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Plot Command

The micromechanical plot run command can be used to perform micromechanical model plots. The command requires a configuration file to specify the plot settings. By default, the following configuration files are searched if it is not specified in the command line:

  1. micromechanical-plots.(toml|yaml|yml|json),
  2. [plots] in micromechanical.(toml|yaml|yml|json),
  3. [plots] in micromechanical/config.(toml|yaml|yml|json),
  4. [tool.micromechanical.plots] in pyproject.toml.

The following is an example of a configuration file:

micromechanical-plots.toml
# Command line options
[cli]
overwrite = true
# ...

# Grid options
[grids.layout]
numfig = 6
# ...

# Base calculation options
[calculation]
disp_steps = -1
# ...

# Base experiments
[experiments]
files = []
# ...

# Base figure options
[figures.macroscopic]
method = "plotComparisons"
# ...

# Base model options
[plots.CH-OSIMSAND]
calculation = {}
experiments = {}
figures = {}
matrix = {}
# ...

The following mermaid diagram shows the relationship between the different sections of the configuration file:

flowchart LR
    CLI[CLI Options]
    GRID[Grid Options]

    CALC[Calculation Options]
    EXP[Experiments]
    FIG[Figures]
    PLOT[Plots]

    OVER_CALC[Overridden Calculation Options]
    OVER_EXP[Overridden Experiment Options]
    OVER_FIG[Overridden Figures]

    CALC -->|overridden| PLOT --> OVER_CALC
    EXP -->|overridden| PLOT --> OVER_EXP
    FIG -->|overridden| PLOT --> OVER_FIG

The grid options are used to specify the layout of the figures in the grid that is passed to the subplots method. For example, the following configuration will create a grid with 3 rows and 2 columns:

grids:
  drained:
    numfig: 6
    ncols: 2
    numbering: "alphabetic"
    subfigsize: [5, 4]

Then it is possible to reference the created grid in the figures:

figures:
  fig:
    ax: ["drained", [0, 2, 4]] # or "drained" for all axes; or ["drained", "slice(2)"] for slicing

where drained is the name of the grid and [0, 2, 4] are the indices of the subfigures in the grid.

Note

The grids, plots, and figures can be expanded with matrix configurations as described in Calibration Command.

Note

It is possible to set different configurations for different languages with the syntax like <<en:English Text,zh:Chinese Text>>.