viscid.extools module¶
Call out to external tools like ffmpeg and meshlab
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viscid.extools.
make_animation
(movie_fname, prefix, framerate=5, qscale=2, keep=False, args=None, frame_idx_fmt='_%06d', program='ffmpeg', yes=False)[source]¶ make animation by calling program (only ffmpeg works for now) using args, which is a namespace filled by the argparse options from add_animate_arguments. Plots are expected to be named ${args.prefix}_000001.png where the number is in order from 1 up
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viscid.extools.
meshlab_convert
(fname, fmt='dae', quiet=True)[source]¶ Run meshlabserver to convert 3D mesh files
Uses MeshLab, which is a great little program for playing with 3D meshes. The best part is that OS X’s Preview can open the COLLADA (*.dae) format. How cool is that?
Parameters: - fname (str) – file to convert
- fmt (str) – extension of result, defaults to COLLADA format
- quiet (bool) – redirect output to
os.devnull
Returns: None