Source code for pyleecan.Methods.Mesh.MeshVTK.get_surf
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
def get_surf(self, indices=None):
"""Return the surf object if it was already extracted, or extracts it from the mesh.
Parameters
----------
self : MeshVTK
a MeshVTK object
indices : list
list of the points to extract (optional)
Returns
-------
surf : pyvista.core.pointset.PolyData
a pyvista polydata object
"""
# Already available => Return
if self.surf is not None:
# Extract subsurface
if indices is not None:
surf = self.surf.extract_geometry(indices)
else:
surf = self.surf
return surf
# Extract the outer surface of the mesh
else:
mesh = self.get_mesh_pv(indices=indices)
surf = mesh.extract_geometry()
if self.is_vtk_surf:
surf.save(self.surf_path + "/" + self.surf_name + ".vtk")
self.surf = surf
return surf