PlotterBackend

class ansys.dpf.core.plotter.PlotterBackend(*args, **kwds)

Bases: enum.Enum

Plotter backend types for DPF visualization.

Specifies which plotting backend to use for mesh and field visualization.

Overview

Attributes

AUTO	prefer visualization_interface if available, fallback to pyvista.
PYVISTA	Use the legacy PyVista-based plotter directly.
VISUALIZATION_INTERFACE	Use ansys-tools-visualization-interface Plotter with PyVista backend.

Import detail

from ansys.dpf.core.plotter import PlotterBackend

Attribute detail

PlotterBackend.AUTO = 'auto'

prefer visualization_interface if available, fallback to pyvista.

Type:

Automatically select backend

PlotterBackend.PYVISTA = 'pyvista'

Use the legacy PyVista-based plotter directly.

PlotterBackend.VISUALIZATION_INTERFACE = 'visualization_interface'

Use ansys-tools-visualization-interface Plotter with PyVista backend.