pyvista.ParametricRandomHills

ParametricRandomHills(

number_of_hills: int | None = None,

hill_x_variance: float | None = None,

hill_y_variance: float | None = None,

hill_amplitude: float | None = None,

random_seed: int | None = None,

x_variance_scale_factor: float | None = None,

y_variance_scale_factor: float | None = None,

amplitude_scale_factor: float | None = None,

**kwargs,

) → PolyData

Generate a surface covered with randomly placed hills.

ParametricRandomHills generates a surface covered with randomly placed hills. Hills will vary in shape and height since the presence of nearby hills will contribute to the shape and height of a given hill. An option is provided for placing hills on a regular grid on the surface. In this case the hills will all have the same shape and height.

Parameters:

number_of_hillsint, default: 30

The number of hills.

hill_x_variancefloat, default: 2.5

The hill variance in the x-direction.

hill_y_variancefloat, default: 2.5

The hill variance in the y-direction.

hill_amplitudefloat, default: 2

The hill amplitude (height).

random_seedint, default: 1

The Seed for the random number generator, a value of 1 will initialize the random number generator, a negative value will initialize it with the system time.

x_variance_scale_factorfloat, default: 13

The scaling factor for the variance in the x-direction.

y_variance_scale_factorfloat, default: 13

The scaling factor for the variance in the y-direction.

amplitude_scale_factorfloat, default: 13

The scaling factor for the amplitude.

**kwargsdict, optional

See surface_from_para() for additional keyword arguments.

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData

ParametricRandomHills surface.

Examples

Create a ParametricRandomHills mesh.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> mesh = pv.ParametricRandomHills()
>>> mesh.plot(color='w', smooth_shading=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene