[yt-users] Blank images for simple volume rendering

[Noel Scudder]

Hi Sam,

You were correct. My density did span quite a few orders of magnitude, and
restricting the data and transfer function to log space made the stars
appear. Actually, the fix worked for all of my other data fields, as they
also had large spans.

Now all I need to do is tweak the script to make the stars appear best.
I appreciate your quick and helpful support.

Cheers,
Noel


On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Sam Skillman <samskillman at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Noel,
>
> My guess is that your density field spans several orders of magnitude in
> value, and that the transfer function is being set up in linear space,
> causing all sorts of havoc.  I think you added the following before the tf
> = ColorTransferFuctiont((mi,ma)) call:
>
> mi, ma = np.log10(mi), np.log10(ma)
> pf.h
> pf.field_info['density'].take_log=True
>
> and use tf = ColorTransferFuctiont((mi-1,ma+1))
>
> then use:
> tf.add_layers(4, colormap="hsv", col_bounds=[mi,ma])
>
> This will pad the TF with a bit extra space on the lower/upper bounds.
>  When you add the layers, the col_bounds keyword will restrict the
> gaussians of emission to be within the range mi to ma.
>
> Please let us know whether or not that works.
>
> Best,
> Sam
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Noel Scudder <noel.scudder at stonybrook.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to yt, and am having some trouble volume rendering my Castro
>> simulation data (3D).
>> The simulation is of two stars orbiting the center of the domain, the
>> domain being defined by defined by [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1.e10, 1.e10, 1.e10],
>> in cgs.
>> When I run the following script, I get an image that is either all black
>> or all white, depending on which field I use.
>> Does anyone see anything wrong with my script?:
>>
>>   from yt.mods import *
>>   pf = load("plt_derr_perr_grav_00020")
>>   field = "density"
>>   dd = pf.h.all_data()
>>   mi, ma = dd.quantities["Extrema"](field)[0]
>>
>>   tf = ColorTransferFunction((mi, ma))
>>
>>   c = [5.0e9, 5.0e9, 5.0e9]
>>   L = [1., 1., 1.]
>>   W = pf.domain_right_edge - pf.domain_left_edge
>>   Nvec = 512
>>   cam = pf.h.camera(c, L, W, (Nvec,Nvec), transfer_function = tf,
>> fields=[field], pf=pf)
>>
>>   tf.add_layers(4, colormap="hsv")
>>   cam.snapshot("v1.png")
>>
>> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best,
>> Noel Scudder
>>
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