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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/plain_usage.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_plain_usage.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_plain_usage.py:


.. _ref_plain_usage:

===============
Use the plotter
===============

This example shows how to add one or more meshes to the plotter.

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Add a mesh to the plotter
=========================
This code shows how to add a single mesh to the plotter.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pyvista as pv

    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import Plotter

    mesh = pv.Cube()

    # Create a plotter
    pl = Plotter()

    # Add the mesh to the plotter
    pl.plot(mesh)

    # Show the plotter
    pl.show()










.. tab-set::



   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_001.png
        :alt: plain usage
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_001.png
        :class: sphx-glr-single-img
     


   .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene



       .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/doc/source/examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_001.vtksz






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Getting a screenshot
====================
Now we will check how to get a screenshot from our plotter.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pyvista as pv

    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import Plotter

    mesh = pv.Cube()

    # Create a plotter
    pl = Plotter()

    # Add the mesh to the plotter
    pl.plot(mesh)

    # Show the plotter
    pl.show(screenshot="screenshot.png")









.. tab-set::



   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_002.png
        :alt: plain usage
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_002.png
        :class: sphx-glr-single-img
     


   .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene



       .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/doc/source/examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_002.vtksz






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Add a list of meshes
====================
This code shows how to add a list of meshes to the plotter.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pyvista as pv

    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import Plotter

    mesh1 = pv.Cube()
    mesh2 = pv.Sphere(center=(2, 0, 0))
    mesh_list = [mesh1, mesh2]
    # Create a plotter
    pl = Plotter()

    # Add a list of meshes to the plotter
    pl.plot(mesh_list)

    # Show the plotter
    pl.show()







.. tab-set::



   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_003.png
        :alt: plain usage
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_003.png
        :class: sphx-glr-single-img
     


   .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene



       .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/ansys-tools-visualization-interface/doc/source/examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_plain_usage_003.vtksz







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.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_plain_usage.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plain_usage.ipynb <plain_usage.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plain_usage.py <plain_usage.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: plain_usage.zip <plain_usage.zip>`