[yt-users] volume rendering colorbar issue

[Stephanie Tonnesen]

Dear Michael,

That did the trick!  Thanks very much!  Since that worked so well, is there
a way I can get the density units to look a bit nicer (actually have the
"3" superscript instead of "cm**3"?)  Thanks again,

Stephanie

--
Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen
Alvin E. Nashman Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA
stonnes at gmail.com

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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>>> Dr. Stephanie Tonnesen
>>> Alvin E. Nashman Postdoctoral Fellow
>>> Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA
>>> stonnes at gmail.com
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Zingale
>> Associate Professor
>>
>> Dept. of Physics & Astronomy • Stony Brook University • Stony Brook, NY
>> 11794-3800
>> *phone*:  631-632-8225
>> *e-mail*: Michael.Zingale at stonybrook.edu
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