Cell

class Cell(*args, **kwargs)

Wrapping of vtkCell.

This class provides the capability to access a given cell topology and can be useful when walking through a cell’s individual faces or investigating cell properties.

Parameters:

vtk_cellvtkCell, optional

The vtk object to wrap as Cell, that must be of vtkCell type.

cell_typeint, optional

VTK cell type. Determined from vtk_cell if not input.

deepbool, default: False

Perform a deep copy of the original cell.

See also

pyvista.CellType

Notes

Accessing individual cells from a pyvista.DataSet using this class will be much slower than accessing bulk data from the pyvista.PolyData.faces or pyvista.UnstructuredGrid.cells attributes.

Also note that the cell object is a deep copy of the original cell and is unassociated with the original cell. Changing any data of that cell (for example, pyvista.Cell.points) will not change the original dataset.

Examples

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Get the 0-th cell from a pyvista.PolyData.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> mesh = pv.Sphere()
>>> cell = mesh.get_cell(0)
>>> cell
Cell (0x7fa760075a10)
  Type:       <CellType.TRIANGLE: 5>
  Linear:     True
  Dimension:  2
  N Points:   3
  N Faces:    0
  N Edges:    3
  X Bounds:   -5.406e-02, -5.551e-17
  Y Bounds:   0.000e+00, 1.124e-02
  Z Bounds:   -5.000e-01, -4.971e-01

Get the 0-th cell from a pyvista.UnstructuredGrid.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> mesh = examples.load_hexbeam()
>>> cell = mesh.get_cell(0)
>>> cell
Cell (0x7fdc71a3c210)
  Type:       <CellType.HEXAHEDRON: 12>
  Linear:     True
  Dimension:  3
  N Points:   8
  N Faces:    6
  N Edges:    12
  X Bounds:   0.000e+00, 5.000e-01
  Y Bounds:   0.000e+00, 5.000e-01
  Z Bounds:   0.000e+00, 5.000e-01

Methods

Cell.cast_to_polydata()	Cast this cell to PolyData.
Cell.cast_to_unstructured_grid()	Cast this cell to an unstructured grid.
Cell.copy([deep])	Return a copy of the cell.
Cell.get_edge(index)	Get the i-th edge composing the cell.
Cell.get_face(index)	Get the i-th face composing the cell.
Cell.plot(**kwargs)	Plot this cell.

Attributes

Cell.bounds	Get the cell bounds in (x_min, x_max, y_min, y_max, z_min, z_max).
Cell.center	Get the center of the cell.
Cell.dimension	Return the cell dimension.
Cell.edges	Return a list of edges composing the cell.
Cell.faces	Return a list of faces composing the cell.
Cell.is_linear	Return if the cell is linear.
Cell.n_edges	Get the number of edges composing the cell.
Cell.n_faces	Get the number of faces composing the cell.
Cell.n_points	Get the number of points composing the cell.
Cell.point_ids	Get the point IDs composing the cell.
Cell.points	Get the point coordinates of the cell.
Cell.type	Get the cell type from the enum pyvista.CellType.