# Field¶

class Field(*args)

Base class for Fields.

Available constructors:

Field(mesh, dim)

Field(mesh, values)

Parameters: mesh : Mesh Each vertice of the mesh is in a domain of . dim : int Dimension of the values. values : 2-d sequence of float of dimension The values associated to the vertices of the mesh. The size of values is equal to the number of vertices in the associated mesh. So we must have the equality between values.getSize() and mesh.getVerticesNumber().

Notes

A field is an association between vertices and values:

where the are the vertices of a mesh of the domain and are the associated values.

Mathematically speaking, is an element where is the number of vertices of the mesh of the domain .

Examples

Create a field:

>>> import openturns as ot
>>> myVertices = [[0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0], [1.0, 1.0], [1.5, 1.0], [2.0, 1.5], [0.5, 1.5]]
>>> mySimplicies = [[0,1,2], [1,2,3], [2,3,4], [2,4,5], [0,2,5]]
>>> myMesh = ot.Mesh(myVertices, mySimplicies)
>>> myValues = [[2.0],[2.5],[4.0], [4.5], [6.0], [7.0]]
>>> myField = ot.Field(myMesh, myValues)


Draw the field:

>>> myGraph = myField.draw()


Methods

 asDeformedMesh(*args) Get the mesh deformed according to the values of the field. draw() Draw the first marginal of the field if the input dimension is less than 2. drawMarginal([index, interpolate]) Draw one marginal field if the input dimension is less than 2. exportToVTKFile(fileName) Create the VTK format file of the field. getClassName() Accessor to the object’s name. getDescription() Get the description of the field values. getId() Accessor to the object’s id. getImplementation(*args) Accessor to the underlying implementation. getInputDimension() Get the dimension of the domain . getInputMean() Get the input weighted mean of the values of the field. getMarginal(*args) Marginal accessor. getMesh() Get the mesh on which the field is defined. getName() Accessor to the object’s name. getOutputDimension() Get the dimension of the values. getSize() Get the number of values inside the field. getTimeGrid() Get the mesh as a time grid if it is 1D and regular. getValueAtIndex(index) Get the value of the field at the vertex of the given index. getValues() Get the values of the field. setDescription(description) Set the description of the vertices and values of the field. setName(name) Accessor to the object’s name. setValueAtIndex(index, val) Assign the value of the field to the vertex at the given index. setValues(values) Assign values to a field.
__init__(*args)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

asDeformedMesh(*args)

Get the mesh deformed according to the values of the field.

Parameters: verticesPadding : sequence of int The positions at which the coordinates of vertices are set to zero when extending the vertices dimension. By default the sequence is empty. valuesPadding : sequence of int The positions at which the components of values are set to zero when extending the values dimension. By default the sequence is empty. deformedMesh : Mesh The initial mesh is deformed as follows: each vertex of the mesh is translated by the value of the field at this vertex. Only works when the input dimension : is equal to the dimension of the field after extension.
draw()

Draw the first marginal of the field if the input dimension is less than 2.

Returns: graph : Graph Calls drawMarginal(0, False).
drawMarginal(index=0, interpolate=True)

Draw one marginal field if the input dimension is less than 2.

Parameters: index : int The selected marginal. interpolate : bool Indicates whether the values at the vertices are linearly interpolated. graph : Graph If the dimension of the mesh is and interpolate=True: it draws the graph of the piecewise linear function based on the selected marginal values of the field and the vertices coordinates (in ). If the dimension of the mesh is and interpolate=False: it draws the cloud of points which coordinates are (vertex, value of the marginal index). If the dimension of the mesh is and interpolate=True: it draws several iso-values curves of the selected marginal, based on a piecewise linear interpolation within the simplices (triangles) of the mesh. You get an empty graph if the vertices are not connected through simplicies. If the dimension of the mesh is and interpolate=False: if the vertices are connected through simplicies, each simplex is drawn with a color defined by the mean of the values of the vertices of the simplex. In the other case, it draws each vertex colored by its value.
exportToVTKFile(fileName)

Create the VTK format file of the field.

Parameters: myVTKFile : str Name of the output file. No extension is append to the filename.

Notes

Creates the VTK format file that contains the mesh and the associated values that can be visualised with the open source software Paraview .

getClassName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns: class_name : str The object class name (object.__class__.__name__).
getDescription()

Get the description of the field values.

Returns: description : Description Description of the vertices and values of the field, size .
getId()

Accessor to the object’s id.

Returns: id : int Internal unique identifier.
getImplementation(*args)

Accessor to the underlying implementation.

Returns: impl : Implementation The implementation class.
getInputDimension()

Get the dimension of the domain .

Returns: n : int Dimension of the domain : .
getInputMean()

Get the input weighted mean of the values of the field.

Returns: inputMean : Point Weighted mean of the values of the field, weighted by the volume of each simplex.

Notes

The input mean of the field is defined by:

where is the simplex of index of the mesh, its volume and the values of the field associated to the vertices of , and .

getMarginal(*args)

Marginal accessor.

Parameters: i : int or sequence of int Index of the marginal. value : Marginal field.
getMesh()

Get the mesh on which the field is defined.

Returns: mesh : Mesh Mesh over which the domain is discretized.
getName()

Accessor to the object’s name.

Returns: name : str The name of the object.
getOutputDimension()

Get the dimension of the values.

Returns: d : int Dimension of the field values: .
getSize()

Get the number of values inside the field.

Returns: size : int Number of vertices in the mesh.
getTimeGrid()

Get the mesh as a time grid if it is 1D and regular.

Returns: timeGrid : RegularGrid Mesh of the field when it can be interpreted as a RegularGrid. We check if the vertices of the mesh are scalar and are regularly spaced in but we don’t check if the connectivity of the mesh is conform to the one of a regular grid (without any hole and composed of ordered instants).
getValueAtIndex(index)

Get the value of the field at the vertex of the given index.

Parameters: index : int Vertex of the mesh of index index. value : Point The value of the field associated to the selected vertex, in .
getValues()

Get the values of the field.

Returns: values : Sample Values associated to the mesh. The size of the sample is the number of vertices of the mesh and the dimension is the dimension of the values (). Identical to getSample().
setDescription(description)

Set the description of the vertices and values of the field.

Parameters: myDescription : Description Description of the field values. Must be of size and give the description of the vertices and the values.
setName(name)

Accessor to the object’s name.

Parameters: name : str The name of the object.
setValueAtIndex(index, val)

Assign the value of the field to the vertex at the given index.

Parameters: index : int Index that characterizes one vertex of the mesh. value : New value assigned to the selected vertex.
setValues(values)

Assign values to a field.

Parameters: values : 2-d sequence of float Values assigned to the mesh. The size of the values is the number of vertices of the mesh and the dimension is .