feat(Plotly): Add view buttons, toggle bounding box axes and change between orthogonal and perspective projections

doc/changelog.d/392.miscellaneous.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Feat(Plotly): Add view buttons, toggle bounding box axes and change between orthogonal and perspective projections

src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/plotly/plotly_interface.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from pyvista import PolyData
 
 from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.backends._base import BaseBackend
+from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.backends.plotly.widgets.button_manager import ButtonManager
 from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.types.mesh_object_plot import MeshObjectPlot
 
 
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ class PlotlyBackend(BaseBackend):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         """Initialize the Plotly backend."""
         self._fig = go.Figure()
+        self._button_manager = ButtonManager(self._fig)
+
+        # Stack buttons vertically on the left side
+        self._button_manager.add_plane_view_buttons()
+        self._button_manager.add_coordinate_system_toggle_button()
+        self._button_manager.add_projection_toggle_button()
 
     def _pv_to_mesh3d(self, pv_mesh: Union[PolyData, pv.MultiBlock]) -> Union[go.Mesh3d, list]:
         """Convert a PyVista PolyData or MultiBlock mesh to Plotly Mesh3d format.
@@ -101,6 +108,7 @@ def _convert_polydata_to_mesh3d(self, pv_mesh: PolyData) -> go.Mesh3d:
 
         return go.Mesh3d(x=x, y=y, z=z, i=i, j=j, k=k)
 
+
     @property
     def layout(self) -> Any:
         """Get the current layout of the Plotly figure.

src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/plotly/widgets/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 - 2025 ANSYS, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
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+"""Widgets module init."""