pyvista.PlatonicSolidSource#

class PlatonicSolidSource(kind='tetrahedron')[source]#

Platonic solid source algorithm class.

Added in version 0.44.0.

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

Examples

Create and plot a dodecahedron.

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

Static Scene

Interactive Scene

See Platonic Solids for more examples using this filter.

Methods

Attributes

`PlatonicSolidSource.kind`	Get the kind of Platonic solid to create.
`PlatonicSolidSource.output`	Get the output data object for a port on this algorithm.