Plots and images¶

image converter is very useful tool to quickly inspect simulation results. It accepts data with any 1-D and 2-D scoring grid and is producing images in PNG format with plots. Conversion is done using standard command:

convertmc image --many "*.bdo"

After converting data with 1-D scoring grid, following plot can be generated:

sample file ex_cyl.png generated with image converter

Data containing 2-D scoring grid are visualised as heatmap with color denoting scored value.

sample file ex_yzmsh.png generated with image converter

Options¶

Logarithmic scale¶

User can also set logscale on one or more axis in the plots using –log option.

An example plot with logarithmic scale on Y axis:

convertmc image --many "*.bdo" --log y

sample file ex_zmsh_logy.png generated with image converter

Scale can be also change on two axis at once:

convertmc image --many "*.bdo" --log x y

sample file ex_zmsh_logxy.png generated with image converter

An example plot with 2-D heatmap and logarithmic scale on Z (color) axis:

convertmc image --many "*.bdo" --log z

sample file ex_yzmsh_logz.png generated with image converter

Colormap¶

When generating heatmaps it is also possible to specify colormap. List of available colormaps is available here: http://matplotlib.org/users/colormaps.html. By default colormap called gnuplot2 is used. An example plot obtained with other colormap (Greys) can be obtained with following command:

convertmc image --many "*.bdo" --colormap Greys

sample file ex_yzmsh_grey.png generated with image converter