Use the plotter

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

Add a mesh to the plotter

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

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()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Getting a screenshot

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

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")

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Add a list of meshes

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

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()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene