Talk 3D visualization with Mayavi

Mayavi  is a library for 3D visualization of scientific data. It provides the mlab API which makes it extremely easy to perform 3D visualization using numpy arrays. I will first expose the user to the mlab interface and use it to motivate and expose the rest of the more complex Mayavi library and application. I will also show one may easily embed 3D visualization into a traits based application.

Here is a rough outline of the tutorial session.

• mlab
  • Simple plotting for numpy arrays
  • Introduction to the notion of a pipeline
• The mayavi objects
  • The Engine and object-oriented control of a pipeline
  • Data sources used in Mayavi
• Embedding Mayavi in a traits based UI.