pyvista.examples.downloads.download_plastic_vase#

download_plastic_vase(load=True)[source]#

Download a scan of a plastic vase created by Ivan Nikolov.

The dataset was downloaded from GGG-BenchmarkSfM: Dataset for Benchmarking Close-range SfM Software Performance under Varying Capturing Conditions

Original datasets are under the CC BY 4.0 license.

For more details, see Ivan Nikolov Datasets

Parameters:
loadbool, default: True

Load the dataset after downloading it when True. Set this to False and only the filename will be returned.

Returns:
pyvista.PolyData | str

DataSet or filename depending on load.

Examples

Download and plot the dataset.

>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> mesh = examples.download_plastic_vase()
>>> mesh.plot()
../../../_images/pyvista-examples-downloads-download_plastic_vase-1_00_00.png

Return the statistics of the dataset.

>>> mesh
PolyData (...)
  N Cells:    3570967
  N Points:   1796805
  N Strips:   0
  X Bounds:   -1.364e+02, 1.929e+02
  Y Bounds:   -1.677e+02, 1.603e+02
  Z Bounds:   1.209e+02, 4.090e+02
  N Arrays:   0

See also

Plastic Vase Dataset

See this dataset in the Dataset Gallery for more info.