Picking points on a mesh#

This example demonstrates how to pick points on meshes using enable_point_picking().

import pyvista as pv

Pick points on a sphere#

sphere = pv.Sphere()

p = pv.Plotter()
p.add_mesh(sphere, pickable=True)
p.enable_point_picking()
p.show()
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Ignore the 3D window#

In the above example, both points on the mesh and points in the 3d window can be selected. It is possible instead pick only points on the mesh.

sphere = pv.Sphere()

p = pv.Plotter()
p.add_mesh(sphere, pickable=True)
p.enable_point_picking(pickable_window=False)  # Make the 3D window unpickable
p.show()
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Modify which actors are pickable#

After enabling point picking, we can modify which actors are pickable.

sphere = pv.Sphere()
cube = pv.Cube().translate([10, 10, 0])

p = pv.Plotter()
sphere_actor = p.add_mesh(sphere, pickable=True)  # initially pickable
cube_actor = p.add_mesh(cube, pickable=False)  # initially unpickable
p.enable_point_picking(pickable_window=False)

p.pickable_actors = [sphere_actor, cube_actor]  # now both are pickable
p.view_xy()
p.show()
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Pick using the left-mouse button#

sphere = pv.Sphere()

p = pv.Plotter()
p.add_mesh(sphere, pickable=True)
p.enable_point_picking(left_clicking=True)
p.show()
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Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.846 seconds)

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