Added postprocessing visualization example.

doc/changelog.d/112.changed.md

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+Added postprocessing visualization example.

examples/01-advanced-pyansys-examples/README.txt

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+Advanced usage examples
+=======================
+
+These examples show how to use the Visualization Interface Tool to postprocess simulation data.

examples/01-advanced-pyansys-examples/using_meshobject_with_field_data.py

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+# Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 ANSYS, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+"""
+.. _ref_postprocess_using_meshobjects:
+
+====================================================================
+Postprocessing simulation results using the ``MeshObjectPlot`` class
+====================================================================
+
+The Visualization Interface Tool provides the ``MeshObject`` helper class to relate a custom object.
+With a custom object, you can take advantage of the full potential of the Visualization Interface Tool.
+
+This example shows how to use the ``MeshObjectPlot`` class to plot your custom objects with scalar data on mesh.
+
+"""
+
+###################################################
+# Necessary imports
+# =================
+
+
+from ansys.fluent.core import examples
+import pyvista as pv
+
+from ansys.tools.visualization_interface.backends.pyvista import PyVistaBackend
+from ansys.tools.visualization_interface import MeshObjectPlot, Plotter
+
+###################################################
+# Download the VTK file
+# =====================
+#
+# A VTK dataset can be produced utilizing `PyDPF <https://dpf.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/>`_
+# for Ansys Flagship products simulations results file format.
+
+mixing_elbow_file_src = examples.download_file("mixing_elbow.vtk", "result_files/fluent-mixing_elbow_steady-state")
+
+###################################################
+# Define a custom object class
+# ============================
+#
+# Note that the ``CustomObject`` class must have a way to get the mesh
+# and a name or ID.
+
+
+class CustomObject:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.name = "CustomObject"
+        self.mesh = pv.read(mixing_elbow_file_src)
+
+    def get_mesh(self):
+        return self.mesh
+
+    def get_field_array_info(self):
+        return self.mesh.array_names
+
+    def name(self):
+        return self.name
+
+
+# Create a custom object
+custom_vtk = CustomObject()
+
+######################################
+# Create a ``MeshObjectPlot`` instance
+# ====================================
+
+mesh_object = MeshObjectPlot(custom_vtk, custom_vtk.get_mesh())
+
+# Define the camera position
+cpos = (
+    (-0.3331763564757694, 0.08802797061044923, -1.055269197114142),
+    (0.08813476356878325, -0.03975174212669032, -0.012819952697089087),
+    (0.045604530283921085, 0.9935979348314435, 0.10336039239608838),
+)
+
+######################################
+# Get the available field data arrays
+# ====================================
+
+field_data_arrays = custom_vtk.get_field_array_info()
+print(f"Field data arrays: {field_data_arrays}")
+
+########################################################################
+# Plot the ``MeshObjectPlot`` instance with mesh object & field data (0)
+# ======================================================================
+
+pv_backend = PyVistaBackend()
+pl = Plotter(backend=pv_backend)
+pl.plot(
+    mesh_object,
+    scalars=field_data_arrays[0],
+    show_edges=True,
+    show_scalar_bar=True,
+)
+pl._backend.pv_interface.scene.camera_position = cpos
+pl.show()
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# Plot the ``MeshObjectPlot`` instance with mesh object & other field data (1)
+# ============================================================================
+
+pv_backend = PyVistaBackend()
+pl = Plotter(backend=pv_backend)
+pl.plot(
+    mesh_object,
+    scalars=field_data_arrays[1],
+    show_edges=True,
+    show_scalar_bar=True,
+)
+pl._backend.pv_interface.scene.camera_position = cpos
+pl.show()

pyproject.toml

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     "sphinx_design==0.6.0",
     "sphinx-gallery==0.17.0",
     "sphinx-jinja==2.0.2",
+    "ansys-fluent-core==0.22.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]