pyvista.set_vtkwriter_mode

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pyvista.set_vtkwriter_mode#

set_vtkwriter_mode( vtk_writer: _VTKWriterType, use_binary: bool = True, ) → _VTKWriterType[source]#

Set any vtk writer to write as binary or ascii.

Parameters:

vtk_writer: The vtk writer instance to be configured. Must be one of vtkDataWriter, vtkPLYWriter, vtkSTLWriter, vtkXMLWriter.
use_binarybool, default: True: If True, the writer is set to write files in binary format. If False, the writer is set to write files in ASCII format.

Returns:

vtkDataWriter | vtkPLYWriter | vtkSTLWriter | vtkXMLWriter: The configured vtk writer instance.