Visualization

The opstool currently offers two engines for visualizing models and responses, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Both engines are custom-tailored to provide nearly identical visualization functionalities for OpenSeesPy.

Supports all response types available in the post-processing modules.

Visualization Based on Plotly

Refer to the module opstool.vis.plotly module for details.

Model Geometry (Plotly)

Eigen (Plotly)

Nodal Responses (Plotly)

Frame Responses (Plotly)

Truss Responses (Plotly)

Shell Responses (Plotly)

Plane Responses (Plotly)

Brick Responses (Plotly)

Visualization Based on PyVista

Refer to the module opstool.vis.pyvista module for details.

Model Geometry (Pyvista)

Eigen (Pyvista)

Nodal Responses (Pyvista)

Frame Responses (Pyvista)

Truss Responses (Pyvista)

Shell Responses (Pyvista)

Plane Responses (Pyvista)

Brick Responses (Pyvista)

Tip

In Plotly, only surface rendering is supported. As a result, solid elements like tetrahedra and hexahedra are visualized using triangulated meshes, meaning that Plotly does not natively support solid meshes as PyVista does.

Important

If your model is large or you are demonstrating a dynamic analysis with a very large number of steps, do not use Plotly’s slide module or attempt to create animations, as it will be extremely slow. Ensure that slides=False.

With these two engines, opstool ensures flexibility and robust visualization options tailored for OpenSeesPy users, enabling effective analysis and presentation of structural models and simulation results.