Cell.copy

Cell.copy(deep: bool = True) → Self

Return a copy of the cell.

Parameters:

deepbool, optional

When True makes a full copy of the cell. When False, performs a shallow copy where the new cell still references the original cell.

Returns:

pyvista.Cell

Deep or shallow copy of the cell.

Examples

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Create a deep copy of the cell and demonstrate it is deep.

>>> from pyvista.examples.cells import Tetrahedron
>>> mesh = Tetrahedron()
>>> cell = mesh.get_cell(0)
>>> deep_cell = cell.copy(deep=True)
>>> deep_cell.points[:] = 0
>>> cell != deep_cell
True

Create a shallow copy of the cell and demonstrate it is shallow.

>>> shallow_cell = cell.copy(deep=False)
>>> shallow_cell.points[:] = 0
>>> cell == shallow_cell
True