pyvista.Rectangle

Rectangle(points: MatrixLike[float] | None = None) → PolyData

Create a rectangle defined by 3 points.

The 3 points must define an orthogonal set of vectors.

Parameters:

pointsarray_like[float], optional

Points of the rectangle. Defaults to a unit square in xy-plane.

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData

Rectangle mesh.

Examples

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pointa = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
>>> pointb = [1.0, 1.0, 0.0]
>>> pointc = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
>>> rectangle = pv.Rectangle([pointa, pointb, pointc])
>>> rectangle.plot(show_edges=True, line_width=5)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene