VisualPIC
VisualPIC is an open-source Python GUI for visual data analysis, especially for advanced accelerator simulations. It supports WarpX’ data through openPMD files.
Installation
mamba install -c conda-forge python vtk pyvista pyqt
python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/AngelFP/VisualPIC.git@dev
Usage
VisualPIC provides a Python data reader API and plotting capabilties. It is designed for small to medium-size data sets that fit in the RAM of a single computer.
Plotting can be performed via a command line tools or scripted with Python. Command line tools are:
vpic [options] <path/to/diagnostics/>: 2D matplotlib plotter, e.g., for particle phase spacevpic3d [options] <path/to/diagnostics/>: 3D VTK renderer
Example: vpic3d -s beam -rho -Ez diags/diag1/ could be used to visualize the witness beam, plasma density, and accelerating field of an LWFA.
Example: vpic3d -Ex diags/diag1/ could be used to visualize the transverse focusing field \(E_x\) in a plasma wake behind a laser pulse (linearly polarized in \(E_y\)), see below:
The Python script controlled rendering allows more flexible options, such as selecting and cutting views, rendering directly into an image file, looping for animations, etc. As with matplotlib scripts, Python script scenes can also be used to open a GUI and then browse time series interactively. The VisualPIC examples provide showcases for scripting.
Repository
- The source code can be found under: