get_reader#

get_reader(filename, force_ext=None)[source]#

Get a reader for fine-grained control of reading data files.

Supported file types and Readers:

File Extension	Class
`.bmp`	`pyvista.BMPReader`
`.cas`	`pyvista.FluentReader`
`.case`	`pyvista.EnSightReader`
`.cgns`	`pyvista.CGNSReader`
`.dat`	`pyvista.TecplotReader`
`.dcm`	`pyvista.DICOMReader`
`.dem`	`pyvista.DEMReader`
`.facet`	`pyvista.FacetReader`
`.foam`	`pyvista.POpenFOAMReader`
`.g`	`pyvista.BYUReader`
`.gif`	`pyvista.GIFReader`
`.glb`	`pyvista.GLTFReader`
`.gltf`	`pyvista.GLTFReader`
`.hdf`	`pyvista.HDFReader`
`.img`	`pyvista.DICOMReader`
`.inp`	`pyvista.AVSucdReader`
`.jpg`	`pyvista.JPEGReader`
`.jpeg`	`pyvista.JPEGReader`
`.hdr`	`pyvista.HDRReader`
`.mha`	`pyvista.MetaImageReader`
`.mhd`	`pyvista.MetaImageReader`
`.nhdr`	`pyvista.NRRDReader`
`.nrrd`	`pyvista.NRRDReader`
`.obj`	`pyvista.OBJReader`
`.p3d`	`pyvista.Plot3DMetaReader`
`.ply`	`pyvista.PLYReader`
`.png`	`pyvista.PNGReader`
`.pnm`	`pyvista.PNMReader`
`.pts`	`pyvista.PTSReader`
`.pvd`	`pyvista.PVDReader`
`.pvti`	`pyvista.XMLPImageDataReader`
`.pvtk`	`pyvista.VTKPDataSetReader`
`.pvtr`	`pyvista.XMLPRectilinearGridReader`
`.pvtu`	`pyvista.XMLPUnstructuredGridReader`
`.res`	`pyvista.MFIXReader`
`.segy`	`pyvista.SegYReader`
`.sgy`	`pyvista.SegYReader`
`.slc`	`pyvista.SLCReader`
`.stl`	`pyvista.STLReader`
`.tif`	`pyvista.TIFFReader`
`.tiff`	`pyvista.TIFFReader`
`.tri`	`pyvista.BinaryMarchingCubesReader`
`.vti`	`pyvista.XMLImageDataReader`
`.vtk`	`pyvista.VTKDataSetReader`
`.vtm`	`pyvista.XMLMultiBlockDataReader`
`.vtmb`	`pyvista.XMLMultiBlockDataReader`
`.vtp`	`pyvista.XMLPolyDataReader`
`.vtr`	`pyvista.XMLRectilinearGridReader`
`.vts`	`pyvista.XMLStructuredGridReader`
`.vtu`	`pyvista.XMLUnstructuredGridReader`

Parameters

filenamestr: The string path to the file to read.
force_extstr, optional: An extension to force a specific reader to be chosen.

Returns

pyvista.BaseReader: A subclass of pyvista.BaseReader is returned based on file type.

Examples

>>> import pyvista
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> filename = examples.download_human(load=False)
>>> filename.split("/")[-1]  # omit the path
'Human.vtp'
>>> reader = pyvista.get_reader(filename)
>>> reader  
XMLPolyDataReader('.../Human.vtp')
>>> mesh = reader.read()
>>> mesh 
PolyData ...
>>> mesh.plot(color='tan')

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