pyvista.CylinderSource

class CylinderSource(

center: VectorLike[float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),

direction: VectorLike[float] = (1.0, 0.0, 0.0),

radius: float = 0.5,

height: float = 1.0,

capping: bool = True,

resolution: int = 100,

)

Cylinder source algorithm class.

Warning

pyvista.Cylinder() function rotates the pyvista.CylinderSource ‘s pyvista.PolyData in its own way. It rotates the pyvista.CylinderSource.output 90 degrees in z-axis, translates and orients the mesh to a new center and direction.

Parameters:

centersequence[float], default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Location of the centroid in [x, y, z].

directionsequence[float], default: (1.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Direction cylinder points to in [x, y, z].

radiusfloat, default: 0.5

Radius of the cylinder.

heightfloat, default: 1.0

Height of the cylinder.

cappingbool, default: True

Cap cylinder ends with polygons.

resolutionint, default: 100

Number of points on the circular face of the cylinder.

Examples

Create a default CylinderSource.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> source = pv.CylinderSource()
>>> source.output.plot(show_edges=True, line_width=5)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Display a 3D plot of a default CylinderSource.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.CylinderSource(), show_edges=True, line_width=5)
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

Visualize the output of CylinderSource in a 3D plot.

>>> pl = pv.Plotter()
>>> _ = pl.add_mesh(pv.CylinderSource().output, show_edges=True, line_width=5)
>>> pl.show()

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

The above examples are similar in terms of their behavior.

Methods

Attributes

CylinderSource.capping	Get cap cylinder ends with polygons.
CylinderSource.capsule_cap	Get whether the capping should make the cylinder a capsule.
CylinderSource.center	Get location of the centroid in [x, y, z].
CylinderSource.direction	Get the direction vector in [x, y, z].
CylinderSource.height	Get the height of the cylinder.
CylinderSource.output	Get the output data object for a port on this algorithm.
CylinderSource.radius	Get radius of the cylinder.
CylinderSource.resolution	Get number of points on the circular face of the cylinder.