extract_geometry

UnstructuredGrid.extract_geometry(progress_bar=False)

Extract the outer surface of a volume or structured grid dataset.

This will extract all 0D, 1D, and 2D cells producing the boundary faces of the dataset.

Note

This tends to be less efficient than extract_surface().

Parameters

progress_barbool, optional

Display a progress bar to indicate progress.

Returns

pyvista.PolyData

Surface of the dataset.

Examples

Extract the surface of a sample unstructured grid.

>>> import pyvista
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> hex_beam = pyvista.read(examples.hexbeamfile)
>>> hex_beam.extract_geometry()  
PolyData (0x7f2f8c132040)
  N Cells:      88
  N Points:     90
  X Bounds:     0.000e+00, 1.000e+00
  Y Bounds:     0.000e+00, 1.000e+00
  Z Bounds:     0.000e+00, 5.000e+00
  N Arrays:     3

See Surface Smoothing for more examples using this filter.