Here you can cut/paste in the cli or command window.
The new script that sets up VisIt for an interactive session is setup_interactive.py. Before running, you need to comment out or modify the following.
import sys
sys.path.append("/Users/lisalowe/visit-for-fvcom")
At least on my Mac, I need to define the python path so it can see 'setpaths'. Probably I can do this before I'm in VisIt if I set the environment properly.
From the terminal, run the 'setup_interactive.py' script. Do not use 'cli' option, and put it in the background with &.
visit -s setup_interactive.py &
Everything is loaded according to the parameters that would have been used in a batch script. You can use the GUI as usual, or cut/paste different plot into the cli.
Once the GUI opens, open the cli from VisIt: Controls:Launch CLI
Options for plots:
Pseudocolor 3D Plot, shows 'birds eye view' of the whole lake:
create_pseudocolor_3Dplot(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP)
2D slice as percent of the y axis, currently with fixed slicing plane:
create_pseudocolor_2Dslice(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP)
2D transect, starts with the points defined in setparams:
create_pseudocolor_2Dtransect(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP,FROM_X,FROM_Y,TO_X,TO_Y)
To create a transect using different points from the GUI without starting over, just redefine the two points and redraw the transect. First, delete the existing plot.
FROM_X = 561848.5
FROM_Y = 4756940.5
TO_X = 548466.63
TO_Y = 4793653.0
create_pseudocolor_2Dtransect(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP,FROM_X,FROM_Y,TO_X,TO_Y)
To layer a mesh over the plot, do
AddPlot("Mesh", "SigmaLayer_Mesh", 1, 1)
DrawPlots()
To make the 3D plot of the whole grid that shows the transect, do:
transect_against_3D(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP,FROM_X,FROM_Y,TO_X,TO_Y)
The script locks the time in view in the first plot, so each new cloned window will inherit the 'locked' propery. To clone the window, do
CloneWindow()
DrawPlots()
After cloning a window with the 3D mesh plus transect, to add the 2D next to it, first use the GUI to delete the two plots in the second window - Pseduocolor and Mesh. Then, use the 2D transect function at the command line:
create_pseudocolor_2Dtransect(TITLE_TP_EPA,UNITS_TP_EPA,"TP_EPA",MIN_TP,MAX_TP,FROM_X,FROM_Y,TO_X,TO_Y)
To change to a dark backgroud (if it is not already dark), do:
InvertBackgroundColor()
To start from scratch, delete the existing plots:
DeleteAllPlots()