else()
-  set(TEST_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/plugins/LidarPlugin")
+  set(TEST_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${LV_PLUGIN_INSTALL_SUBDIRECTORY}/LidarPlugin")
 endif()
 
 set(data_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Data)

LidarPlugin/Plugin/LidarCore/vtkPatch/vtkCustomPiecewiseFunction.cxx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "vtkObjectFactory.h"
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <cmath>
 #include <vector>
 #include <set>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -315,11 +316,11 @@ void vtkCustomPiecewiseFunction::GetTableDichotomic( double xStart, double xEnd,
       // order to make the curve sharper (closer to piecewise constant)
       if ( s < .5 )
       {
-        s = 0.5 * pow(s*2,1.0 + 10*sharpness);
+        s = 0.5 * std::pow(s*2,1.0 + 10*sharpness);
       }
       else if ( s > .5 )
       {
-        s = 1.0 - 0.5 * pow((1.0-s)*2,1+10*sharpness);
+        s = 1.0 - 0.5 * std::pow((1.0-s)*2,1+10*sharpness);
       }
 
       // Compute some coefficients we will need for the hermite curve
@@ -1014,11 +1015,11 @@ void vtkCustomPiecewiseFunction::GetTable( double xStart, double xEnd,
       // order to make the curve sharper (closer to piecewise constant)
       if ( s < .5 )
         {
-        s = 0.5 * pow(s*2,1.0 + 10*sharpness);
+        s = 0.5 * std::pow(s*2,1.0 + 10*sharpness);
         }
       else if ( s > .5 )
         {
-        s = 1.0 - 0.5 * pow((1.0-s)*2,1+10*sharpness);
+        s = 1.0 - 0.5 * std::pow((1.0-s)*2,1+10*sharpness);
         }
 
       // Compute some coefficients we will need for the hermite curve

LidarSlam @ eefcc7e9

-Subproject commit dffecb3cdefd2a2f289a93c5850224611142c1ab
+Subproject commit eefcc7e90d35ca741224c347f5f7a49accc6f43a

Python/lidarviewcore/kiwiviewerExporter.py

@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ def getSceneMetaData(view):
     objects = []
 
     scene['background_color'] = list(view.Background)
-    if view.UseGradientBackground:
+    if view.BackgroundColorMode == "Gradient":
         # switch the ordering, paraview's Background2 means the top gradient color
         scene['background_color'] = list(view.Background2)
         scene['background_color2'] = list(view.Background)
-    if view.BackgroundTexture:
+    if view.BackgroundColorMode == "Texture":
         scene['background_image'] = exportTexture(view.BackgroundTexture, baseDir)
 
     scene['camera'] = cameraProperties(view)

Utilities/Animation/examples/example_static_temporal_animation.py

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ animation_nb_steps = 100      # number of timesteps to sample from start to stop
 render_view = smp.GetActiveViewOrCreate('RenderView')
 
 # set black background
-render_view.UseGradientBackground = 0
-render_view.UseTexturedBackground = 0
+render_view.BackgroundColorMode = "Gradient"
+render_view.UseColorPaletteForBackground = False
 render_view.Background = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
 
 # get color transfer function/color map for 'intensity'