_PointSetBase.points_to_double

_PointSetBase.points_to_double#

_PointSetBase.points_to_double() → Self[source]#

Convert the points datatype to double precision.

Returns:
pyvista.PointSet

Pointset with points in double precision.

Notes#

This operates in place.

Warning

Converting up does not recover precision that has already been lost. If a filter computed in single precision, its output holds single-precision values whatever dtype they are given afterwards. See pyvista.core.config.Config.points_dtype for finding out where that happens.

Examples#

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Create a mesh that has points of the type float32 and convert the points to float64.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> mesh = pv.Sphere()
>>> mesh.points.dtype
dtype('float32')
>>> _ = mesh.points_to_double()
>>> mesh.points.dtype
dtype('float64')

See Also#

points_to_single
pyvista.core.config.Config.points_dtype

Set the points dtype for a whole session instead of one mesh.