[yt-users] volume rendering colorbar issue

[Cameron Hummels]

I don't believe Stephanie is using the new VR interface for this problem.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Michael Zingale <
michael.zingale at stonybrook.edu> wrote:

> A while back I added a label_fmt argument to save_annotated:
>
>         label_fmt : str, optional
>
>            A format specifier (e.g., label_fmt="%.2g") to use in
> formatting
>            the data values that label the transfer function colorbar.
>
> this fixed the values for me so they look reasonable.
>
> Note: I don't think any of this has made it over to the new VR interface.
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Stephanie Tonnesen <stonnes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi yt-users,
>>
>> My last attempt was too big to make it to the user list, so I will try
>> again!
>> I am trying to make a volume rendering using
>> ---
>> Version = 3.2-dev
>> Changeset = dc2467c4eae7 (yt) tip
>> ---
>> and basically following this example:
>>
>> http://bender.astro.sunysb.edu/random/vol_rotate.py
>>
>> My problem is that the units are wonky on my colorbar.  I input them in
>> my transfer function as cgs, and the peaks seem to be in the right place
>> based on my input range and sample values.  Can I get the colorbar to
>> present the density values in cgs?  You can see the colorbar and the code
>> attached.
>>
>> Oh, I had to add in the line
>> matplotlib.use('pdf')
>> because I was getting a _tkinter can't find your screen error everytime I
>> tried to add the colorbar.  I think it was a matplotlib with my computer
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Stephanie
>> --
>> Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen
>> Alvin E. Nashman Postdoctoral Fellow
>> Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA
>> stonnes at gmail.com
>>
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>
>
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Cameron Hummels
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Astronomy
California Institute of Technology
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