yt.data_objects.construction_data_containers.YTArbitraryGridBase.write_to_gdf

YTArbitraryGridBase.write_to_gdf(gdf_path, fields, nprocs=1, field_units=None, **kwargs)

Write the covering grid data to a GDF file.

Parameters:

gdf_path : string

Pathname of the GDF file to write.

fields : list of strings

Fields to write to the GDF file.

nprocs : integer, optional

Split the covering grid into nprocs subgrids before writing to the GDF file. Default: 1

field_units : dictionary, optional

Dictionary of units to convert fields to. If not set, fields are in their default units.

All remaining keyword arguments are passed to :

yt.utilities.grid_data_format.writer.write_to_gdf. :

Examples

>>> cube.write_to_gdf("clumps.h5", ["density","temperature"], nprocs=16,
...                   clobber=True)