Examples

These are some simple examples showing the core functionality of the currently available pyvisi plotting objects.

simplePlot

This is a very simple example showing how one would produce a line plot using pyvisi. It shows a graph of y = x^2.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module	Vtk renderer module
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singleArrayPlot

This example shows a graph of y = sin(x). However, what is special about it is that one only specifies the y-coordinate, and pyvisi uses the indicies of the y array as the x-coordinate points.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module	Vtk renderer module
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multiCurvePlot

Here we have an example of how to plot multiple curves with the same x-coordinate variable. This example shows y = sin(x), y = cos(x) and y = cos(x)^2.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module	Vtk renderer module
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contourPlot

This shows a two-dimensional contour map of a three-dimensional surface. The surface was generated with the equation z = x*exp(-x^2 - y^2).

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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surfacePlot

This shows a three-dimensional surface. The surface was generated with the equation z = x*exp(-x^2 - y^2).

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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surfaceAndContourPlot

This shows a three-dimensional surface, with its contour shown on the base of the axes. The surface was generated with the equation z = x*exp(-x^2 - y^2).

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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scatterPlot

Here we have randomly generated x-y data plotted as a scatter plot.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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scatterPlot3D

Here we have a three-dimensional scatter plot. The x and y data are generated randomly, and the z value is calculated via z = exp(-x^2 - y^2).

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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arrowPlot

This example shows a vector plot of randomly generated vectors. Here we are only using 1D arrays as input.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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arrowPlot2D

This example shows a vector plot of randomly generated vectors. Here we are only using 2D arrays as input.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 3.8)	Gnuplot renderer module (gnuplot version 4.0)
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offsetPlot

This shows offset plot, or record section as is useful in seismology.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module	vtk renderer module
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seismicOffsetPlot1

Another offset plot example with data imported from file.

Example pyvisi output

Gnuplot renderer module	vtk renderer module
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ballPlot

Plot spheres in space, loading data from a vtk xml file

Example pyvisi output

Povray renderer module (unavailable at this time)	vtk renderer module
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arrowPlot3D

Plot three dimensional arrows in space, loading data from a vtk xml file

Example pyvisi output

Povray renderer module (unavailable at this time)	vtk renderer module
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