Circle

Circle(radius: float = 0.5, resolution: int = 100) → PolyData

Create a single PolyData circle defined by radius in the XY plane.

Parameters:

radiusfloat, default: 0.5

Radius of circle.

resolutionint, default: 100

Number of points on the circle.

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData

Circle mesh.

Notes

Changed in version 0.38.0: Prior to version 0.38, this method had incorrect results, producing inconsistent edge lengths and a duplicated point which is now fixed.

Examples

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>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> radius = 0.5
>>> circle = pv.Circle(radius=radius)
>>> circle.plot(show_edges=True, line_width=5)

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