pyvista.examples.downloads.download_bird_bath

download_bird_bath(load=True)

Download a scan of a bird bath created by Ivan Nikolov.

The dataset was downloaded from GGG-BenchmarkSfM: Dataset for Benchmarking Close-range SfM Software Performance under Varying Capturing Conditions

Original datasets are under the CC BY 4.0 license.

For more details, see Ivan Nikolov Datasets

Parameters:

loadbool, default: True

Load the dataset after downloading it when True. Set this to False and only the filename will be returned.

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData | str

DataSet or filename depending on load.

Examples

Download and plot the dataset.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> mesh = examples.download_bird_bath()
>>> mesh.plot()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Return the statistics of the dataset.

>>> mesh
PolyData (...)
  N Cells:    3507935
  N Points:   1831383
  N Strips:   0
  X Bounds:   -1.601e+02, 1.483e+02
  Y Bounds:   -1.521e+02, 1.547e+02
  Z Bounds:   -4.241e+00, 1.409e+02
  N Arrays:   0