[yt-dev] Improved MultiPlot Support

[Gilbert, Austin B]

Hey all,

   Looking at the current docs, generating a single figure from multiple plots is currently a bit of a hassle for the user. This is primarily because the method for doing so generates the figure from the bottom up --all of the axes and the figure are instantiated and then the user further manipulates them. I would like to add a multi plot container class that would reach this same end but takes a top down approach. Essentially users would input a list of yt plots or a nested list of yt plots, which simultaneously gives the container all of the plots and tells it how to layout the plots on the figure. From here the class would pull out the axes for each plot and then deposit them onto the single figure. Before I get into writing out the class I am looking for support as well as input. The main downside I see to this object is that the input needed to instantiate it will either need to be extremely specific or we will need to accept blank spaces in the resulting figure. Also, we would need to define a default behavior for laying out plots that display information from multiple fields. Thoughts and suggestions?


Thanks,

Austin Gilbert
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