"""
.. _create_truss_example:

Plot Truss-like FEA Solution with Cylinders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Plot connections between points in 3D as cylinders, colored by scalars.
Lines are created in a :class:`pyvista.PolyData` and then rendered as
cylinders.


"""

# sphinx_gallery_start_ignore
from __future__ import annotations

PYVISTA_GALLERY_FORCE_STATIC_IN_DOCUMENT = True
# sphinx_gallery_end_ignore

import numpy as np

import pyvista

# %%
# Define the points and elements of the truss.  Call them ``nodes``
# here as it comes from finite element analysis.

nodes = [
    [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
    [0.0, 1.0, 0.0],
    [4.0, 3.0, 0.0],
    [4.0, 0.0, 0.0],
    [0.0, 1.0, 2.0],
    [4.0, 1.0, 2.0],
    [4.0, 3.0, 2.0],
]


edges = np.array(
    [
        [0, 4],
        [1, 4],
        [3, 4],
        [5, 4],
        [6, 4],
        [3, 5],
        [2, 5],
        [5, 6],
        [2, 6],
    ],
)

# We must "pad" the edges to indicate to vtk how many points per edge
padding = np.empty(edges.shape[0], int) * 2
padding[:] = 2
edges_w_padding = np.vstack((padding, edges.T)).T
edges_w_padding

# %%
# Plot the truss while rendering the lines as tubes.

mesh = pyvista.PolyData(nodes, edges_w_padding)

colors = range(edges.shape[0])
mesh.plot(
    scalars=colors,
    render_lines_as_tubes=True,
    style='wireframe',
    line_width=10,
    cmap='jet',
    show_scalar_bar=False,
    background='w',
)
# %%
# .. tags:: load