>
> \#### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
> Currently v…tk.js is used in panel projects (e.g. \[VTK\](https://panel.holoviz.org/reference/panes/VTK.html) and \[VTKInteractive\](https://panel.holoviz.org/gallery/demos/VTKInteractive.html)). vtk.js is currently not actively maintained, which leads to the problem that some vtk features are not supported (e.g. \[Texture missing in pyvista plotter in Panel\](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/texture-missing-in-pyvista-plotter-in-panel/2750) and \[Interaction with pyvista widgets\](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/interaction-with-pyvista-widgets/2328)). To remedy this, PyVista deprecated the use of vtk.js and made \[trame\](https://kitware.github.io/trame/docs/index.html) the standard. PyVista supports jupyter rendering with trame via the show method, which allows it to be rendered to the panel via ipywidget.
>
> \
> \Code\
>
> Using \[Physically Based Rendering example\](https://docs.pyvista.org/version/stable/examples/02-plot/pbr.html).
>
> \`\`\`python
> import panel as pn
> import pyvista as pv
> from IPython.display import IFrame
> from pyvista import examples
>
>
> def handler(viewer, src, \*\*kwargs):
> return IFrame(src, "75%", "500px")
>
>
> \# Load the statue mesh
> mesh = examples.download\_nefertiti()
> mesh.rotate\_x(-90.0, inplace=True) # rotate to orient with the skybox
>
> \# Download skybox
> cubemap = examples.download\_sky\_box\_cube\_map()
>
> p = pv.Plotter(notebook=True)
> p.add\_actor(cubemap.to\_skybox())
> p.set\_environment\_texture(cubemap) # For reflecting the environment off the mesh
> p.add\_mesh(mesh, color="linen", pbr=True, metallic=0.8, roughness=0.1, diffuse=1)
>
> \# Define a nice camera perspective
> cpos = \[(-313.40, 66.09, 1000.61), (0.0, 0.0, 0.0), (0.018, 0.99, -0.06)\]
>
> iframe = p.show(
> jupyter\_backend="trame",
> jupyter\_kwargs=dict(handler=handler),
> return\_viewer=True,
> cpos=cpos,
> )
>
> pn.extension()
> pn.panel(iframe, width=2000).show()
> \`\`\`
> \
>
> \[Screencast from 2023-05-03 16-09-10.webm\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7513610/235856497-3821624b-1435-4a57-84f7-6053c7f8643b.webm)
>
>
> \#### Describe the solution you'd like
> Please document this example and encourage people to use trame.
>
> \#### Describe alternatives you've considered
> None
>
> \#### Additional context
> See the detail of discussion \[here\](https://discourse.holoviz.org/t/trame-support-in-panel-to-fully-support-vtk/5275).
to solve the issue with missing textures in the skybox and/or planes in local rendering mode?
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### Author:  [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/2 "2025-01-06T04:43:30Z")
Welcome to the community!
Since you are using VTK, you might be ok by using **trame-vtklocal** with just 2 lines change.
Basically replace `trame.widgets.vtk.VtkLocalView` by `trame.widgets.vtklocal.LocalView`.
You will need **vtk 9.4+** and **trame-vtklocal**
```auto
pip install "vtk>=9.4.1" trame-vtklocal
```
You can find a usage [example here](https://github.com/Kitware/trame-vtklocal/blob/master/examples/vtk/cone.py#L85-L91).
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### Author:  [@Henryk](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Henryk)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/3 "2025-01-06T11:42:35Z")
Hey Sebastien,
thank you very much, your example helped me to get the textures to work!
I successfully got cubemaps and HDR to work for the skybox.
Just one more thing: I guess, the addtional window should be synchronized with the browser-window(?) This doesn’t work for me, the second window always freezes, also with the original example-code.
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### Author:  [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/4 "2025-01-06T17:11:24Z")
You should set your render window to be offscreen, that will prevent that window to even pop-up.
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### Author:  [@Henryk](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Henryk)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/5 "2025-01-08T12:32:47Z")
Dear VTK-team,
dear Sebastien,
from older discussion on stack-overflow I got the impression, that local-rendering comes with some limitation, is this any longer true? I’m really happy, that also PBR is availible in local-rendering-mode.
I just want to to say thank you for your help and this great piece of software!
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### Author:  [@Sebastien\_Jourdain](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Sebastien_Jourdain)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/6 "2025-01-09T17:54:04Z")
Any limitation for local rendering when using VTK/WASM should totally disappear by end of 2025 (🤞). And as you’ve notice we are already pretty far along, but we can still expect some hiccup here and there.
Since VTK is working on moving to WebGPU, it will address a lot of the rendering limitation we currently have in the browser too. Also we are working to add more testing especially targeting our serialization infrastructure for our WASM usage. When those complete, we should reach full parity. And like I said, a lot of that is expected to happen in 2025.
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### Author:  [@PaulHax](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/PaulHax)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-js-trame-no-textures-in-local-rendering-minimal-example-for-python/15104/7 "2025-07-23T13:59:58Z")
Just for posterity, I think there is a issue with `trame-vtk` vtkLocalView sync of texture to the client/browser.
This change to vtk.js’s Sources/Rendering/Misc/SynchronizableRenderWindow/ObjectManager/index.js seems to fix it:
>
The change does have the issue of triggering a perf warning though `GL_INVALID_OPERATION: glTexStorage2D: Texture is immutable.`
Here is a test trame app that triggers the issue. It updates the texture every second:
>