Triangle

Triangle() → UnstructuredGrid

Create a pyvista.UnstructuredGrid containing a single Triangle.

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

Returns:

pyvista.UnstructuredGrid

UnstructuredGrid containing a single triangle.

Examples

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Create and plot a single triangle.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> grid = examples.cells.Triangle()
>>> examples.plot_cell(grid, cpos='xy')

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

List the grid’s cells.

>>> grid.cells
array([3, 0, 1, 2])

List the grid’s points.

>>> grid.points
pyvista_ndarray([[ 0.5       , -0.28867513,  0.        ],
                 [ 0.        ,  0.57735027,  0.        ],
                 [-0.5       , -0.28867513,  0.        ]])

>>> grid.celltypes  # same as pyvista.CellType.TRIANGLE
array([5], dtype=uint8)