pyvisual is developed and maintained by Predictive Science Inc. (PSI). Its principal concern is the visualization of solar and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model output defined on spherical coordinate systems. The package is tightly coupled to the PSI data ecosystem and is tuned for use with psi-io and mapflpy (although any model defined on a rectilinear grid in spherical coordinates is compatible with pyvisual's API).
pyvisual is a thin wrapper around the PyVista package – a powerful and flexible (high-level) python interface for the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) library. It is STRONGLY recommended to visit the exhaustive PyVista documentation (along with their examples) to get a better understanding of the underlying capabilities of the package. pyvisual is intentionally limited in scope – tailored for use with PSI's data ecosystem. For a more robust solar physics visualization package, consider using SunPy's sunkit-pyvista subpackage viz. for coordinate-aware 3D visualizations.
To get started with pyvisual, visit the User Guide for installation instructions, an overview of features, and development/contribution guidelines; a gallery of examples is also available, showcasing various use cases and functionalities of the package. Please direct any questions or issues to the issue tracker, or contact Predictive Science Inc. directly.
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