How to Install Pyvista in Conda?

PyVista library is compatible with many 3D visualization and analysis tasks, making it a powerful tool for scientific computing and visualization. It builds on top of VTK (Visualization Toolkit) and provides a user-friendly API for creating and manipulating 3D data. In this article, we will explore the detailed steps to install Pyvista in Conda.

Setting Up Conda

Before installing PyVista, ensure you have Conda installed on your system. Conda is a powerful package manager and environment management system that simplifies the installation and management of software packages and dependencies.

Note: You can follow the detailed installation of Conda by following the article: Link

Installing Pyvista using Conda

Once you are done setting up Conda on your system, follow these steps to install Pyvista.

Open Conda Terminal

Click on the Start menu, search for Anaconda Prompt, and open it. This terminal allows you to manage Conda environments and packages.

Create a New Conda Environment

In the Anaconda Prompt, type the following command and press Enter. This command creates a new Conda environment named pyvista-env for isolating dependencies.

 conda create --name pyvista-env 

Activate the Newly Created Environment

Activating the environment ensures that packages installed are isolated within this environment.

conda activate pyvista-env

Install PyVista

With the environment activated, type this command and press Enter. This installs PyVista and its dependencies from the conda-forge channel.

conda install -c conda-forge pyvista

Verifying PyVista Installation

To verify that PyVista has been installed correctly using Conda, you can check the package information directly in the Conda environment.

To get detailed information about the PyVista package, use the following command. This will display details such as the version number and the build string, confirming that the package is present and correctly installed.

conda list pyvista

Creating and Plotting a 3D Sphere

In this example, we are using PyVista to create a simple 3D sphere mesh. We then use the plot method to visualize the sphere in a 3D window.

import pyvista as pv
sphere = pv.Sphere()
# Plot the sphere
sphere.plot()

Output:

Conclusion

In conclusion, installing PyVista in a Conda environment is simple and involves creating a new environment, activating it, and installing PyVista using the conda-forge channel. By following these steps, you can harness the powerful capabilities of PyVista for 3D visualization and analysis tasks.