Plotting and VTK grid - disable pop-up window

[ememe123]

After running static structural finite element analysis I am plotting my geometry with self-defined scalars.

I am using VTK grid to plot the mesh with new scalar data. I found an example on PyAnsys.com under 'Examples' called 'Plotting and Mesh Access'. The following line of code plots my scalars which is an array (my_scalar) the same length as the number of nodes with the mesh:

grid = mapdl.mesh.grid
path = f'C:/Users/Admin/Image.jpeg'
grid.plot(
    scalars=my_scalar,
    screenshot=path ,
    return_img=True,
    show_scalar_bar=True,
    show_edges=True,     
)

This works and I get a pop-up window of exactly what I want. My question is - is it possible to not get a pop-up window and just have file saved to the path location? The problem is that I have to manually close the window for code to continue running after that point.

[mikerife]

@ememe123 Try the argument saveifg=path instead of screenshot. Mike

[ememe123]

Hello, thank you for reply. I tried and got
TypeError: "savefig" is an invalid keyword argument for _common_arg_parser

[mikerife]

Hi @ememe123
Sorry, I misspelled "savefig"...also savefig is a argument to the PyMAPDL native plotting commands. Which is really screenshot behind the scenes. So second sorry for having the native plotting on my mind and not PyVista itself.
Mike

[ememe123]

Found the answer, argument off_screen=True with the screenshot=path works good and doesn't open pop-up window.