CellType.n_points

property CellType.n_points: int

Return the number of points defined by this cell type.

Added in version 0.48.

Raises:

ValueError

If the number of points cannot be determined without a concrete instance. Composite cells, higher order cells, polygon, and polyhedron will all raise an error.

See also

n_edges, n_faces

pyvista.Cell.n_points

Examples

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LINE has a fixed number of points.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pv.CellType.LINE.n_points
2

POLY_LINE has a variable number of points and raises a ValueError.

>>> try:
...     pv.CellType.POLY_LINE.n_points
... except ValueError as error:
...     print(error)
Cannot determine number of points for 'POLY_LINE' without a concrete cell instance.