pyvista.PlatonicSolid

PlatonicSolid(kind='tetrahedron', radius=1.0, center=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0))

Create a Platonic solid of a given size.

Parameters:

kindstr | int, default: ‘tetrahedron’

The kind of Platonic solid to create. Either the name of the polyhedron or an integer index:

• 'tetrahedron' or 0

• 'cube' or 1

• 'octahedron' or 2

• 'icosahedron' or 3

• 'dodecahedron' or 4

radiusfloat, default: 1.0

The radius of the circumscribed sphere for the solid to create.

centersequence[float], default: (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)

Sequence defining the center of the solid to create.

Returns:

pyvista.PolyData

One of the five Platonic solids. Cell scalars are defined that assign integer labels to each face (with array name "FaceIndex").

Examples

Create and plot a dodecahedron.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> dodeca = pv.PlatonicSolid('dodecahedron')
>>> dodeca.plot(categories=True)

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

See Platonic Solids for more examples using this filter.