.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib:

How to use meshplotlib
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.. sectionauthor:: Florian Zill (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ)

The following jupyter notebooks provide some examples of how to use meshplotlib.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="In this example we show how to aggregate data in a model over all timesteps as well as plot dif...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_special.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Analyzing Meshseries Data</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="For this example we load a 2D meshseries from within the meshplotlib examples. In the meshplotl...">

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Visualizing 2D model data</div>
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_meshplotlib_3d.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Visualizing 3D model data</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="To demonstrate the creation of an animated plot we use a component transport example from the o...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_animation.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">How to create Animations</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="For this example we load a 2D meshseries from within the meshplotlib examples. This tutorial co...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_with_custom_fig_ax.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Plotting different process variables on already existing Matplotlib figures / axes</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="By default plots with meshplotlib try to retain the true mesh proportions. If the meshes aspect...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_aspect_ratios.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Aspect ratios</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="For this example we load a 2D meshseries from within the meshplotlib examples. This tutorial co...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_xy_labels_with_shared_axes.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Labeling directional shared axes</div>
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_observation_points.py`

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_howto_meshplotlib_plot_solid_mechanics.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Stress analysis</div>
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.. toctree::
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   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_special
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_meshplotlib_2d
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_meshplotlib_3d
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_animation
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_with_custom_fig_ax
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_aspect_ratios
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_xy_labels_with_shared_axes
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_observation_points
   /auto_examples/howto_meshplotlib/plot_solid_mechanics