pyvista.examples.cells.plot_cell

plot_cell(grid, cpos=None, *, show_normals: bool = False, **kwargs)

Plot a pyvista.UnstructuredGrid while displaying cell indices.

Parameters:

gridpyvista.UnstructuredGrid

Unstructured grid (ideally) containing a single cell.

cposstr, optional

Camera position.

show_normalsbool, optional

Show the face normals of the cell. Only applies to 2D or 3D cells. Cell faces with correct orientation should have the normal pointing outward.

Added in version 0.47.

**kwargsdict, optional

Additional keyword arguments when showing. See pyvista.Plotter.show().

Examples

Create and plot a single hexahedron.

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

Static Scene

Interactive Scene