pyvista.save_meshio

save_meshio(

filename: str | Path,

mesh: DataSet,

file_format: str | None = None,

**kwargs,

) → None

Save mesh to file using meshio.

Parameters:

filenamestr

Filename to save the mesh to.

meshpyvista.DataSet

Any PyVista mesh/spatial data type.

file_formatstr, optional

File type for meshio to save. For example '.bdf'. This is normally inferred from the extension but this can be overridden.

**kwargsdict, optional

Additional keyword arguments. See meshio.write_points_cells for more details.

Examples

Save a pyvista sphere to a Abaqus data file.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> sphere = pv.Sphere()
>>> pv.save_meshio('mymesh.inp', sphere)