pyvista.get_reader

get_reader(filename, force_ext=None)

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
.cube	pyvista.GaussianCubeReader
.dat	pyvista.TecplotReader
.dcm	pyvista.DICOMReader
.dem	pyvista.DEMReader
.e	pyvista.ExodusIIReader
.exo	pyvista.ExodusIIReader
.exii	pyvista.ExodusIIReader
.ex2	pyvista.ExodusIIReader
.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
.nek5000	pyvista.Nek5000Reader
.nii	pyvista.NIFTIReader
.nii.gz	pyvista.NIFTIReader
.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
.vrt	pyvista.ProStarReader
.vti	pyvista.XMLImageDataReader
.vtk	pyvista.VTKDataSetReader
.vtkhdf	pyvista.HDFReader
.vtm	pyvista.XMLMultiBlockDataReader
.vtmb	pyvista.XMLMultiBlockDataReader
.vtp	pyvista.XMLPolyDataReader
.vtr	pyvista.XMLRectilinearGridReader
.vts	pyvista.XMLStructuredGridReader
.vtu	pyvista.XMLUnstructuredGridReader
.xdmf	pyvista.XdmfReader
.vtpd	pyvista.XMLPartitionedDataSetReader

Parameters:

filenamestr, Path

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 as pv
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> filename = examples.download_human(load=False)
>>> Path(filename).name
'Human.vtp'
>>> reader = pv.get_reader(filename)
>>> reader
XMLPolyDataReader('...Human.vtp')
>>> mesh = reader.read()
>>> mesh
PolyData ...
>>> mesh.plot(color='lightblue')

Static Scene

Interactive Scene