

.. _example_polydata:

Polydata example
--------------------------------------------


An example of how to generate a polydata dataset using numpy arrays.

The example is similar to tvtk/examples/tiny_mesh.py.  Also shown is a
way to visualize this data with mayavi2.  The script can be run like so::

  $ mayavi2 -x polydata.py

It can be alternatively run as::

  $ python polydata.py



**Python source code:** :download:`polydata.py`

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