pyvista.plotting.charts.ScatterPlot2D

class ScatterPlot2D(chart, x, y, color='b', size=10, style='o', label='')

Class representing a 2D scatter plot.

Users should typically not directly create new plot instances, but use the dedicated 2D chart’s plotting methods.

Parameters:

chartChart2D

The chart containing this plot.

xarray_like

X coordinates of the points to draw.

yarray_like

Y coordinates of the points to draw.

colorColorLike, default: “b”

Color of the points drawn in this plot. Any color parsable by pyvista.Color is allowed.

sizefloat, default: 10

Size of the point markers drawn in this plot.

stylestr, default: “o”

Style of the point markers drawn in this plot. See ScatterPlot2D.MARKER_STYLES for a list of allowed marker styles.

labelstr, default: “”

Label of this plot, as shown in the chart’s legend.

Notes

MARKER_STYLESdict

Dictionary containing all allowed marker styles as its keys.

Marker styles

Style	Description	Example
""	Hidden
"x"	Cross
"+"	Plus
"s"	Square
"o"	Circle
"d"	Diamond

Examples

Plot a simple sine wave as a scatter plot.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> import numpy as np
>>> x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 20)
>>> y = np.sin(x)
>>> chart = pv.Chart2D()
>>> _ = chart.scatter(x, y)
>>> chart.show()

Methods

ScatterPlot2D.toggle()	Toggle the plot's visibility.
ScatterPlot2D.update(x, y)	Update this plot's points.

Attributes

ScatterPlot2D.brush	Brush object controlling how shapes in this plot are filled.
ScatterPlot2D.color	Return or set the plot's color.
ScatterPlot2D.label	Return or set the this plot's label, as shown in the chart's legend.
ScatterPlot2D.line_style	Return or set the line style of all lines drawn in this plot.
ScatterPlot2D.line_width	Return or set the line width of all lines drawn in this plot.
ScatterPlot2D.marker_size	Return or set the plot's marker size.
ScatterPlot2D.marker_style	Return or set the plot's marker style.
ScatterPlot2D.pen	Pen object controlling how lines in this plot are drawn.
ScatterPlot2D.visible	Return or set the this plot's visibility.
ScatterPlot2D.x	Retrieve the X coordinates of this plot's points.
ScatterPlot2D.y	Retrieve the Y coordinates of this plot's points.