# Orientation axis control

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/orientation-axis-control/3027
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [November 22, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/orientation-axis-control/3027 "2019-11-22T18:04:05Z")
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### Author: ![henry2004y](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/henry2004y/32/2296_2.png) [@henry2004y](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/henry2004y)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/orientation-axis-control/3027/1 "2019-11-22T18:04:05Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to control the orientation axis properties (e.g. position, size, color) in pvpython? I tried to use tracer with orientation axis interactivity on, but it did not record anything.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/orientation-axis-control/3027/2 "2019-11-22T18:17:53Z")

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Only the following can be done with pvpython. Notably the position is not controllable. It would be nice to have so feel free to open an issue on our gitlab : [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues)

```
r=GetActiveView()
r.OrientationAxesVisibility
r.OrientationAxesInteractivity
r.OrientationAxesLabelColor
r.OrientationAxesOutlineColor

```

Another solution would be to hide the orientation axes and add a 3D positionable “Axes” source.