Fix documentation typos and obsolete references (#670)

banesullivan · web-flow · commit fa69f24d01c5 · 2026-05-29T00:28:23.000-07:00
Fix documentation typos and obsolete references (pyvista#8709)
diff --git a/tutorial/02_mesh/README.rst b/tutorial/02_mesh/README.rst
@@ -238,11 +238,6 @@ Note how this varies from assigning scalars to each point
    pl.add_mesh(other_cube, cmap='coolwarm')
    pl.show()
 
-.. note::
-   We use :func:`pyvista.PolyDataFilters.clean` to merge the faces of
-   the cube since, by default, the cube is created with unmerged faces
-   and duplicate points.
-
 
 Exercises
 ---------
diff --git a/tutorial/02_mesh/exercises/e_read-file.py b/tutorial/02_mesh/exercises/e_read-file.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # extensions are listed in an internal function:
 #
 # See https://docs.pyvista.org/api/readers/_autosummary/pyvista.get_reader#pyvista.get_reader
-help(pv.core.utilities.reader.get_reader)
+help(pv.get_reader)
 
 
 # %%
diff --git a/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/e_read-file.py b/tutorial/02_mesh/solutions/e_read-file.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # %%
 # PyVista supports a wide variety of file formats. The supported file
 # extensions are listed in an internal function:
-help(pv.core.utilities.reader.get_reader)
+help(pv.get_reader)
 
 
 # %%
diff --git a/tutorial/04_filters/exercises/b_clipping.py b/tutorial/04_filters/exercises/b_clipping.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #
 # This option is available for :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip`,
 # :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_box`, and
-# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_sruface`, but not available when clipping
+# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_surface`, but not available when clipping
 # by scalar in :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_scalar`.
 
 # Input mesh
diff --git a/tutorial/04_filters/solutions/b_clipping.py b/tutorial/04_filters/solutions/b_clipping.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 #
 # This option is available for :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip`,
 # :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_box`, and
-# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_sruface`, but not available when clipping
+# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_surface`, but not available when clipping
 # by scalar in :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_scalar`.
 
 # Input mesh

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`@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@`
`28`	`28`	`# extensions are listed in an internal function:`
`29`	`29`	`#`
`30`	`30`	`# See https://docs.pyvista.org/api/readers/_autosummary/pyvista.get_reader#pyvista.get_reader`
`31`		`-help(pv.core.utilities.reader.get_reader)`
	`31`	`+help(pv.get_reader)`
`32`	`32`
`33`	`33`
`34`	`34`	`# %%`
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`@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@`
`105`	`105`	`#`
`106`	`106`	# This option is available for :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip`,
`107`	`107`	# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_box`, and
`108`		-# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_sruface`, but not available when clipping
	`108`	+# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_surface`, but not available when clipping
`109`	`109`	# by scalar in :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_scalar`.
`110`	`110`
`111`	`111`	`# Input mesh`
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`@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@`
`107`	`107`	`#`
`108`	`108`	# This option is available for :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip`,
`109`	`109`	# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_box`, and
`110`		-# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_sruface`, but not available when clipping
	`110`	+# :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_surface`, but not available when clipping
`111`	`111`	# by scalar in :func:`pyvista.DataSetFilters.clip_scalar`.
`112`	`112`
`113`	`113`	`# Input mesh`