pyvista.set_vtkwriter_mode

set_vtkwriter_mode(

vtk_writer: _VTKWriterType,

use_binary: bool = True,

) → _VTKWriterType

Set any vtk writer to write as binary or ascii.

Parameters:

vtk_writervtkDataWriter | vtkPLYWriter | vtkSTLWriter | _vtk.vtkXMLWriter

The vtk writer instance to be configured.

use_binarybool, default: True

If True, the writer is set to write files in binary format. If False, the writer is set to write files in ASCII format.

Returns:

vtkDataWriter | vtkPLYWriter | vtkSTLWriter | _vtk.vtkXMLWriter

The configured vtk writer instance.