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"""
.. _read_parallel_example:
Parallel Files
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The VTK library supports parallel file formats. Reading meshes broken up into
several files is natively supported by VTK and PyVista.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
from pathlib import Path
# sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_number = 1
import pyvista as pv
from pyvista import examples
# %%
# Let's go ahead and download the sample dataset containing an
# :class:`pyvista.UnstructuredGrid` broken up into several files.
#
# Let's inspect where this downloaded our dataset by setting ``load=False`` and
# looking at the directory containing the file we downloaded.
filename = examples.download_blood_vessels(load=False)
path = str(Path(filename).parent)
os.listdir(path)
# %%
os.listdir(str(Path(path) / "T0000000500"))
# %%
# Note that a ``.pvtu`` file is available alongside a directory. This
# directory contains all the parallel files or pieces that make the whole mesh.
# We can simply read the ``.pvtu`` file and VTK will handle putting the mesh
# together. In PyVista, this is accomplished through :func:`pyvista.read`.
mesh = pv.read(filename)
mesh
# %%
# Plot the pieced together mesh
mesh.plot(scalars="node_value", categories=True)
# %%
mesh.plot(scalars="density")
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