Polyhedron

Polyhedron() → UnstructuredGrid

Create a pyvista.UnstructuredGrid containing a single polyhedron.

This cell corresponds to the pyvista.CellType.POLYHEDRON cell type.

Returns:

pyvista.UnstructuredGrid

UnstructuredGrid containing a single polyhedron.

Examples

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Create and plot a single polyhedron.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> grid = examples.cells.Polyhedron()
>>> examples.plot_cell(grid)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

A polyhedron is defined by it’s faces. List the grid’s faces.

>>> grid.get_cell(0).faces
[Cell...
..., Cell...
..., Cell...
...]

>>> grid.celltypes  # same as pyvista.CellType.POLYHEDRON
array([42], dtype=uint8)