pyvista.DataSetFilters.surface_indices#

DataSetFilters.surface_indices(progress_bar=False)[source]#

Return the surface indices of a grid.

Parameters:

progress_barbool, default: False: Display a progress bar to indicate progress.

Returns:

numpy.ndarray: Indices of the surface points.

Examples

Return the first 10 surface indices of an UnstructuredGrid.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> grid = examples.load_hexbeam()
>>> ind = grid.surface_indices()
>>> ind[:10]  
pyvista_ndarray([ 0,  2, 36, 27,  7,  8, 81,  1, 18,  4])