Plotter.show_grid

Plotter.show_grid(**kwargs)

Show grid lines and bounds axes labels.

A wrapped implementation of show_bounds() to change default behavior to use grid lines and showing the axes labels on the outer edges.

This is intended to be similar to matplotlib.pyplot.grid().

Parameters:

**kwargsdict, optional

See Renderer.show_bounds() for additional keyword arguments.

Returns:

pyvista.CubeAxesActor

Bounds actor.

See also

show_bounds

remove_bounds_axes

update_bounds_axes

Axes Objects

Example showing different axes objects.

Plotting Bounds

Additional examples using this method.

Examples

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>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> mesh = pv.Cone()
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(mesh)
>>> _ = pl.show_grid()
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene