ci: using python3.12 as main testing python version (#3767)

* chore: active support for Python 3.13

* chore: adding changelog file 3605.added.md [dependabot-skip]

* fix: version in ``pyproject.toml``

* review: applying @RobPasMue's suggestions

* fix: vtk version to 9.4.0

* maint: update ``"ansys-tools-visualization-interface``

* ci: using python3.12 for docs building

* chore: adding changelog file 3767.maintenance.md [dependabot-skip]

* chore: adding changelog file 3767.maintenance.md [dependabot-skip]

* chore: adding changelog file 3767.documentation.md [dependabot-skip]

* build: update vtk in other requirements

* build: update ansys-tools-visualization-interface

* fix: not getting dataset

* build: downgrading vtk

* build: downgrade vtk to 9.3.1

* revert: py313 changes

* revert: not updating an example requirements

* revert: not updating example

* chore: adding changelog file 3767.dependencies.md [dependabot-skip]

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Co-authored-by: Camille <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: pyansys-ci-bot <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.devcontainer/codespaces-dev/requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1
-ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0
+ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.8.3
 autopep8==2.3.1
 matplotlib==3.9.2
 pandas==2.2.3

.devcontainer/codespaces-docs/requirements.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1
 ansys-mapdl-reader==0.54.2
 ansys-sphinx-theme==0.16.6
-ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0
+ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.8.3
 grpcio==1.68.0
 imageio-ffmpeg==0.5.1
 imageio==2.36.0

.devcontainer/devcontainer-local/requirements.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1
 ansys-mapdl-reader==0.54.2
 ansys-sphinx-theme==1.2.2
-ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.5.0
+ansys-tools-visualization-interface==0.8.3
 autopep8==2.3.1
 grpcio==1.68.0
 imageio-ffmpeg==0.5.1

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   PROJECT_NAME: 'PyMAPDL'
-  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   PACKAGE_NAME: 'ansys-mapdl-core'
   PACKAGE_NAMESPACE: 'ansys.mapdl.core'
   DOCUMENTATION_CNAME: 'mapdl.docs.pyansys.com'

doc/changelog.d/3767.dependencies.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ci: using python3.12 as main testing python version

pyproject.toml

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ tests = [
     "scipy==1.15.2",
     "vtk==9.3.1",
 ]
+
 doc = [
     "ansys-dpf-core==0.10.1",
     "ansys-mapdl-reader==0.54.2",

src/ansys/mapdl/core/plotting/visualizer.py

@@ -225,15 +225,12 @@ def get_meshes_from_plotter(self):
         list[pv.PolyData]
             Plotted meshes.
         """
-        datasets = []
-        for actor in self.scene.actors.values():
-            if hasattr(actor, "mapper"):
-                datasets.append(actor.mapper.dataset)
-
         return [
             actor.mapper.dataset
             for actor in self.scene.actors.values()
             if hasattr(actor, "mapper")
+            and hasattr(actor.mapper, "dataset")
+            and actor.mapper.dataset
         ]
 
     def add_labels(