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Version Check¶

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import plotly
plotly.__version__

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'2.0.2'

Basic Streamline Plot¶

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import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.figure_factory as ff

import numpy as np

x = np.linspace(-3, 3, 100)
y = np.linspace(-3, 3, 100)
Y, X = np.meshgrid(x, y)
u = -1 - X**2 + Y
v = 1 + X - Y**2

# Create streamline figure
fig = ff.create_streamline(x, y, u, v, arrow_scale=.1)
py.iplot(fig, filename='Streamline Plot Example')

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/plotly/figure_factory/_streamline.py:357: RuntimeWarning:

invalid value encountered in divide

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Streamline and Source Point Plot¶

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import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.figure_factory as ff
import plotly.graph_objs as go

import numpy as np

N = 50
x_start, x_end = -2.0, 2.0
y_start, y_end = -1.0, 1.0
x = np.linspace(x_start, x_end, N)
y = np.linspace(y_start, y_end, N)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
source_strength = 5.0
x_source, y_source = -1.0, 0.0

# Compute the velocity field on the mesh grid
u = (source_strength/(2*np.pi) *
     (X-x_source)/((X-x_source)**2 + (Y-y_source)**2))
v = (source_strength/(2*np.pi) *
     (Y-y_source)/((X-x_source)**2 + (Y-y_source)**2))

# Create streamline figure
fig = ff.create_streamline(x, y, u, v,
                           name='streamline')

# Add source point
source_point = go.Scatter(x=[x_source], y=[y_source],
                          mode='markers',
                          marker=go.Marker(size=14),
                          name='source point')

# Add source point to figure
fig['data'].append(source_point)
py.iplot(fig, filename='streamline_source')

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Reference¶

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help(ff.create_streamline)

Help on function create_streamline in module plotly.figure_factory._streamline:

create_streamline(x, y, u, v, density=1, angle=0.3490658503988659, arrow_scale=0.09, **kwargs)
    Returns data for a streamline plot.
    
    :param (list|ndarray) x: 1 dimensional, evenly spaced list or array
    :param (list|ndarray) y: 1 dimensional, evenly spaced list or array
    :param (ndarray) u: 2 dimensional array
    :param (ndarray) v: 2 dimensional array
    :param (float|int) density: controls the density of streamlines in
        plot. This is multiplied by 30 to scale similiarly to other
        available streamline functions such as matplotlib.
        Default = 1
    :param (angle in radians) angle: angle of arrowhead. Default = pi/9
    :param (float in [0,1]) arrow_scale: value to scale length of arrowhead
        Default = .09
    :param kwargs: kwargs passed through plotly.graph_objs.Scatter
        for more information on valid kwargs call
        help(plotly.graph_objs.Scatter)
    
    :rtype (dict): returns a representation of streamline figure.
    
    Example 1: Plot simple streamline and increase arrow size
    ```
    import plotly.plotly as py
    from plotly.figure_factory import create_streamline
    
    import numpy as np
    import math
    
    # Add data
    x = np.linspace(-3, 3, 100)
    y = np.linspace(-3, 3, 100)
    Y, X = np.meshgrid(x, y)
    u = -1 - X**2 + Y
    v = 1 + X - Y**2
    u = u.T  # Transpose
    v = v.T  # Transpose
    
    # Create streamline
    fig = create_streamline(x, y, u, v, arrow_scale=.1)
    
    # Plot
    py.plot(fig, filename='streamline')
    ```
    
    Example 2: from nbviewer.ipython.org/github/barbagroup/AeroPython
    ```
    import plotly.plotly as py
    from plotly.figure_factory import create_streamline
    
    import numpy as np
    import math
    
    # Add data
    N = 50
    x_start, x_end = -2.0, 2.0
    y_start, y_end = -1.0, 1.0
    x = np.linspace(x_start, x_end, N)
    y = np.linspace(y_start, y_end, N)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
    ss = 5.0
    x_s, y_s = -1.0, 0.0
    
    # Compute the velocity field on the mesh grid
    u_s = ss/(2*np.pi) * (X-x_s)/((X-x_s)**2 + (Y-y_s)**2)
    v_s = ss/(2*np.pi) * (Y-y_s)/((X-x_s)**2 + (Y-y_s)**2)
    
    # Create streamline
    fig = create_streamline(x, y, u_s, v_s, density=2, name='streamline')
    
    # Add source point
    point = Scatter(x=[x_s], y=[y_s], mode='markers',
                    marker=Marker(size=14), name='source point')
    
    # Plot
    fig['data'].append(point)
    py.plot(fig, filename='streamline')
    ```

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from IPython.display import display, HTML

display(HTML('<link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:600,400,300,200|Inconsolata|Ubuntu+Mono:400,700" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />'))
display(HTML('<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://help.plot.ly/documentation/all_static/css/ipython-notebook-custom.css">'))

! pip install git+https://github.com/plotly/publisher.git --upgrade
import publisher
publisher.publish(
    'streamline.ipynb', 'python/streamline-plots/', 'Python Streamline Plots | plotly',
    'How to make a streamline plot in Python. A streamline plot displays vector field data. ',
    title = 'Python Streamline Plots | plotly',
    name = 'Streamline Plots',
    has_thumbnail='true', thumbnail='thumbnail/streamline.jpg', 
    language='python', 
    display_as='scientific', order=13,
    ipynb= '~notebook_demo/43') 

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