A python interface to Tecplot 360 EX
Project description
The pytecplot library is a high level API that connects your Python script to the power of the Tecplot 360 EX visualization engine. It offers line plotting, 2D and 3D surface plots in a variety of formats, and 3D volumetric visualization. Familiarity with Tecplot 360 EX and the Tecplot 360 EX macro language is helpful, but not required.
Documentation
The full documentation is here: http://www.tecplot.com/docs/pytecplot
Quick Start
Please refer to the documentation for detailed installation instructions and environment setup. The short of it is something like this:
pip install pytecplot
Linux and OSX users may have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to the directories containing the Tecplot 360 EX dynamic libraries. Please refer to the documentation at http://www.tecplot.com/docs/pytecplot for detailed information regarding setup and use. In addition, the web page http://www.tecplot.com/support/faqs/pytecplot contains a list of answered questions you may have about PyTecplot in general.
Change Log
PyTecplot 0.8.2
Several bug fixes for 3rd party data loaders
- Connect to TecUtilServer (RPC) substantially more capable
Still to be considered in “alpha state”
Added support for layout and style settings
Aux data can now be cleared with AuxData.clear()
Lots of documentation updates
Can now control frame position and dimensions
Sharing and branching variables and connectivity across zones has been added
Passiveness for Arrays was added.
Added support for RAWDATA when executing macro commands from python
Array.__len__() now returning the length of the flattened array
Data loaders now use ReadDataOption instead of the boolean append parameter
Saving layout with ‘.lpk’ extension implicitly includes data now
Setting contour variable now implicitly resets the contour levels to nice
More information is given on start-up errors
PyTecplot 0.8.1
Defaults change: allowing interpolation using all source zones by default
Documentation fixes
Unittests now handle out-of-date SDK with Python optimization
Documentation text replacement tags now available
PyTecplot 0.8.0
Interpolation methods: linear, inverse distance and krigging
“Additional Quantities” loadable from Fluent data
Legend style control
Vector in 2D and 3D plot styles
Reference vector
Subzone load-on-demand (SZL) file loader
rename: save_tecplot_binary() -> save_tecplot_plt()
Aux data now accessible
View and zooming control for 3D plots
rename: tecinterprocess -> tecutil_connector
Slice zone extraction from arbitrary point and normal
Solution time and strand accessors for plots and datasets
Orientation reference axis style and placement control
More examples
Lots of documentation added
Many bug fixes
PyTecplot 0.7.0
FaceNeighbors, Facemap and Nodemap.
Streamlines
Many doc updates and fixes.
Streamtrace examples updates.
“Working with datasets” examples.
Streamtrace add functions.
Continuous colormap min/max properties.
Can now delete text annotations with Frame.delete_text()
New script for 360 distribution: tec3560-env for easy setup of pytecplot.
PyTecplot 0.6.1
Better roaming, licensing and exception handling.
Many documentation updates.
Many minor bug fixes.
Fluent loader.
Reworked installation instructions.
Better CGNS support.
Zone.rank/dimensions rework.
Zone class split into OrderedZone, ClassicFEZone and PolyFEZone.
rename: font_family –> typeface.
PyTecplot 0.3.4
Isosurface style control.
Slice style control.
Actions for Axes and Axis.
Dataset, Zone, Variable and Array fully documented and unittested.
Many internal bug fixes.
rename in API: Zone.variable() –> Zone.values()
rename in API: Variable.zone() –> variable.values()
Minor bug fixes for Mac
PyTecplot 0.3.2
Lots of bug fixes, both internal and external.
Mostly internal testing and packaging updates.
PyTecplot 0.3.1
First public release of PyTecplot
Tecplot exceptions have been reworked and extended.
tecplot.data.load_tecplot() fully implemented and now supports multiple input files in both binary and ASCII.
Axis classes have been reworked and cleaned up along with examples and unittests.
User’s get “tecplot 360 out-of-date” error if tecinterprocess.so can’t be loaded.
Lot’s of internal consistency testing.
Text annotations.
Fieldmap accessed by zone.
Plot-level style control.
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