VisIt Python Command Line Interface

•  VisIt can be controlled by
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Provides Python bindings to all VisIt plots and operators
• Commands to start the CLI
• visit -cli
• visit -cli -s script.py

# example of making a 2d pseudocolor and contour plot with VisIt CLI

OpenDatabase("wind_temp.silo")

AddPlot("Pseudocolor","temp")
AddPlot("Contour","temp")

# change Contour plot attributes
ContourAtts=ContourAttributes()
ContourAtts.colorType=ContourAtts.ColorBySingleColor
ContourAtts.singleColor=(0,0,0,255)
ContourAtts.legendFlag=0
SetPlotOptions(ContourAtts)

# change annotation attributes
AnotAtts=AnnotationAttributes()
AnotAtts.axes2D.xAxis.title.userTitle=1
AnotAtts.axes2D.xAxis.title.title="Longitude"
AnotAtts.axes2D.yAxis.title.userTitle=1
AnotAtts.axes2D.yAxis.title.title="Latitude"
SetAnnotationAttributes(AnotAtts)
InvertBackgroundColor()

DrawPlots()

   

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