From 825315f77c82ed0d09d362ee1f4b271707b38087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Pastor Muela <37798125+RobPasMue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:36:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: pyvista read-only behaviour

---
 .../backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py                   | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
index 7fe32b7e..45f90166 100644
--- a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
+++ b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
@@ -180,7 +180,11 @@ def clip(
             Clipped mesh.
 
         """
-        return mesh.clip(normal=plane.normal, origin=plane.origin)
+        # Make sure to pass new copies/objects to the mesh for the normal
+        # This should be fixed by PyVista eventually... it is coming from
+        # https://github.com/RobPasMue/pyvista/commit/2db1888a294a14e4f28a140d8aa0466d332912dc
+        return mesh.clip(normal=[elem for elem in plane.normal],
+                         origin=plane.origin)
 
     def plot_meshobject(self, custom_object: MeshObjectPlot, **plotting_options):
         """Plot a generic ``MeshObjectPlot`` object to the scene.

From 2bec3c3dfb2f111e76e34ad63d129bfd52702f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Pastor Muela <37798125+RobPasMue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:47:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update pyvista_interface.py

---
 .../backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py                       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
index 45f90166..3a67d35b 100644
--- a/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
+++ b/src/ansys/tools/visualization_interface/backends/pyvista/pyvista_interface.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def clip(
         """
         # Make sure to pass new copies/objects to the mesh for the normal
         # This should be fixed by PyVista eventually... it is coming from
-        # https://github.com/RobPasMue/pyvista/commit/2db1888a294a14e4f28a140d8aa0466d332912dc
+        # https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/commit/2db1888a294a14e4f28a140d8aa0466d332912dc
         return mesh.clip(normal=[elem for elem in plane.normal],
                          origin=plane.origin)
 

From 83835a86ac92b5d1fb0db3506d176639c736351a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:48:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] chore: adding changelog file 281.fixed.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/281.fixed.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/281.fixed.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/281.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/281.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..062cdcda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/281.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix: pyvista read-only behaviour
\ No newline at end of file