.. DO NOT EDIT. .. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY. .. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE: .. "_examples/00-basic/07-volume_render.py" .. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note :ref:`Go to the end ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr__examples_00-basic_07-volume_render.py: .. _volume_render: Volume Rendering to Visualize Flow ======================================================= Utilize EnSight to demonstrate the value of Volume Rendering as a tool to visualize flow in 3D This script will work with EnSight 2024 R2 or higher. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 15-20 Start an EnSight session ------------------------ Launch and connect to an instance of EnSight. This example uses a local EnSight installation and an interactive EnSight GUI (batch=False). .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 20-26 .. code-block:: default from ansys.pyensight.core import LocalLauncher session = LocalLauncher(batch=False).start() .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 27-32 Load a dataset -------------- Load Shuttle Session file included in the EnSight installation and render .. image:: /_static/07_volume_render_0.png .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 32-64 .. code-block:: default xyz_file = f"{session.cei_home}/ensight{session.cei_suffix}/data/plot3d/shuttle.xyz" q_file = f"{session.cei_home}/ensight{session.cei_suffix}/data/plot3d/shuttle.q" session.load_data( data_file=xyz_file, result_file=q_file, file_format="PLOT3D", representation="3D_feature_2D_full", ) # disable the ground planes (if any). These can be skipped for EnSight prior to 2024 R2 session.ensight.scene.ground_plane_normal("+Z") session.ensight.scene.ground_plane_visible("OFF") # LPARTS are loadable parts in EnSight. The idea here is to take the # only structured part available and build after it a 2D surface, that # is the body surface. This is accomplished just selecting the max # values of the I,J,K directions and then loading the LPART lpart = session.ensight.objs.core.CURRENTCASE[0].LPARTS[0] lpart.NODEMAX = [53, 63, 1] lpart.load() # Hide the original volume part session.ensight.part.select_begin(1) session.ensight.part.visible("OFF") # disable highlighting. session.ensight.view.highlight_parts("OFF") session.show("image", width=800, height=600) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 65-72 Set up the Scene ---------------- Load the "Mach" variable and color parts by the variable. Create a volume clip object that will be volume rendered. .. image:: /_static/07_volume_render_1.png .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 72-132 .. code-block:: default session.ensight.objs.core.PARTS[1].COLORBYRGB = [0.6, 0.6, 0.6] session.ensight.objs.core.PARTS[0].COLORBYPALETTE = "Mach" session.ensight.function.palette("Mach") session.ensight.function.modify_begin() session.ensight.function.restore_predefinedpal("use_new_levels", "Magma") session.ensight.function.modify_end() # Create a box clip that will be volume rendered session.ensight.part.select_begin(1) session.ensight.clip.begin() session.ensight.clip.domain("volume") session.ensight.clip.tool("xyz_box") session.ensight.clip.sample_step(128, 128, 128) session.ensight.clip.origin(-0.497170001, 1.27204275, -0.879772604) session.ensight.clip.axis("x", 0, 0, 1) session.ensight.clip.axis("y", 0, -1, 0) session.ensight.clip.axis("z", 1, 0, 0) session.ensight.clip.length(2.24244738, 1.27204275, 3.60410643) session.ensight.clip.end() session.ensight.clip.create() # Display amd range the palette session.ensight.legend.select_palette_begin("Mach") session.ensight.legend.visible("ON") session.ensight.function.palette("Mach") session.ensight.function.range(0, 0.527223) session.ensight.legend.width(0.024464285) session.ensight.legend.height(0.628260851) session.ensight.function.range(0.02, 0.353) # Color the volume part by Mach and force a redraw p = session.ensight.objs.core.PARTS["Volume_clip"][0] p.COLORBYPALETTE = session.ensight.objs.core.VARIABLES["Mach"][0] session.ensight.refresh(force=1) # Select a black background color v = session.ensight.objs.core.VPORTS[0] v.BACKGROUNDTYPE = session.ensight.objs.enums.VPORT_CONS v.CONSTANTRGB = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0] # Enable part symmetry for "Zone 1" and "Volume_clip" parts = session.ensight.objs.core.PARTS[("Zone 1", "Volume_clip")] parts.set_attr("SYMMETRYTYPE", session.ensight.objs.enums.VISUAL_SYMM_MIRROR) parts.set_attr("SYMMETRYMIRRORY", 1) # set up a view session.ensight.viewport.select_begin(0) session.ensight.view_transf.initialize_viewports() session.ensight.view_transf.rotate(47.9834213, 164.538452, 0) session.ensight.view_transf.rotate(80.5524902, -9.46153545, 0) session.ensight.view_transf.rotate(-13.1767969, -36.6923141, 0) session.ensight.view_transf.zoom(0.539702117) session.ensight.view_transf.zoom(0.923283696) session.ensight.view_transf.zoom(0.996746957) session.show("image", width=800, height=600) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 133-141 Set the Color Opacity Mapping ----------------------------- The key to all volume rendering visualization is the color palette mapping. Here we adjust the opacity of various bands to make different ranges more or less opaque. .. image:: /_static/07_volume_render_3.png .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 141-163 .. code-block:: default session.ensight.function.palette("Mach") session.ensight.function.point(13, "alpha", 0.901578, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(12, "alpha", 0.733333, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(11, "alpha", 0.727589, 0.675544) session.ensight.function.point(10, "alpha", 0.662061, 0.672927) session.ensight.function.point(9, "alpha", 0.610090, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(8, "alpha", 0.526485, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(7, "alpha", 0.506149, 0.686010) session.ensight.function.point(6, "alpha", 0.431582, 0.686010) session.ensight.function.point(5, "alpha", 0.384131, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(4, "alpha", 0.291488, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(3, "alpha", 0.264372, 0.693860) session.ensight.function.point(2, "alpha", 0.198844, 0.699093) session.ensight.function.point(1, "alpha", 0.135576, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.point(0, "alpha", 0.000000, 0.000000) session.ensight.function.alpha_volume_scale(4.0) session.ensight.refresh(force=1) session.show("image", width=800, height=600) .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 164-165 Close the connection and shut down the EnSight instance. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 165-169 .. code-block:: default # sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_path = '_static/07_volume_render_3.png' session.close() .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.000 seconds) .. _sphx_glr_download__examples_00-basic_07-volume_render.py: .. only:: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: 07-volume_render.py <07-volume_render.py>` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: 07-volume_render.ipynb <07-volume_render.ipynb>` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_