6.1 Display parameters

The list and the meaning of display parameters is given in the following table :

parameter Type Meaning
obs ArrayObs Observer matrix
xp List Observing position
x0 List Position of observer
alpha Float Angle of head
view String Projection ("xy","yz","xz")
r_obs Float Distance to the observer
eye String Name of the eye ("left" or "right") (stereo mode)
dist_eye Float Distance between the eyes (stereo mode)
foc Float Focal distance (stereo mode)
persp String "on"=frustum projection "off"=orthogonal projection
clip Tuple Clip plane (near,far)
cut String Remove particles outisde clip plane ("yes" or "no")
shape Tuple Shape of the image in pixels (nw,nh)
size Tuple Physical half size of the image (dx,dy)
space String Working space, "pos"=position space "vel"=velocity space
mode String Physical value to plot
frsp Float Factor for gas smoothing
filter_name String Name of the image filter
filter_opts List Options of the filter
scale String "lin"=linear scaling "log"=logarithmic scaling
cd Float Logarithmic scaling parameter (use for logarithmic scaling)
mn Float Minimum value of the map (use for the scaling)
mx Float Maximum value of the map (use for the scaling)
l_n Int Number of contour levels
l_min Float Minimum value of contours
l_max Float Maximum value of contours
l_kx Int Contour precision in x
l_ky Int Contour precision in y
l_color Int Contour color (0-255)
l_cruch String Remove background map when plotting contours ("yes" or "no")
b_weight Int Box line width (0 or 1)
b_xopts Tuple Ticks box parameters in x
b_yopts Tuple Ticks box parameters in y
b_color Int Box color (0-255)

All these parameters may be displayed or set using the methods :

>>> nb.parameters.get('mode')
>>> nb.parameters.set('mode','T')



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