pyvista.PLYReader

class PLYReader(*args, **kwargs)

PLY Reader for reading .ply files.

Examples

>>> import pyvista
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> filename = examples.download_lobster(load=False)
>>> filename.split("/")[-1]  # omit the path
'lobster.ply'
>>> reader = pyvista.get_reader(filename)
>>> mesh = reader.read()
>>> mesh.plot()

Methods

PLYReader.hide_progress()	Hide the progress bar when loading the file.
PLYReader.read()	Read data in file.
PLYReader.show_progress([msg])	Show a progress bar when loading the file.

Attributes

PLYReader.path	Return or set the filename or directory of the reader.
PLYReader.reader	Return the vtk Reader object.