Data IO

Data I/O

UPXO supports a range of data import and export formats for grain structures, simulation parameters, and results.

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User Input (Excel Dashboards)

Simulation parameters are defined in Excel (.xls/.xlsx) dashboards, read at runtime.

Key modules: interfaces/user_inputs/gather_user_inputs.py, interfaces/user_inputs/excel_commons.py Libraries: xlrd (.xls), openpyxl (.xlsx)

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Grain Structure Export

Format	Use	Module
VTK (.vtk, .vtu)	FE pre-processors, ParaView	interfaces/io/expop.py
NumPy (.npy, .npz)	Fast Python-to-Python transfer	_sup/export_data.py
Excel (.xlsx)	Property tables, results	_sup/excel_inout.py

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Raster / Image I/O

Import and export grain structure images and raster data (requires pip install upxo[io]).

Library: rasterio Key module: imageOps/voids.py

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EBSD Data Import

Import and map EBSD datasets onto grain structures (requires pip install upxo[ebsd]).

Library: defdap Key module: viz/ebsdviz.py

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Coming Soon

• HDF5 export for large ensemble datasets
• Direct Abaqus .odb result mapping