.. DO NOT EDIT. .. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY. .. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE: .. "tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/d_create-tri-surface.py" .. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note :ref:`Go to the end ` to download the full example code. or to run this example in your browser via Binder .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_tutorial_02_mesh_solutions_d_create-tri-surface.py: .. _triangulated_surface: Create Triangulated Surface ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create a surface from a set of points through a Delaunay triangulation. .. note:: We will use a filter from PyVista to perform our triangulation: `delaunay_2d `_. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 12-16 .. code-block:: Python import numpy as np import pyvista as pv .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 17-21 Simple Triangulations +++++++++++++++++++++ First, create some points for the surface. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 21-34 .. code-block:: Python # Define a simple Gaussian surface n = 20 x = np.linspace(-200, 200, num=n) + np.random.uniform(-5, 5, size=n) y = np.linspace(-200, 200, num=n) + np.random.uniform(-5, 5, size=n) xx, yy = np.meshgrid(x, y) A, b = 100, 100 zz = A * np.exp(-0.5 * ((xx / b) ** 2.0 + (yy / b) ** 2.0)) # Get the points as a 2D NumPy array (N by 3) points = np.c_[xx.reshape(-1), yy.reshape(-1), zz.reshape(-1)] points[0:5, :] .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none array([[-195.78402706, -197.57784091, 2.08913637], [-182.88719243, -197.57784091, 2.66694539], [-155.86894698, -197.57784091, 4.21463753], [-138.22976351, -197.57784091, 5.46271899], [-113.60910694, -197.57784091, 7.4481715 ]]) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 35-37 Now use those points to create a point cloud PyVista data object. This will be encompassed in a :class:`pyvista.PolyData` object. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 37-42 .. code-block:: Python # simply pass the numpy points to the PolyData constructor cloud = pv.PolyData(points) cloud.plot(point_size=15) .. tab-set:: .. tab-item:: Static Scene .. image-sg:: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_001.png :alt: d create tri surface :srcset: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/pyvista-tutorial/pyvista-tutorial/doc/source/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_001.vtksz .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 43-46 Now that we have a PyVista data structure of the points, we can perform a triangulation to turn those boring discrete points into a connected surface. See :func:`pyvista.UnstructuredGridFilters.delaunay_2d`. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 46-48 .. code-block:: Python help(cloud.delaunay_2d) .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out .. code-block:: none Help on method delaunay_2d in module pyvista.core.filters.poly_data: delaunay_2d(tol=1e-05, alpha=0.0, offset=1.0, bound: 'bool' = False, inplace: 'bool' = False, edge_source=None, progress_bar: 'bool' = False) method of pyvista.core.pointset.PolyData instance Apply a 2D Delaunay filter along the best fitting plane. This filter can be used to generate a 2d surface from a set of points on a plane. If you want to create a surface from a point cloud, see :func:`pyvista.PolyDataFilters.reconstruct_surface`. Parameters ---------- tol : float, default: 1e-05 Specify a tolerance to control discarding of closely spaced points. This tolerance is specified as a fraction of the diagonal length of the bounding box of the points. alpha : float, default: 0.0 Specify alpha (or distance) value to control output of this filter. For a non-zero alpha value, only edges or triangles contained within a sphere centered at mesh vertices will be output. Otherwise, only triangles will be output. offset : float, default: 1.0 Specify a multiplier to control the size of the initial, bounding Delaunay triangulation. bound : bool, default: False Boolean controls whether bounding triangulation points and associated triangles are included in the output. These are introduced as an initial triangulation to begin the triangulation process. This feature is nice for debugging output. inplace : bool, default: False If ``True``, overwrite this mesh with the triangulated mesh. edge_source : pyvista.PolyData, optional Specify the source object used to specify constrained edges and loops. If set, and lines/polygons are defined, a constrained triangulation is created. The lines/polygons are assumed to reference points in the input point set (i.e. point ids are identical in the input and source). progress_bar : bool, default: False Display a progress bar to indicate progress. Returns ------- pyvista.PolyData Mesh from the 2D delaunay filter. Examples -------- First, generate 30 points on circle and plot them. >>> import pyvista as pv >>> points = pv.Polygon(n_sides=30).points >>> circle = pv.PolyData(points) >>> circle.plot(show_edges=True, point_size=15) Use :func:`delaunay_2d` to fill the interior of the circle. >>> filled_circle = circle.delaunay_2d() >>> filled_circle.plot(show_edges=True, line_width=5) Use the ``edge_source`` parameter to create a constrained delaunay triangulation and plot it. >>> squar = pv.Polygon(n_sides=4, radius=8, fill=False) >>> squar = squar.rotate_z(45, inplace=False) >>> circ0 = pv.Polygon(center=(2, 3, 0), n_sides=30, radius=1) >>> circ1 = pv.Polygon(center=(-2, -3, 0), n_sides=30, radius=1) >>> comb = circ0.append_polydata(circ1, squar) >>> tess = comb.delaunay_2d(edge_source=comb) >>> tess.plot(cpos='xy', show_edges=True) See :ref:`create_tri_surface_example` for more examples using this filter. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 49-50 Apply the ``delaunay_2d`` filter. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 50-57 .. code-block:: Python surf = cloud.delaunay_2d() # And plot it with edges shown surf.plot(show_edges=True) .. tab-set:: .. tab-item:: Static Scene .. image-sg:: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_002.png :alt: d create tri surface :srcset: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_002.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/pyvista-tutorial/pyvista-tutorial/doc/source/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_002.vtksz .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 58-60 Clean Edges & Triangulations ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 60-73 .. code-block:: Python # Create the points to triangulate x = np.arange(10, dtype=float) xx, yy, zz = np.meshgrid(x, x, [0]) points = np.column_stack((xx.ravel(order="F"), yy.ravel(order="F"), zz.ravel(order="F"))) # Perturb the points points[:, 0] += np.random.rand(len(points)) * 0.3 points[:, 1] += np.random.rand(len(points)) * 0.3 # Create the point cloud mesh to triangulate from the coordinates cloud = pv.PolyData(points) cloud .. raw:: html
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.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 74-76 .. code-block:: Python cloud.plot(cpos="xy") .. tab-set:: .. tab-item:: Static Scene .. image-sg:: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_003.png :alt: d create tri surface :srcset: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_003.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/pyvista-tutorial/pyvista-tutorial/doc/source/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_003.vtksz .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 77-78 Run the triangulation on these points .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 78-81 .. code-block:: Python surf = cloud.delaunay_2d() surf.plot(cpos="xy", show_edges=True) .. tab-set:: .. tab-item:: Static Scene .. image-sg:: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_004.png :alt: d create tri surface :srcset: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_004.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/pyvista-tutorial/pyvista-tutorial/doc/source/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_004.vtksz .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 82-84 Note that some of the outer edges are unconstrained and the triangulation added unwanted triangles. We can mitigate that with the ``alpha`` parameter. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 84-87 .. code-block:: Python surf = cloud.delaunay_2d(alpha=1.0) surf.plot(cpos="xy", show_edges=True) .. tab-set:: .. tab-item:: Static Scene .. image-sg:: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_005.png :alt: d create tri surface :srcset: /tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_005.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. tab-item:: Interactive Scene .. offlineviewer:: /home/runner/work/pyvista-tutorial/pyvista-tutorial/doc/source/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/images/sphx_glr_d_create-tri-surface_005.vtksz .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 88-95 .. raw:: html
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