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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/picker.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_picker.py>`
        to download the full example code.

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

.. _sphx_glr_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_picker.py:


.. _ref_picker:

===================
Activate the picker
===================

This example shows how to activate the picker, which is the tool that you
use to select an object in the plotter and get its name.

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Relate ``CustomObject`` class with a PyVista mesh
=================================================

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.. code-block:: Python


    import pyvista as pv

    # Note that the ``CustomObject`` class must have a way to get the mesh
    # and a name or ID.

    class CustomObject:
        def __init__(self):
            self.name = "CustomObject"
            self.mesh = pv.Cube(center=(1, 1, 0))

        def get_mesh(self):
            return self.mesh

        def name(self):
            return self.name



    # Create a custom object
    custom_cube = CustomObject()
    custom_cube.name = "CustomCube"
    custom_sphere = CustomObject()
    custom_sphere.mesh = pv.Sphere(center=(0, 0, 5))
    custom_sphere.name = "CustomSphere"








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Create two ``MeshObjectPlot`` instances
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.. code-block:: Python


    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import MeshObjectPlot

    # Create an instance
    mesh_object_cube = MeshObjectPlot(custom_cube, custom_cube.get_mesh())
    mesh_object_sphere = MeshObjectPlot(custom_sphere, custom_sphere.get_mesh())









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Activate the picking capabilities
=================================

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.. code-block:: Python


    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import Plotter
    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.backends.pyvista import PyVistaBackend

    pv_backend = PyVistaBackend(allow_picking=True, plot_picked_names=True)
    pl = Plotter(backend=pv_backend)
    pl.plot(mesh_object_cube)
    pl.plot(mesh_object_sphere)
    pl.show()








.. tab-set::



   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_picker_001.png
        :alt: picker
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_picker_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_picker_001.vtksz






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Activate the hover capabilities
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.. code-block:: Python


    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import Plotter
    from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.backends.pyvista import PyVistaBackend

    pv_backend = PyVistaBackend(allow_hovering=True)
    pl = Plotter(backend=pv_backend)
    pl.plot(mesh_object_cube)
    pl.plot(mesh_object_sphere)
    pl.show()







.. tab-set::



   .. tab-item:: Static Scene



            
     .. image-sg:: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_picker_002.png
        :alt: picker
        :srcset: /examples/00-basic-pyvista-examples/images/sphx_glr_picker_002.png
        :class: sphx-glr-single-img
     


   .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene



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.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_00-basic-pyvista-examples_picker.py:

.. only:: html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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