discretize.SimplexMesh.plot_grid

SimplexMesh.plot_grid(ax=None, nodes=False, faces=False, centers=False, edges=False, lines=True, show_it=False, **kwargs)

Plot the grid for nodal, cell-centered and staggered grids.

For 2D and 3D meshes, this method plots the mesh grid. Additionally, the user can choose to denote edge, face, node and cell center locations. This function is built upon the matplotlib.pyplot.plot function and will accept associated keyword arguments.

Parameters:

axmatplotlib.axes.Axes or None, optional

The axes to draw on. None produces a new axes.

nodes, faces, centers, edges, linesbool, optional

Whether to plot the corresponding item

show_itbool, optional

whether to call plt.show()

colorColor or str, optional

If lines=True, defines the color of the grid lines.

linewidthfloat, optional

If lines=True, defines the thickness of the grid lines.

Returns:

matplotlib.axes.Axes

Axes handle for the plot

Other Parameters:

edges_x, edges_y, edges_z, faces_x, faces_y, faces_zbool, optional

When plotting a TreeMesh, these are also options to plot the individual component items.

cell_linebool, optional

When plotting a TreeMesh, you can also plot a line through the cell centers in order.

slice{‘both’, ‘theta’, ‘z’}

When plotting a CylindricalMesh, which dimension to slice over.

Notes

Excess arguments are passed on to plot

Examples

Plotting a 2D TensorMesh grid

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> import numpy as np
>>> h1 = np.linspace(.1, .5, 3)
>>> h2 = np.linspace(.1, .5, 5)
>>> mesh = discretize.TensorMesh([h1, h2])
>>> mesh.plot_grid(nodes=True, faces=True, centers=True, lines=True)
>>> plt.show()

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Plotting a 3D TensorMesh grid

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> import numpy as np
>>> h1 = np.linspace(.1, .5, 3)
>>> h2 = np.linspace(.1, .5, 5)
>>> h3 = np.linspace(.1, .5, 3)
>>> mesh = discretize.TensorMesh([h1, h2, h3])
>>> mesh.plot_grid(nodes=True, faces=True, centers=True, lines=True)
>>> plt.show()

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Plotting a 2D CurvilinearMesh

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> X, Y = discretize.utils.example_curvilinear_grid([10, 10], 'rotate')
>>> M = discretize.CurvilinearMesh([X, Y])
>>> M.plot_grid()
>>> plt.show()

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Plotting a 3D CurvilinearMesh

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> X, Y, Z = discretize.utils.example_curvilinear_grid([5, 5, 5], 'rotate')
>>> M = discretize.CurvilinearMesh([X, Y, Z])
>>> M.plot_grid()
>>> plt.show()

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Plotting a 2D TreeMesh

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> M = discretize.TreeMesh([32, 32])
>>> M.insert_cells([[0.25, 0.25]], [4])
>>> M.plot_grid()
>>> plt.show()

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Plotting a 3D TreeMesh

>>> from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
>>> import discretize
>>> M = discretize.TreeMesh([32, 32, 32])
>>> M.insert_cells([[0.3, 0.75, 0.22]], [4])
>>> M.plot_grid()
>>> plt.show()

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