streamlines2.py

"""Load an existing dataset and draw
the streamlines of the velocity field"""
from vedo import *

######################## vtk
import vtk
# Read the data and specify which scalars and vectors to read.
pl3d = vtk.vtkMultiBlockPLOT3DReader()
fpath = download(dataurl+"combxyz.bin")
pl3d.SetXYZFileName(fpath)
fpath = download(dataurl+"combq.bin")
pl3d.SetQFileName(fpath)
pl3d.SetScalarFunctionNumber(100)
pl3d.SetVectorFunctionNumber(202)
pl3d.Update()
# this vtkStructuredGridData already has a vector field:
sdata = pl3d.GetOutput().GetBlock(0)

######################## vedo
domain = UnstructuredGrid(sdata).alpha(0.1).c('white')
probe = Grid(s=[5,5], res=[6,6], c='white').rotate_y(90).pos(5,0,29)

streamlines = domain.compute_streamlines(probe)
streamlines.celldata.select("SeedIds")
streamlines.cmap("Set1", on='cells')
print(streamlines)
show(domain, streamlines, probe, __doc__, axes=7, bg='bb').close()