pyvista.VTKDataSetReader

class VTKDataSetReader(*args, **kwargs)

VTK Data Set Reader for .vtk files.

Notes

This reader calls ReadAllScalarsOn, ReadAllColorScalarsOn, ReadAllNormalsOn, ReadAllTCoordsOn, ReadAllVectorsOn, and ReadAllFieldsOn on the underlying vtkDataSetReader.

Examples

>>> import pyvista
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> filename = examples.download_brain(load=False)
>>> filename.split("/")[-1]  # omit the path
'brain.vtk'
>>> reader = pyvista.get_reader(filename)
>>> mesh = reader.read()
>>> sliced_mesh = mesh.slice('x')
>>> sliced_mesh.plot(cpos='yz', show_scalar_bar=False)

Methods

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

Attributes

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