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Display Options
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Take a look at the different display options offered by the ``add_mesh`` method.

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    from pyvista import examples

    mesh = examples.load_random_hills()

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Let's take a look at some different options for the ``add_mesh`` method to
alter how the above data are displayed.

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    help(p.add_mesh)


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Plot that mesh with the edges of cells displayed

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Plot that mesh with the colored edges and as a show the surface as a solid
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    p.show()


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Display with a points representation style

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Change the color map and the color limits

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There you go! Those are a few of the most commonly used display options!

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