Property.representation

property Property.representation: RepresentationType

Return or set the visualization representation of the mesh.

The setter accepts a string (case insensitive), an integer, or a RepresentationType enum member. One of:

• 'points' / POINTS

• 'wireframe' / WIREFRAME

• 'surface' / SURFACE

See also

style

Equivalent property which returns the representation as a string.

Examples

Get the default representation.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> prop = pv.Property()
>>> prop.representation
<RepresentationType.SURFACE: 2>

Set the representation using the enum.

>>> from pyvista.plotting.opts import RepresentationType
>>> prop.representation = RepresentationType.WIREFRAME
>>> prop.representation
<RepresentationType.WIREFRAME: 1>