User guide

PyDPF-Post provides a Python interface to DPF that is streamlined for postprocessing.

The following content explains the conceptual model of PyDPF-Post and typical usage.

• Load the result file
• Browse result metadata
  • Mesh
• Access results
  • Structural result files
    • Displacement
    • Stress
    • Strain (elastic, plastic)
    • Structural temperature
    • Miscellaneous results
  • Thermal/electric result files
    • Temperature
    • Heat flux
    • Electric field
    • Electric potential
• Plot results
  • Total deformation
  • Normal stresses
• Server context
  • Change the default server context
  • Release history
• Use PyDPF-Core operators
  • Export to VTK file
  • Export to HDF5 file
• Troubleshooting
  • Known issues list
  • Installation
  • Auto-completion
  • Invalid UTF-8 error